Community Care Licensing Specialist 1 (PCN 068648M)

Community Care Licensing Specialist 1 (PCN 068648M) State of Alaska - 3.9 Anchorage, AK Job Details Full-time $30.62 an hour 1 day ago Benefits Opportunities for advancement Flexible schedule Qualifications Regulatory inspections Report writing Writing skills Driver's License Decision making Communication skills Entry level Full Job Description JOB This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of HealthWe'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. We invite you to watch our "Welcome to DPA" video here: https://vimeo.com/1023052645?share=copy

What You Will Be Doing:

As a Community Care Licensing Specialist 1 (CCLS 1), your role will be to oversee a workload of child care facilities across the State of Alaska. Your duties will include conducting on-site inspections and investigations, applying your knowledge of licensing requirements, and maintaining effective communication with child care providers, partner agency members, and the general public. Additionally, you will be responsible for generating and issuing various reports and ensuring that facilities are fully compliant before granting a Child Care License.

This postion may require occasional remote travel within the State of Alaska.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Child Care Program Office's (CCPO) mission is to support families in accessing quality childcare. Our office is dedicated to ensuring children are safe and that care is available and affordable so families can achieve and maintain self-sufficiency.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Division of Public Assistance is devoted to developing and sustaining a quality workforce by providing staff training and encouraging career advancement within the agency. You will have the opportunity to develop skills and build knowledge and competencies to support your future career goals. We believe in career growth opportunities and advancement within our division.

We provide a competitive benefit package, flexible work schedules, and job stability.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The Community Care Licensing Specialist I position will be located in the Anchorage Child Care Program Office at the Frontier Building.

The Address is: 3601 C Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. This position includes office and field work, including travel within the state.

You will work with other well-trained staff who support our agency's mission and values, and in an environment of mutual respect and trust where management believes staff are the agency's most valuable resource and encouraged to participate in decisions affecting their work.

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:

Self-Management:

Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments promptly; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Compliance Inspection:

Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with compliance inquiries, including application of compliance rules and criteria, and the ability to make appropriate decisions and issue citations, fines, or orders.

Flexibility:

Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.

Special Notice:

This position requires occasional travel to remote areas of Alaska via small aircraft.

A valid and current Alaskan Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Community Care Licensing Specialist 1: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES

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 that 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 inAttention to

Detail:

Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Standards:

Knowledge of standards that are compliant with or derived from established standards or guidelines.

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.

Integrity/Honesty:

Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.

Interpersonal Skills:

Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.

Written Communication:

Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Training or education in social services, education, health care, mental health, juvenile justice, or a closely related field;AND/OR progressively responsible technical or professional experience in social services, education, health care, mental health, juvenile justice, or a closely related field.

Special Notes:

"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."Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility."Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment."Training" and "education" in this guidance 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.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

For specific information about the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at: Kendall Merry/ Project