3 Flex (PCNs 085115 & 085119)

State of Alaska•Bethel, AK

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Want to make a real difference in Alaska's rural communities, and get paid to travel while you’re at it? We’re looking for someone who’s excited to work hands-on with communities throughout Alaska, helping them thrive by offering support in everything from local elections and financial management to emergency response and utility services. You'll be a trusted advisor, a relationship-builder, and a go-to resource on everything from Alaska Statute Title 29 to providing safe drinking water. You’ll build strong relationships, explore diverse regions of Alaska, and play a key role in making local government work better for everyone. If you're passionate about community impact and love variety in your day-to-day, this might be your perfect fit. Apply now and be a catalyst for change. This recruitment will be used for multiple openings.

Requirements

Understand the unique challenges and strengths of rural communities.
Know how to meet people where they are and offer real support that makes a difference.
Confident explaining rules, policies, or regulations clearly, whether talking to community members, coworkers, or government folks.
Written or spoken, know how to get your point across.
Hands-on experience with accounting software (like QuickBooks or Quicken).
Competencies in Administration and Management: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.
Competencies in Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
Competencies in 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.
Competencies in Public Service Motivation: Shows a commitment to serve the public. Ensures that actions meet public needs; aligns organizational objectives and practices with public interests.
Competencies in Reading Comprehension: Understands and successfully interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; successfully applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or experience in accounting, budget administration, financial services, social services, public administration, legal or paralegal services, grant development, and/or providing administrative support to a business, organization, or program.
A completed Local Government Specialist Flex 1 Training Plan (for LGS 2).
A completed Local Government Specialist Flex 2 Training Plan (for LGS 3).
Competencies in Advocacy: Organizes and leads advocacy efforts with local, state, and federal government entities and elected officials that support the mission of an agency (for LGS 3).
Competencies in Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior (for LGS 3).
Competencies in Teaches Others: Helps others learn; identifies training needs; provides constructive reinforcement; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor (for LGS 3).
Competencies in Technical Competence: 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 (for LGS 3).

Nice To Haves

Experience teaching adults.
Experience writing or proofreading technical documents, municipal or tribal documents, or financial documents.

Responsibilities

Offer support in local elections, financial management, emergency response, and utility services.
Act as a trusted advisor, relationship-builder, and resource on Alaska Statute Title 29 and providing safe drinking water.
Build strong relationships and explore diverse regions of Alaska.
Play a key role in making local government work better for everyone.
Lead workshops or training sessions for adults, whether face-to-face or remotely over platforms like Zoom or MS Teams.
Clearly explain rules, policies, or regulations to community members, coworkers, or government officials.
Interpret budgets or financial statements, especially in a government or nonprofit setting.
Organize and lead advocacy efforts with local, state, and federal government entities and elected officials that support the mission of an agency.
Set well-defined and realistic personal goals, display a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner, work with minimal supervision, and demonstrate responsible behavior.
Help others learn, identify training needs, provide constructive reinforcement, coach others on how to perform tasks, and act as a mentor.
Use knowledge acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job, work with, understand, and evaluate technical information related to the job, and advise others on technical issues.