Program Coordinator 2 (PCN 069383)

State of Alaska•Anchorage, AK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is open to Alaska Residents. The Department of Family and Community Services, Office of Children's Services (OCS) is recruiting for a full-time Program Coordinator 2 located in Anchorage, Alaska. Under the general direction of the Mental Health Clinician 4 (Wellness and Resiliency Officer), the Program Coordinator 2 provides statewide oversight, coordination, and support for all OCS staff development initiatives. In this role, the Program Coordinator 2 will work closely with division leadership to advance program development and implementation and strengthen practice standards for all OCS staff, while creating a positive and seamless orientation experience for new employees. This position serves as a Training Program Coordinator, working in collaboration with the Child Welfare Academy and the OCS Mentor team to enhance the current training program and provide support to ensure better training outcomes.

Requirements

Teaching Others: Helps others learn through formal or informal methods; identifies training needs; provides constructive feedback; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.
Organizational Development: Knowledge of the principles of organizational development and change management theories, and their applications.
Performance Measurement: Knowledge of the principles and methods for evaluating program or organizational performance using financial and nonfinancial measures, including identification of evaluation factors (for example, workload, personnel requirements), metrics, and outcomes.
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.
Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
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.
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.
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.
Valid ID
Successful completion of a background investigation, including fingerprinting and a criminal records check.

Nice To Haves

The successful candidate may be required to attend multiple training courses normally located in Anchorage.

Responsibilities

Provides statewide oversight, coordination, and support for all OCS staff development initiatives.
Works closely with division leadership to advance program development and implementation.
Strengthens practice standards for all OCS staff.
Creates a positive and seamless orientation experience for new employees.
Serves as a Training Program Coordinator, working in collaboration with the Child Welfare Academy and the OCS Mentor team to enhance the current training program and provide support to ensure better training outcomes.