State Recorder

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Support Services Division

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is recruiting for a State Recorder in Anchorage.

This position is open to Department of Natural Resources employees only

Only permanent State employees currently working for or laid off from the recruiting department's classified service may apply.

What You Will Be Doing:

Lead statewide operations for Alaska’s official recording and UCC systems, managing 2 district offices, the UCC Central Office, and over 40 staff through subordinate managers.

Drive strategic planning and process improvements, including policy development, technology upgrades, and preservation of historic records.

Oversee budgeting and resource allocation for a $4M+ annual operating budget and major capital projects; ensure fiscal accountability and efficiency.

Provide legislative and regulatory support, including drafting and reviewing statutes, testifying before committees, and implementing legislative changes.

Serve as primary liaison to stakeholders, ensuring exceptional customer service and clear communication with the public, legal professionals, financial institutions, and government agencies.

Mission and Values/Culture:

We’re here to keep Alaska’s public records secure, accessible, and preserved for generations—because transparency matters. Our team values professionalism, integrity, and top-notch customer service, always looking for smarter ways to make access easier and more efficient. We foster a collaborative, solutions-driven culture where innovation and excellence go hand in hand with public service.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Joining our team means working with an established, knowledgeable group that values collaboration and professional growth. DNR offers opportunities for career advancement and ongoing development so you can build a long-term, rewarding career. Flexible work schedules and telework options help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. Your work is meaningful; protecting and preserving Alaska’s public records ensures transparency and trust for communities across the state. Every day, you’ll make a real impact by supporting a system that serves citizens, businesses, and government agencies statewide.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based in the Atwood building, which houses multiple state agencies in downtown Anchorage at 550 W. 7th Ave. It is within walking distance of restaurants, shopping, and free covered parking. The Recorder's Office is set up with comfortable and spacious workstations. Individual work shifts are flexible within the Division's normal business hours. A typical workday will involve working both independently and alongside other team members.

We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.

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.

Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.

Customer Service: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement.

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 has 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 instead of specific tasks and are only used as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Administration and Management:

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

Change Management:

Knowledge of change management principles, strategies, and techniques required for effectively planning, implementing, and evaluating change in the organization.

Leadership:

Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

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.

Technical Expertise:

Effectively applies technical knowledge to solve a range of problems; develops technical solutions to new or highly complex problems that cannot be solve using existing methods or approaches; is sought out as an expert to provide advice or solutions in the technical area.

Vision:

Takes a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others; acts as a catalyst for organizational change.  Influences others to translate vision into action.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Progressively responsible professional and/or managerial experience that includes responsibility in working with documents concerning ownership and encumbrances on property, such as deeds, liens, mortgages, promissory notes, financing statements, plats, or surveys.

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Lead and/or supervisory experience.

Special Notes:

“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.

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

“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.

Additional Required Information

** Please read the information below carefully. **

At the time of the interview

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please bring the following materials. Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration. Required documents include:

Copies of your most recent evaluations (if not already attached to your application); and

Three professional references who have had supervisory responsibility over you, along with their daytime contact information (if not already attached to your application).

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or by submitting a paper application. Instructions for applying are available on the Workplace Alaska

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