Grants Administrator 1/2 (PCN 060510M)

State of AlaskaJuneau, AK
Hybrid

About The Position

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply. Join the Department of Health! We’re thrilled to welcome you! We’ve 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 now—your next opportunity awaits! This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify. This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level, depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience. In the Grant Administrator 1/2 Flex role, you'll play a crucial part in managing grants that support vital health programs across Alaska. We're looking for candidates with strong writing, critical thinking, and communication skills, as well as a passion for public engagement. Join our dedicated team and make an impact on community health and wellness. You'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of organizations, developing your skills in grant management while being supported in your growth. This role offers the opportunity to take on more challenging projects and advance in rank and pay as you complete training and gain experience.

Requirements

  • Alaskan Residents only.
  • Strong writing, critical thinking, and communication skills.
  • Passion for public engagement.
  • Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and costs methods.
  • Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
  • Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
  • Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.
  • Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
  • Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
  • Knowledge of requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals, and awarding and administering grants and agreements.
  • Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
  • Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or experience in accounting, grants administration, budget administration, procurement, professional services contracts and/or providing administrative support to a business or organization.
  • 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.
  • A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualification competencies.
  • A Technical writing sample.
  • Must rate proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.
  • Must fill in the Education section of the application.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, your job title, employment dates, and whether you were working full-time or part-time.
  • 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.

Nice To Haves

  • Successful completion of a formal training plan as a Grants Administrator 1 with the State of Alaska.

Responsibilities

  • Managing grants that support vital health programs across Alaska.
  • Soliciting, evaluating, and awarding health-related grant programs statewide.
  • Processing payment requests.
  • Drafting requests for proposal to solicit bids for grants.
  • Administering grants.
  • Learning how to use internal grant management software program GEMS.
  • Shadowing meetings with grantees and program managers.

Benefits

  • Training will be provided.
  • Flexible work schedules if they fall within office hours.
  • Professional growth opportunities.
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