Program Coordinator 2 (PCN 251386)

State of Alaska•Juneau or Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Modernization and Innovation Office (DMIO) is seeking a Program Coordinator 2 to join their team. This position can be filled in Juneau, Fairbanks, or Anchorage. The incumbent will lead Alaska’s statewide Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) and Technical Training (T2) program, developing and implementing strategic training plans, budgets, work plans, and program initiatives that strengthen Alaska’s transportation workforce and local transportation agencies. They will identify training and professional development needs and oversee the delivery of innovative, cost-effective technical training through LTAP, T2, National Highway Institute (NHI), FHWA, and other state and national training resources, using a variety of in-person, virtual, and other learning approaches. The role involves building and maintaining partnerships with local governments, Tribes, DOT&PF staff, consultants, contractors, FHWA, professional organizations, and transportation industry experts to expand access to training, technical assistance, and emerging transportation technologies. The position leads the team’s program operations, including federal grant administration, contracts, training requests, customer outreach, reporting, evaluation, and management of the statewide training and technical assistance resources. The incumbent will represent DOT&PF in statewide and national transportation training and technology-transfer activities, while evaluating emerging technologies, industry trends, and customer feedback to continuously improve training and advance innovative practices throughout Alaska’s transportation industry.

Requirements

Customer Service: Assess client needs, provide information/assistance, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations; know about available products and services; committed to providing quality products and services.
Employee Development: Knowledge of employee development concepts, principles, and practices related to planning, evaluating, and administering training, organizational development, and career development initiatives.
Vision: Understand where the organization is headed and how to make a contribution; take a long-term view and recognize opportunities to help the organization accomplish its objectives or move toward the vision.
Valid driver's license required.
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 Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
Competencies in Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
Competencies in Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
Competencies in Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, planning, coordinating, and implementing a program, project, business, organization, or major components of a program, including having administrative authority over the program/project funding, staff, and/or overall operations.

Responsibilities

Lead Alaska’s statewide Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) and Technical Training (T2) program.
Develop and implement strategic training plans, budgets, work plans, and program initiatives.
Identify training and professional development needs.
Oversee the delivery of innovative, cost-effective technical training through various resources and learning approaches.
Build and maintain partnerships with local governments, Tribes, DOT&PF staff, consultants, contractors, FHWA, professional organizations, and transportation industry experts.
Lead the team’s program operations, including federal grant administration, contracts, training requests, customer outreach, reporting, evaluation, and management of resources.
Represent DOT&PF in statewide and national transportation training and technology-transfer activities.
Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and customer feedback to continuously improve training and advance innovative practices.