Training Specialist 1

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 Mission, Values, 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.

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:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

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.

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

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 instead of 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 meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to 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:

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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.

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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.

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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 to those typically gained by:

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.

Additional Required Information

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

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

Please be sure to check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

At time of interview

, please be prepared to provide:

Copies of your two (2) most recent performance evaluations

A list of three (3) professional references, if not already listed in your application

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 position and are required with each application  (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts)  Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.

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