Health Program Associate (PCN 061698) at State of Alaska
State of Alaska · Juneau, United States Of America · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Juneau
About the Department
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.
Under the general direction of the Vendor Manager, in this role, you will provide substantive support for the WIC Vendor Unit, a component of The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which monitors compliance of WIC-approved grocery stores/vendors. This position requires the interpretation, application, and execution of federal and state regulations and policies.
Your duties in this postion also include policy development, research, and running food utilization analysis for WIC Local Clinics. This position also ensures regular and sustainable cross-training and that all federal /state vendor requirements are met. This functional area collects and monitors information regarding vendor management as well as food delivery systems, food instruments, and electronic benefits. This includes oversight of the Approved Product List, working with the WIC Dietitian 2 for technical assistance.
In this role, you will perform advanced-level professional work, develop new courses, and provide a variety of training and training development and consultative services to state agencies, state employees, WIC agencies, and community partners.
Mission and Values/Culture:
WIC is a public health program providing nutrition and breastfeeding education, counseling, support, referrals to needed services, and nutritious food to eligible women, infants, and children up to age five.
We embrace the values of excellence, innovation, continuous improvement, and integrity.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
We are a dynamic problem-solving team; no workday is typical, as our duties and responsibilities are very broad, and change is a constant in our work. Every team member leads on some projects and assists with others. This is a work environment that values your strengths and allows you to build your knowledge and skills for future advancement. We provide a competitive benefit package, flexible work schedules, and job stability.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This postion is located in Juneau, Alaska
The incumbent will work in the State Office Building in downtown Juneau.
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:
- Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
- Oral Communication: Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Special Notice:
- Frequent Travel within Alaska by vehicle or small aircraft is expected.
- A valid and Current Alaska driver's license is required for this postion.
To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Health Program Associate: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
Position 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 rather than specific tasks and are intended 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 in
- Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
equivalent to those typically gained by:
Education in a biological, health, or behavioral science; public, healthcare, or business administration; data management, or a closely related field;
AND/OR
Progressively responsible paraprofessional experience supporting a health and social service program and delivery system; applying requisite rules, regulations, and terminology used in the work; completing medical billing, medical claims, medical transcriptions, and/or medical coding; and/or using computer applications, databases, and reporting systems required to process, store, and maintain data and information subject to privacy and confidentiality laws and rules.
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.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are used interchangeably to refer to the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, online, 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.
“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.Minimum Qualifications
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.
- 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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