Health Program Manager 2 (PCN 062342)

Job Description

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged to Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health. We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today. This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for the full scope of statewide program planning, administration, development, management, implementation, and evaluation of grant-funded services for Alaska’s seniors and individuals experiencing a disability.
• Manage multiple grant programs with varying requirements and structures.
• Partner closely with grantees and community-based agencies to ensure effective program implementation and use of grant funds, providing technical assistance and developing training materials.
• Work collaboratively with State and community partners.
• Manage a variety of service delivery programs, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of these services.

Frequent travel within the state of Alaska is required in this position.

Mission and Values/Culture

SDS’s mission is to promote health, well-being, and safety for individuals with disabilities, seniors, and vulnerable adults by facilitating access to quality services and supports that foster independence, personal choice, and dignity. The focus of the Grants Unit is to work with federal, state, and local partners to develop high-quality, culturally relevant programs that meet the unique needs of our beneficiaries throughout the state.

We are a positive, improvement-oriented team looking for a candidate who will be a good fit for both the team and our partner agencies.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

By joining the SDS Grants Unit, you’ll be joining a small team committed to the well-being and safety of Alaskan seniors and individuals experiencing disabilities. This position comes with the full benefit package provided by the State of Alaska, including health insurance and retirement after the initial probation period.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

This position will be located in either the Juneau, Anchorage, or Fairbanks SDS office building, depending on the location of the candidate selected. Travel is required to conduct grantee site visits and may be necessary to attend meetings or conferences.

To View the General Description and Example of Duties for This Job Class

Please go to the following link and search for Health Program Manager 2: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in biological, health, or behavioral science; health practice; education; public, healthcare, or business administration; or a closely related field;

AND/OR

Progressively responsible professional experience performing health program planning, development, coordination, evaluation, or implementation; providing technical health care assistance and consultation; conducting health care utilization or quality assurance examinations; and/or delivering health care.

Special Note

Agencies employing Health Program Managers are responsible for administering a wide range of medical, behavioral, and social health insurance programs for children and adults. Positions typically focus on a particular health area. Where licensure is required, the job vacancy announcement will identify the type of license necessary to apply for that specific position. The essential functions of some positions may involve exposure to infectious diseases and/or biohazards. Travel may be required.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

• Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone, one (1) of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
• Current performance evaluation, if available.
• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualification competencies, if not already provided in the application.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.

Work Experience

When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that the minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

Special Instructions for Flexibly Staffed Positions

If you have currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level. Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as minimum qualifications require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application, this will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.