Payroll Services Supervisor (PCN 10-0208)

• Ensuring accuracy and compliance: Ensuring all department positions are paid on time and in full compliance with state law Personnel Rules the Alaska Administrative Manual and collective bargaining agreements.
• Teaching and developing staff: Most of your team will be new to departmental payroll your ability to coach build technical competency and translate complex rules into clear practice is just as critical as your own expertise.
• Managing the full scope of payroll actions: Appointments promotions separations acting status step placements supervisory differentials leave adjustments retroactive corrections EFF and seasonal onboarding surges and end-of-year processing.
• Serving as the escalation point: Investigating and resolving pay discrepancies Notices of Pay Problems and grievances in coordination with DNR divisions and the Department of Administration.
• Building cross-agency partnerships: Functioning as DNRs primary technical liaison with the Division of Personnel Statewide Payroll Services Retirement & Benefits and Labor Relations.

• Accountability:We own our work and our mistakes and focus quickly on lessons learned.
• Partnership: We build relationships across divisions and with statewide partners that make the work better for everyone.
• Technical excellence:We hold ourselves to a high standard because the employees we serve depend on it.
• Investment in people: A well-trained supported team delivers better outcomes for DNR and for Alaskans.

• A genuine commitment to work-life balance and employee well being.
• Meaningful connection to a department with broad visible impact across Alaska.
• Exposure to varied HR functions with opportunities for professional growth and employee engagement.

• A collaborative solutions-focused HR team environment.
• Regular engagement with statewide DOA partners and DNR division leadership.
• A convenient downtown location with outdoor spaces for breaks and lunches and hybrid telework possibilities.

• Leadership: Influences motivates and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Professionalism: Consistently displays the collection of competencies and skill expected of a professional. Professionalism is defined by its key behaviors including being accountable for actions and assigned projects; practicing efficient work habits to effectively manage time and workload; clearly communicating and expressing thoughts and ideas in writing and in person; possessing the ability to understand how non-verbal communication impacts the workplace; working effectively as part of a team to achieve productive outcomes; and consistently demonstrating emotional intelligence integrity and ethical behavior.
• Developing Others:Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.

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 ones knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

• 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 to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.

• Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of hiring classification benefits labor relations negotiation and Federal state and local employment regulations.

• Supervision: Plans distributes and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected utilized and developed and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e. appoint transfer promote) discipline or discharge or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.

• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform ones job; works with understands and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

** Please read the information below carefully. **

At the time of the interviewplease ensure that you provide the following materials. Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration. Required documents include:

Application Notice

How to Apply webpage. Your application must be received by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

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 competence in applying specific 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 post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not yet obtained a degree please indicate the units you have 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 at foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If using this education to meet minimum qualification requirements you must demonstrate that the credentials have been submitted to a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in standard U.S. education programs. Alternatively an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution must report that the other institutions transcript is given full value or that full value is recognized in relevant subject areas aligned with the post-secondary institutions curricula. It is your responsibility to provide this 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 part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and whether the minimum qualifications are met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.

Note: Attaching a resume does not substitute for completing the application in full. 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 indicate the union to which you belong at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.

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.

EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aids or services or alternative communication formats should call 1- or in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1- or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201 Juneau AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.