Project Assistant

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

State of Alaska's Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Labor Standards and Safety, in Anchorage, seeks a Project Assistant to lead a statewide team ensuring prevailing wage compliance on public construction projects.

The role involves supervising five staff, conducting audits of certified payrolls, on-site inspections, managing notices, and providing technical assistance through LSS Online Filing Services, with opportunities for strategic planning and reporting.

Qualifications

• Competencies describe essential KSAs and behaviors for entry into the job.
• Gains come from training, education, or related work experience in research, public administration, or closely related fields.
• Interpreting data and applying regulatory requirements in practical contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead a statewide team ensuring compliance with prevailing wage on public construction projects.
• Supervise audits of certified payrolls and on-site inspections.
• Review Notices of Award and Notices of Completion; provide technical assistance for LSS Online Filing Services; support reporting and planning.

Skills

Supervision

Planning and Evaluating

Oral Communication

Education

College/university training or equivalent

Job description

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS!

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Labor Standards and Safety, is recruiting for a
Project Assistant located in Anchorage!
No Cover Letter Required!

This position is in the Supervisory Unit (SS) at a Range 16.

What You Will Be Doing:

The Wage and Hour Project Assistant leads a team that ensures prevailing wage requirements are adhered to on public construction projects. They supervise a five member team across the state that supports the office by conducting audits of certified payrolls, performing on-site inspections of construction projects, reviewing and approving Notices of Award and Notices of Completion, providing technical assistance for users of the Department's LSS Online Filing Services, and offering customer service to the public. The project assistant is also involved in the strategic planning for the office, oversees the office's finances, and has control over office record keeping and reporting.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The mission of Labor Standards and Safety is to ensure safe and legal working conditions for all Alaskans. The Project Assistant carries out this mission by ensuring their team effectively and efficiently enforces the prevailing wage requirement on public construction projects. They also oversee statistical reporting and contribute to the future planning for the office to ensure office resources are used effectively and efficiently for the benefit of working Alaskans.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

We provide training opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package to include retirement, health insurance, and paid holidays. This position works on a predictable schedule, and enjoys a degree of independence on the job.

Working with Wage and Hour provides the opportunity to work with a talented and dedicated group of employees who provide services to communities statewide. The work you do directly helps your fellow Alaskans by ensuring they receive proper compensation for their work.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This job is located at 1251 Muldoon Ave STE 113 in Anchorage, Alaska. There is routine travel throughout the Anchorage area and occasional travel throughout the state for on-site inspections and staff visits.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• 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.
• Oral 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 to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

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.

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• 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.
• Reading Comprehension: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or experience such as performing research; interpreting data; applying, interpreting, and disseminating technical, statutory, and/or regulatory requirements, and/or experience in community development, research, social services, economics, public administration, planning, or a closely related field.

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.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION CAREFULLY

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirements in order to be considered for employment at this time.

DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The State's online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or [phone] in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Contact

Jeremy Applegate
Investigator 5
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