Homeoffice Analyst/Programmer 5 (PCN 083094) at State of Alaska, AK

About the Department

The incumbent will:

• Manage IT projects for the department, including contracted projects and special projects.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure project requirements are met and deliverables are tracked effectively. 
• Oversee the planning, execution, and completion of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. 
• Work closely with team members to develop new department standards, services, policies, and procedures. 
• Facilitate communication between team members, stakeholders, and other departments to ensure project success.
• Leading development projects, coordinating both technical and business resources.
• Supervising a team of programmers, providing administrative support and mentoring. 

Our organization, mission and culture: 
The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development plays an important role in Alaska’s economy and Alaskans’ daily life. We help local governments in rural and urban Alaska provide basic services to communities. The department licenses businesses, banks, the insurance industry, and more than one hundred professions to protect consumers. For more information about the department, go to www.commerce.alaska.gov

Our centralized administrative support includes accounting, fiscal management, budget development, human resources, procurement, property control, contract and federal grants administration, information technology services. 

By providing quality software development, system and process analysis, and IT project management, we enable our department’s divisions to efficiently provide their services

The benefits of joining our team:  

• This position is primarily teleworked.
• Administrative Services offers a flexible, supportive, and collaborative work environment including:
  1. flexible work schedule, 
  2. telework options, and 
  3. training opportunities
•  The incumbent can expect daily interactions with division and department staff, and opportunities to learn from subject-matter experts to build professional skills for career advancement.

The working environment you can expect:
This position is primarily teleworked and is based out of Anchorage or Juneau. 

Our division has set up a “hoteling” space for staff who need/want to work in the office. This scheduled space provides for a cubicle with monitors and a docking station for your laptop. 

We have office space in both Anchorage or Juneau. The work environment is friendly, professional, and collaborative.

Who we are looking for:

• Systems Analysis/Design: Ability to interview business experts to determine processes and needs and design a system to implement those process/solve
• Project Management: Experience in managing IT projects, including planning, execution, and completion. 
• Technical Writing: Effectively documents requirements, solutions, and processes. Adjusts writing for a variety of audiences (e.g., technical, business, management, etc.)
• Stakeholder Coordination: Ability to coordinate project priorities and deliverables, ensuring effective collaboration among team members.
• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Position Duties

Six years of computer programming experience, of which, at least two years were at the project leader or systems design level. This is equivalent to an Analyst/Programmer 4 with the State of Alaska. Two years of experience must have been in a business application, scientific application, microcomputer or computer information management support specialty. The specialized experience may be gained concurrently.

Substitution:

A bachelor's degree with a major in Computer Science (CS) or Computer Information Systems (CIS), or a related degree with (18) semester/(24) quarter hours of CS or CIS may substitute for one year of the required experience. An associate's degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems may substitute for nine months of the required experience in a specialty area. There is no substitute for the systems analysis and design or project leadership experience.

Special Note: 

An applicant who is considered under the Substitution above qualifies to apply for this job class IF the applicable coursework is completed within three (3) months of hire. Under this option, an applicant may receive a conditional job offer; however, proof of completion will be required prior to final appointment and reporting for duty.

Individual positions at each level in this class series may require expertise in a particular area of programming or analysis. Recruitment and selection will be on the basis of these requirements.

For some positions in these job classes, a background investigation including fingerprinting is required.

Minimum Qualifications

REQUIRED AT TIME OF INTERVIEW

If utilizing education to meet minimum qualifications, we will need copies of transcripts (need not be official).

SPECIAL NOTICE
This position requires access to Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) systems and will require a  background check.

CLASSIFICATION STUDY NOTICE
This position is currently under review as part of the IT study; therefore, the title and/or pay range currently assigned may be subject to change upon implementation of this class study.  

SALARY INFORMATION
Juneau, Alaska bi-weekly salary amount: $3964.80
Anchorage, Alaska bi-weekly salary amount: $3776.00

EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, 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 if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

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 your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the 'govermentjobs.com' domains.  For information on allowing emails from the 'governmentjobs.com' domains, visit the Lost Password Help page located 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 accommodation, auxiliary aides 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
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