Training Specialist 2 (PCN 068558)
Training Specialist 2 (PCN 068558)
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- This individual position is exempt from the hiring freeze. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.Join the Department of Health!Were thrilled to welcome you!Weve made our application process more accessible than ever.Please take a look at our job announcement below.If you can see yourself in this role apply nowyour next opportunity awaits!This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.
Are you passionate about educating adults with a focus on Public Health
Do you love learning about software used for training purposes and have knowledge of Womens Infants and Childrens (WIC) programs or other Public Health Programs
Do you enjoy planning developing monitoring implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of curriculum and training programs to improve program quality and support a programs mission and goals
If so we would love for you to join our team today and contribute your expertise in logistics such as assigning trainers contracting speakers reserving site accommodations producing training materials and scheduling training sessions.
We invite you to watch our Welcome to DPA video here:
In this role you will develop administer and document training for Alaskas federally funded Women Infants and Children (WIC) program. This role serves WIC clinic staff administrative staff state personnel and community partners to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations maintain program integrity and enhance service quality. Additionally this position coordinates Alaska WICs Competent Professional Authority (CPA) and Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (BFPC) certification programs.
Mission and Values/Culture:- WIC is a public health program providing nutrition and breastfeeding education counseling support referrals to needed services and nutritious food to eligible women infants and children up to age five.
- We embrace the values of excellence innovation continuous improvement and integrity.
- In your role you will perform advancedlevel professional work develop new courses and provide a variety of training development and consultative services to state agencies state employees WIC agencies and community partners.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
We are a dynamic problemsolving team; no workday is typical as our duties and responsibilities are very broad and change is a constant in our work. Every team member leads on some projects and assists with others. This is a work environment that values your strengths and allows you to build your knowledge and skills for future advancement.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
The incumbent will work in the University Centers WIC Suite with a hybrid teleworking schedule as preapproved by the supervisor.
Who We Are Looking For:
The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following positionspecific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:- Technical Expertise: Effectively applies technical knowledge to solve a range of problems; develops technical solutions to new or highly complex problems that cannot be solved using existing methods or approaches; is sought out as an expert to provide advice or solutions in the technical area.
- Dietetics and Nutrition Education and Counseling: Knowledge and application of concepts principles and practices of the role of food and nutrition to assess promote educate and counsel on nutritional benefits to improve health and prevent illness and disease in both individuals and their communities
- Breastfeeding Education and Counseling: Knowledge of lactation human milk and breastfeeding to promote educate and counsel on the health and nutritional benefits of breastfeeding. Understands impacts of pregnancy postpartum and lactation to provide individualized assessments and group counseling on nutrition breastfeeding and health issues.
- Travel within Alaska by vehicle or small aircraft is expected.
- Current Drivers License
To view the general description and example of duties for this job class please go to the following link and search forTraining Specialist 2: QualificationsCompetencyBased 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 to be used only 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 as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Please ensure your application (through work history training education licenses certifications etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:- Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written oral and visual media.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of teaching training research making presentations lecturing testing and other instructional methods.
- Employee Development: Knowledge of employee development concepts principles and practices related to planning evaluating and administering training organizational development and career development initiatives.
- 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.
Training or education in training and development human resources education instructional design business administration social sciences or a related field;
AND/ORProgressively responsible professional experience in developing delivering revising assessing and/or evaluating training needs and effectiveness; or human resources.
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 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.
Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.Additional Required Information
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.
- Current performance evaluation if available.
- 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.
Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
For your application to be evaluatedyoumustanswer the Supplemental Questions.
The State of Alaska 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
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. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.
WORK EXPERIENCEWhen using work experience not documented in your application please provide the employers name job title employment dates and whether you worked fulltime or parttime Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application If the application does not support minimum qualifications the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitmentA resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.
If you have currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position This is required as minimum qualifications require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application.Noting see resume or CV 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.
The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hard copy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or another database you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska How to Apply webpage found here: regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(tollfree) or .If you choose to be contacted by emailplease ensure that your email address is correct on your application and that your spam filter will permit emails from the domain.For information on allowing emails from the domains visit the Lost Password Help page at STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations auxiliary aids or services or alternative communication formats please callin 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 equalopportunity employer.
WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(tollfree) or (907)if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to
For assistance with applying for a password please visit InformationFor specific information about the position feel free to contact the hiring manager at:Name: Elizabeth Walsh MS RD
Title: Family Nutrition Programs ManagerPhone:Option 2
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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