Grants and Procurement Manager (PCN 060066)

State Of Alaska•Juneau, AK

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Take your career to the next level as the Grants & Procurement Manager for the Alaska Department of Health. In this executive-level role, you will shape and lead centralized operations for grants, contracts, purchasing, leasing, and property management across Alaska's largest granting agency. You'll advise top leadership, ensuring strategic alignment and compliance with state and federal regulations. Your expertise will be critical in overseeing all departmental grants and contracts, guiding policy, and promoting financial stewardship. If you're ready to drive operational excellence and make a direct impact on public health, we encourage you to apply. The mission of the Department of Health is to promote the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of all Alaskans. Within the department, the Departmental Support Services division provides expertise, guidance, and training on key administrative areas, including finance, budgeting, procurement, grants, facilities, human resources, audits, and information technology. We offer a fast-paced environment with a dynamic workload that provides a variety of experiences across all aspects of grants and procurement. The grants and procurement manager plays a critical role in supporting the Department of Health's mission. Work schedules are flexible but must fall within normal business hours, Monday through Friday. A hybrid telework schedule is possible. In Juneau, this position's office is located on the 3 rd floor of the Alaska Office Building at 350 Main Street. Our section includes 9 procurement specialists and 12 grant administrators in both Anchorage and Juneau. Travel may be required to conduct on-site visits for grant monitoring or to attend meetings and conferences, if necessary. We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies: Creativity and Innovation: Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes. Decisiveness : Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data is limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions. Team Building: Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. Facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals. Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.

Requirements

Three years of experience supervising advanced professional level staff performing grants administration or procurement of goods and services.
OR Three years of advanced level professional experience performing grants administration or procurement of goods and services; AND two years of experience managing the operations of an organization, including controlling resources used, staffing levels, budget planning, and expenses.
The management experience may be concurrent with the advanced professional experience.
Positions may require procurement certification from the Department of Administration, Division of General Services.

Nice To Haves

Creativity and Innovation: Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.
Decisiveness : Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data is limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.
Team Building: Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. Facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.
Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.

Responsibilities

Shape and lead centralized operations for grants, contracts, purchasing, leasing, and property management
Advise top leadership, ensuring strategic alignment and compliance with state and federal regulations
Oversee all departmental grants and contracts
Guide policy
Promote financial stewardship

Benefits

Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)
Group-based insurance premiums for Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
Long-term and short-term disability
Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
Supplemental Survivor Benefits
Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
Twelve (12) paid holidays a year