Program Coordinator 2 (Wastewater Monitoring Coordinator PCN 161023)

State of Alaska

Anchorage, AK

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Accounts Receivable, Alliance/Partner Management, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Analysis Skills, Annuities, Collective Bargaining, Communication Skills, Compensation and Benefits, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Data Sets, Disability Accommodations, Disease Investigation, Disease Prevention and Control, Epidemiology, Establish Priorities, Federal Laws and Regulations, Funding, Government, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Industrial Relations, Infectious Diseases, Knowledge Transfer, Laboratory, Laboratory Analysis, Literacy, Marine Engineering, Nonprofit, Occupational Health, Organizational Skills, Pathogens, Problem Solving Skills, Program Evaluation, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Public Health, Public Policy, Public Safety, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Scientific Principles, Seminars, Water Treatment, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Anchorage, AK
POSTED
30+ days ago

Program Coordinator 2 (Wastewater Monitoring Coordinator PCN 161023)

Salary

$3,028.50 Biweekly

Location

Anchorage, AK

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

53573

Department

Health

Division

Public Health

Opening Date

05/05/2026

Closing Date

5/26/2026 5:00 PM Alaska

Division

Public Health

Position Open To

Alaska Residents Only

Bargaining Unit

General Government

Range

20

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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.

Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Turn data into action by helping shape Alaska's cutting-edge Wastewater Monitoring Program and strengthen early warning systems for emerging health threats.
  • Apply your epidemiologic expertise at the intersection of wastewater surveillance and infectious disease prevention.
  • Collaborate with partners across laboratories, utilities, healthcare systems, local health jurisdictions, and national public health agencies.
  • As part of a multidisciplinary team, contribute to efforts to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AR), including detecting multidrug-resistant organisms, such as the fungal pathogen Candida auris.
  • Expand how wastewater data informs broader public health strategies as the program grows, making a tangible impact on Alaskans health.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The mission of the Division of Public Health is to protect and promote the health of Alaskans. The Section of Epidemiology keeps Alaskans safe from communicable diseases, injuries, and environmental, occupational, and other health hazards.

As a member of our team, you will contribute every day to improving the health of Alaskans and their families.

The Division of Public Health exemplifies these values:

  • Accountability- We are committed to responsible use of human, financial, and environmental resources.
  • Respect- We provide services without discrimination or judgment.
  • Human potential- We are committed to developing each Alaskans potential as a healthy individual as well as fostering strong, healthy communities.
  • Integrity- We are honest and ethical in all we do.
  • Scientific Excellence- We are committed to contributing to the body of scientific knowledge and to using the best available knowledge and data to set public health policy.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Join a high-performing Infectious Disease Program team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth. You'll partner with organizations across Alaska and nationwide, from local health departments to leading laboratories and nonprofit groups, to advance a cutting-edge public health program. Build meaningful relationships with emerging partners, such as utility providers, and play a key role in shaping the future of wastewater monitoring. This role offers variety, impact, and the chance to work alongside a skilled, mission-driven team. You'll also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid leave, and a flexible work schedule.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based in midtown Anchorage, with offices overlooking the Chugach Range and offering convenient onsite covered parking; telework may be available in accordance with current State of Alaska policies.

This is not a desk-only role-you can expect to spend a meaningful portion of your time in the field and with partners, including visits to laboratories performing wastewater analysis and water treatment facilities across Alaska, with required travel both in-state and occasionally out of state.

Who We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

  • Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.
  • Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
  • Research: Knowledge of the scientific principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.

Special Notice:

  • This position requires occasional travel to remote areas of Alaska via small aircraft, boat, or ATV.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Program Coordinator 2: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency's description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Minimum Qualifications:

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with 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.
  • 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 organizations 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.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

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.

Special Note:

"Competencies" means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

"Training" and "education" are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

"Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.

"Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

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 chosen for the position, the candidate will be required to provide the following items before employment:

  • A copy of your current driver's license.

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS

For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions.

The State of Alaska uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicant's level of competence in applying certain behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.

EDUCATION

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

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 employers 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 minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

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 may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES

This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

APPLICATION NOTICE

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hard copy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or another database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hard-copy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/

NOTICE

Questions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465- 4095. If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure that your email address is correct on your application and that your spam filter will permit emails from the governmentjobs.com domain. For information on allowing emails from the governmentjobs.com domains, visit the Lost Password Help page at https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE

Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov

For assistance with applying for a password, please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword

Contact Information

For specific information about the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:

Clayton Weingartner/Program Coordinator 2/HAI/AR Coordinator

Phone: (907) 717-0350

Email: clayton.weingartner@alaska.gov

Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits

The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.

For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an orientation video from Division of Retirement and Benefits. (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)

Insurance Benefits

  • Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
  • The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See https://drb.alaska.gov/help/plans.html for additional information.
  • AVTEC
  • Confidential
  • Correctional Officers
  • Marine Engineers
  • Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
  • Supervisory
  • Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatmans Union
  • Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)

The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.

  • General Government
  • Labor, Trades and Crafts
  • Public Safety Employees Association
  • Masters, Mates & Pilots

Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)

Optional Insurance Benefits

  • Group-based insurance premiums for
  • Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
  • Long-term and short-term disability
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
  • Supplemental Survivor Benefits

Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses

Retirement Benefits

  • Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers Retirement System (TRS)
  • Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
  • Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
  • Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
  • Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
  • Note: The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options

See https://drb.alaska.gov/retiree/ for additional information

Paid Leave & Other Benefits

  • Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
  • Twelve (12) paid holidays a year

01

Please rate your level of proficiency in Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject areas. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully preformed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application of practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

02

Please rate your level of proficiency in Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject areas. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully preformed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application of practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

03

Please rate your level of proficiency in Research: Knowledge of the scientific principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject areas. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully preformed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application of practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

04

Please rate your level of proficiency 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.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

05

Please rate your level of proficiency in Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

06

Please rate your level of proficiency 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.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

07

Please rate your level of proficiency 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.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

08

Please rate your level of proficiency in Organizational Awareness: Knows the organizations 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.

  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

Required Question

Employer State of Alaska

Address PO Box 110201

Juneau, Alaska, 99811

Phone (800) 587-0430 (Statewide toll-free number)

(907) 465-4095 (Juneau and out-of-state callers)

Website http://workplace.alaska.gov/

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