Chief of Risk and Research Management

Job Description

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health.

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

If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

This position is currently located in Anchorage.

The position may be filled in Juneau or Anchorage, depending on the location of the most qualified candidate.

Are you someone who is passionate about policy development and the implementation of regulatory reforms that will directly affect 270,000 Alaskans receiving behavioral health and substance misuse treatment?

If you said 'yes," the Division of Behavioral Health wants to hear from you!

What You Will Be Doing:

We are looking for a dynamic individual to fill our Chief of Risk and Research Management position, a role where you will serve as a member of the executive leadership team of the Division, and provide strategic oversight for division-wide planning, legislative and regulatory coordination, communication with stakeholders, and data-drive system analysis. You will directly influence the alignment of behavioral health services with state and federal regulations, while driving continuous improvement in both divisional and programmatic performance.

If you are someone who wants to make a meaningful impact on Alaska's healthcare future, apply today!

Our Mission, Values, 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.

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.

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. We offer a flexible work schedule requiring just two days of work in-person a week.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

A hybrid work environment affords opportunity for designated telework and in-office days.

Anchorage Regional Office: Located in Midtown Anchorage within walking distance to Natural Pantry, Loussac Library, and Cuddy Family Park, (3601 C Street, Suite 878 Anchorage, AK 99503).

Juneau Central Office: Centered in the vibrant downtown near the Alaska State Capitol Building, courthouse, Governor's mansion, and state and city museums. We are within walking distance of various restaurants, coffee shops, and gift stores (350 Main Street, Suite 214, Juneau, AK 99811).

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:

Administration and Management

: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.

Strategic Thinking:

Formulates objectives and priorities and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization in a global environment. Capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks.

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.

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 presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Organizational Awareness:

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

Planning and Evaluation:

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.

Analysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Special Notice:

The ideal candidate will also have three years of professional experience in the broad occupational fields of the division or department and two years of supervisor and/or managerial experience, which may be concurrent with the professional experience.

Definition of  Professional:

A category of work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, interpretive, and requires a range and depth of specialized and theoretical knowledge in a field of science or learning characteristically acquired through education or training equivalent to a bachelor's degree or higher. The work requires the exercise of discretion, judgment, and personal responsibility for the application of an organized body of knowledge that is constantly studied to make new discoveries and interpretations and to improve data, materials, and methods

experience.

For this position, we are seeking a candidate in the broad occupational fields of the division or department, meaning experience in one of the professional areas that comprise the division’s purpose and function, to ensure the applicant has knowledge of the division's work to be managed.

Candidates

must

submit a cover letter (maximum one page) highlighting the relevant experience and strengths they possess related to the competencies identified in this announcement and how those competencies would be of particular benefit in the Chief of Risk and Research Management role.

Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered for an interview.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Chief of Risk and Research Management

:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/

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Minimum Qualifications

This is an exempt position -- see specific job posting for additional information.

Additional Required Information

At the time of application, please submit the following:

Cover letter that follows the instructions in the Special Notice.

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

Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone, one (1) of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.

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 qualification competencies, if not already provided in the application.

Copies of your two (2) most recent performance evaluations, if available.

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

EDUCATION

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application  If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed  Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a pos