Information Program Coordinator 1 PCN 10-9823
Information Program Coordinator 1 PCN 10-9823
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$ 2568 - 2646
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Job Description
Job Description
The Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry & Fire Protectionis recruiting for a Program Coordinator 1 to be located in Anchorage Palmer or Fairbanks.
This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check ourresidency definition to determine if you qualify.
What You Will Be Doing:
This position serves as the Information Program Coordinator responsible for planning developing coordinating and overseeing the activities functions and major components and projects under the divisionwide Information & Outreach Program. This position plays a key role in developing and implementing communication strategies to promote the divisions mission programs and initiatives. The Information Program Coordinator works independently and plays a pivotal role in promoting transparency engaging stakeholders and facilitating communication between the division and the public media and other relevant entities. This Program Coordinator will oversee the Wildland Fire PIOs during fire season ensuring delivery of accurate and timely fire information.
Mission and Values/Culture:
The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection fosters a missiondriven culture and is responsible for protecting Alaskas values including life and property from wildland fire. The Division works closely with federal state and local emergency response agencies and private industry vendors to provide wildland fire management and protection for the State of Alaska. The Fire Programs information section position is an integral part of building developing supporting and maintaining those relationships.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
The successful applicant will be working with a variety of dynamic public serviceoriented people and agencies from across Alaska and at a national level. The very core of our mission is public safety. Being prepared and providing critical information in a timely manner is critical to protecting lives property and natural resources. This position will involve some instate travel and may involve site visits to Alaskan communities to coordinate proactive wildfire planning. This position offers training and a flexible work schedule and location contingent on assigned tasks and priorities.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is offered in Anchorage Palmer or Fairbanks. It will work collaboratively with Area Foresters Area Fire Management Officers and various Statewide Program Coordinators both in person and remotely. The position has Statewide responsibilities and oversees coverage to the Alaska Interagency Coordinating Center located in Ft. Wainwright during the fire season (April September). The environment is missionoriented and involves collaborative interaction with colleagues in the division other state agencies local government and our federal counterparts in wildland fire management.Although this position is primarily officebased daily physical fitness is encouraged and a flexible work schedule can be accommodated. Opportunities for field site visits to projects fire tours and staff rides are available. If assigned as a member of an Incident Management Team rustic living in a fastpaced emergency response setting can be expected.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following positionspecific competencies.- Project Management: Knowledge of the principles methods or tools for developing scheduling coordinating and managing projects and resources including monitoring and inspecting costs work and contractor performance.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written oral and visual media and social media.
- Fire Management: Knowledge of the concepts principles and theories of fire management including the characteristics behavior and ecology of fire; methodologies strategies and equipment used in prescribed fires; fire detection prevention and suppression strategies; and integration of fire with natural resource management.
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Minimum Qualifications
CompetencyBased Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competencybased 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 only used as parameters and guidelines. A competencys 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.
QualificationsAny 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 ones 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 wellinformed 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 longterm goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible experience assisting with planning coordinating and implementing administrative controls work processes and/or procedures for a program project business or organization.
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 online selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and longduration (such as a postsecondary degree) and shortduration (such as a seminar) programs.
Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.
Starting Salaries
Anchorage/Palmer$2568.75 biweekly
Fairbanks $2646.00 biweekly
Additional Required Information
** Please read the below information carefully. **
At the time of the interviewplease ensure that you provide the following materials:- Cover letter.
- Drivers license
- Copies of your last two performance evaluations or a letter of reference if evaluations are not available
- Three professional references with current contact information with at least 1 of them being your most recent supervisor including name job title employer and current phone number (s)
- A copy of any forestry and /or firerelated training certificates
SPECIAL NOTICES
- Requires travel within the state for meetings conferences events and as fire activity increases to regional and area offices located in Fairbanks Palmer Delta Tok Soldotna Glenallen and McGrath.
Application Notice
How to Apply page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.
Cover Letter
If invited to an interview you will be required to provide a cover. It should be two to three paragraphs (no longer than one page) and address your knowledge and experience related to the desired positionspecific competencies listed above. Your cover letter will serve as a writing sampleand will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment.
Supplemental Questions
For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions. The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicants level of competence in applying certain behaviors knowledge skills and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery Fluency Literacy and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.
Education
If postsecondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. 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. postsecondary institution 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 postsecondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Work Experience
If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employers name job title employment dates and whether full or parttime. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.
Note:Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application entirely. Noting see resume or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
Bargaining Unit
If you are acurrent state employee please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.
Multiple Locations
This position is being recruited in Anchorage Palmer and Fairbanks; the final location is dependent upon the location of the most qualified candidate. There is only ONE position to be filled.
Drivers License Requirement
Applicants must possess a valid drivers license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.
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 should callorin Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 oror correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201 Juneau AK. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.Please be sure to check your junk folder for any messages that may be sent to you about this recruitment.
Contact Information
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Sarah SaarloosFire Staff Officer
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
