Program Coordinator 1 (12-4261)

State of Alaska • Anchorage, AK

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Program Coordinator supports statewide administration, data integrity, user support, and operational continuity for the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Tracking (Track-Kit) system and the Forensic Science Hit Outcome Program (FSHOP). The position ensures accurate data entry and kit tracking, assists law enforcement agencies and medical facilities, coordinates with vendors, oversees grant reporting tasks, and contributes to future system enhancements and legislative requirements.

The Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory provides scientific support to the criminal justice system to help create a safer Alaska. Its culture emphasizes giving one’s best to fulfill the mission, treating others with dignity and respect, continuous learning, and remaining positive amid change.

The primary work location is the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory in Anchorage, Alaska. Work takes place in an office environment and includes writing reports, managing projects, and communicating with stakeholders and laboratory employees by email, Microsoft Teams, and face-to-face meetings. Initial start times are flexible between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.; the schedule is 7.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday. Employees who have completed probation and meet performance expectations may be eligible for alternate workweeks or up to 7.5 hours of telework, depending on job duties and laboratory needs. The laboratory provides on-the-job continuing education and training opportunities.

This recruitment is open to Alaska residents only. The position requires a fingerprint-based criminal history background check and access to APSIN; applicants with criminal convictions will not move forward in the selection process. The successful candidate must also read, understand, and sign a confidentiality agreement.

Requirements

• Applicants must meet Alaska residency requirements.
• Competencies in analytical thinking and problem solving, including using a logical, systematic approach and drawing on knowledge, experience, references, and other resources.
• Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Competencies in decision making, including making sound, informed, objective decisions and recognizing their impacts and implications.
• Competencies in planning and evaluation, including organizing work, setting priorities, determining resource requirements, setting goals and strategies, coordinating across organizations, monitoring progress, and evaluating outcomes.
• A combination of education and/or experience providing the required competencies. This may include training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible experience assisting with planning, coordinating, and implementing administrative controls, work processes, and/or procedures for a program, project, business, or organization.
• Effective information management: identify information needs; gather, organize, and maintain information; assess its importance and accuracy; and communicate it through different methods.
• Effective oral and written communication, including adapting communication to the audience and information, presenting clearly and persuasively, listening, attending to nonverbal cues, and responding appropriately.
• Customer service skills, including anticipating and meeting internal and external customer needs, delivering high-quality products and services, and committing to continuous improvement.
• Submit to a fingerprint-based criminal history background check; applicants with criminal convictions will not move forward in the selection process.
• Read, understand, and sign a confidentiality agreement concerning work commonly encountered within the Department of Public Safety.
• Document relevant education and work experience in the application; submit transcripts when education is used to meet or support minimum qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Support statewide administration, data integrity, user support, and operational continuity for the Track-Kit system and FSHOP.
• Ensure accurate data entry and sexual assault evidence kit tracking.
• Assist law enforcement agencies and medical facilities.
• Coordinate with vendors.
• Oversee grant reporting tasks.
• Contribute to future system enhancements and legislative requirements.
• Write reports and manage projects.
• Communicate with stakeholders and laboratory employees.

Benefits

• Flexible initial work schedule start times between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.
• Potential eligibility, after probation and subject to performance and operational needs, for alternate workweeks or up to 7.5 hours of telework.
• On-the-job continuing education and training opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed