Administrative Assistant 2; WIC Administrative Assistant - PCN

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

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

This position is currently located in Juneau. The position may be in Anchorage or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze.

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

In this position, you will play an important role within the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program at the Juneau Public Health Center. Your responsibilities will include ensuring families in your community have access to essential nutrition services by providing essential administrative support for operations within the WIC program. You will support a variety of administrative functions such as scheduling and coordination, travel arrangements, procurement, invoice processing and reconciliation, records management, resource tracking, and general operational support.

You will work closely with admin and program staff in a collaborative environment, contributing to efficient, responsive, and well-coordinated public health operations that support the state's WIC program.

The Division of Public Health is the state's lead public health agency focused on the services that protect the public's health and advance the health status of all Alaskans and communities by preventing illness and injury.

WIC is part of 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, integrity, and inclusiveness.

In your role, you will positively impact the food security of families across Alaska.

We are committed to employee health and well-being, offering opportunities for professional growth and development, and self-care in a supportive, collegial work environment with job stability and security.

Additional benefits include:

• option for hybrid telework, if desired
• 11 paid holidays
• paid leave
• retirement options
• insurance (health, vision, and dental)

This position is located either at the Juneau Public Health Center in Juneau, AK, or located in the heart of Anchorage, in the Frontier Building in mid-town Anchorage.

We are a close-knit and fun team dedicated to supporting health access and equity with a passion for improving the lives of families, women, infants, children, and adolescents. The Division of Public Health has a long history of collaboration with health care providers, non-profits, educators, and families on improving maternal, newborn, and early childhood health outcomes.

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

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work
• Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services;
  
  is committed to providing quality products and services
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Six months of entry-level technical experience in one or more administrative functional areas such as human resources, accounting, administration, and procurement. This experience includes work such as Administrative Assistant 1, Accounting Technician 1, Human Resource Technician 1, and similar classes with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.

OR

One year of advanced-level clerical experience. This experience includes work such as Office Assistant 2, Accounting Clerk, and similar classes with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.

OR

One year of post-secondary education from an accredited college (32 semester hours or 48 quarter hours equals 1 year)

OR

One year of any combination of post-secondary education, vocational education, and/or advanced-level clerical experience. (Three semester or four quarter hours of post-secondary education are equal to one month of experience; 150 hours of vocational education are equal to one month of experience.)

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