Program Coordinator 2

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.

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.

In this role, you will coordinate the Division's statewide suicide prevention initiatives, including:

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.

If you are someone who wants to make a meaningful impact on Alaska's healthcare future, we are excited to meet with you.

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/

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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

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 rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to 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 for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

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 expe