Training Specialist 1

State of Alaska; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Alaska, Division of Finance, seeks a payroll training professional to join the statewide payroll training team in Juneau. You will provide training, development, and consultative services to state agencies, staff, and other audiences on payroll and HR matters.

We value integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement. This role offers collaboration and growth within a mission-driven state government focused on statewide fiscal practices.

Qualifications

• Competencies include teaching others, interpersonal skills, and writing.
• Equivalent qualifications listed above.
• Experience in training-subject or agency programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide training, development, and consultative services to state agencies and employees on payroll and HR matters.
• Support statewide fiscal practices and operational procedures within the Division of Finance.
• Collaborate with the payroll training team to improve processes and resources.

Skills

Compensation concepts

Education and training

Attention to detail

Education

Related field training or HR

Job description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing

This position serves as a member of the Statewide Payroll Training team and provides a wide variety of training, development, and consultative services to state agencies, state employees, and other audiences in relation to payroll and human resources for the State of Alaska.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll and travel services for the State of Alaska. We are a welcoming community of accountants, analysts, technicians, and payroll specialists who conduct the State's financial business with integrity, accountability, and a spirit of continuous improvement.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

You will be part of a collaborative and supportive team where your work makes a real, statewide impact. You will be working in an environment that values innovation and continuous learning, giving you opportunities to grow and bring new ideas forward. As a member of the Division of Finance, you will gain unique exposure to a broad range of statewide fiscal practices and operational procedures that strengthen your professional skill set. You will be part of an inclusive and respectful workplace that empowers you to excel. Joining our team means contributing to a mission-driven organization dedicated to serving Alaska with excellence.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

You will enjoy a workplace with a view of Juneau’s beautiful downtown scenery. Located in the State Office Building, you are within close walking distance to coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous nature trails.

Who We Are Looking For

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

• Compensation: Knowledge of compensation concepts, principles, and practices, including pay and leave administration and compensation flexibilities.
• Education and Training: Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

The 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

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.

Relationships of Competencies

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

• Teaching Others: Helps others learn through formal or informal methods; identifies training needs; provides constructive feedback; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Writing:(*) Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.

Equivalent Qualifications

Training or education in training and development, human resources, education, instructional design, business administration, social sciences, or a related field;

AND/OR Experience in the training-subject and/or the agencies’ programs; human resources; teaching or facilitating learning; assisting with developing or revising training materials, assisting in assessing training needs, and/or assisting in evaluating training effectiveness.

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” in this guidance 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.

This Recruitment Is For Alaska Residents Only

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

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.