Program Coordinator 2 (PCN 062270)

State of Alaska

Anchorage, Juneau (AK, AK)

Hybrid

USD 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

5 days ago

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12 paid holidays a year

Personal leave with accrual

Job summary

State of Alaska, Department of Health, is seeking a Program Coordinator 2 to lead administration, budgeting and grants for suicide prevention initiatives in Anchorage or Juneau. The role supports statewide messaging, events, and data reporting.

You will work with the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council and other program managers to provide technical assistance to communities and grantees, in a fast-paced office with hybrid telework options.

Qualifications

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities.
Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
Decision Making: Makes sound, well‑informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short‑ or long‑term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization’s mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operate effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.

Responsibilities

Overseeing administration, budgeting, grant‑writing, and reporting for state and federal grants.
Planning large‑scale in‑person and virtual events, such as summits, conferences, webinars, workshops, and trainings.
Implementing suicide postvention response protocols.
Providing crisis contact center technical assistance.
Conducting data reviews, analysis, and reporting.
Engaging in public outreach and education on suicide prevention resources.
Leading the development and dissemination of statewide messaging campaigns.
Participating in statewide mortality reviews with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving

Compliance

Decision Making

Planning and Evaluating

Organizational Awareness

Job description

Program Coordinator 2 (PCN 062270) in Anchorage or Juneau, AK

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze.

Welcome to the Department of Health.

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This Position Is Open To Alaskan Residents Only.

The location of this position is currently in Anchorage. The position may be located in Anchorage or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.

What you will be doing:

Are you someone who is passionate about policy development and the implementation of prevention initiatives to address suicide in Alaska? If you said 'yes,' the Division of Behavioral Health would like to hear from you.

Overseeing administration, budgeting, grant‑writing, and reporting for state and federal grants.
Planning large‑scale in‑person and virtual events, such as summits, conferences, webinars, workshops, and trainings.
Implementing suicide postvention response protocols.
Providing crisis contact center technical assistance.
Conducting data reviews, analysis, and reporting.
Engaging in public outreach and education on suicide prevention resources.
Leading the development and dissemination of statewide messaging campaigns.
Participating in statewide mortality reviews with internal and external stakeholders.

Additionally, you will work closely with the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council Program Coordinator, the Statewide 988 Program Coordinator, the Youth Suicide Prevention Project Assistant, and the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Prevention and Early Intervention Program Managers to provide technical assistance to existing grantees and communities developing programs aimed at improving overall community health.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The mission of the Division of Behavioral Health is to promote an integrated and comprehensive behavioral health system based on sound policy, effective practices, and partnerships.

Our Division Values: Connection, Collaboration, and Community.

The benefits of joining our team:

We offer exciting work that has a positive impact on the lives of Alaskans. The Division is guided by our belief that every employee is a change agent whose ideas, values, and beliefs are respected as they enrich our overall team environment.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is being filled in Anchorage or Juneau, depending on the location of the most qualified candidate, and is in a fast‑paced office environment.

Anchorage Regional Office: Conveniently located at 3601 C. St., Suite 878, Anchorage, AK 99503, Midtown Anchorage, and within walking distance of Cuddy Family Park, Loussac Library, and Natural Pantry.

Juneau Central Office: Located at 350 Main St., Suite 214, Juneau, AK 99801, in vibrant downtown near the Alaska State Capitol Building, courthouse, governor’s mansion, state and city museums, and within walking distance to various restaurants, coffee shops, and gift stores.

A hybrid work environment offers the opportunity for designated telework and in‑office days.

Who we are looking for:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position‑specific competencies in addition to the Minimum Qualifications listed below:

Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Program Coordinator 2 : https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Competency‑Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency‑based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.

Decision Making: Makes sound, well‑informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short‑ or long‑term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.

Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization’s mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operate effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, planning, coordinating, and implementing a program, project, business, organization, or major components of a program, including having administrative authority over the program/project funding, staff, and/or overall operations.

Special Note:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on‑line, self‑study, and on‑the‑job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long‑duration (such as a post‑secondary degree) and short‑duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession’s principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
Current performance evaluation, if available.
A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualifications and competencies, if not already provided in the application.

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

Contact Information

Sheli Delaney
Social Services Program Officer
Phone: 907‑465‑8536
Email: sheli.delaney@alaska.gov

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