Community Care Licensing Specialist ; PCN

What You Will Be Doing

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the workload of childcare 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 childcare providers, partner agency members, and the general public. Additionally, you will generate and issue various reports and ensure that facilities are fully compliant before granting a Child Care License.

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.

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.

This position is located in Anchorage. It includes both office and field work and requires traveling within the state. You will work with other well-trained staff, supporting our agency’s mission and values, in an environment of respect and trust, where management believes staff are the agency’s most valuable resource and encourages staff to participate in decisions affecting their work.

• 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.
• Compliance Inspection: Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with compliance inquiries, including application of compliance rules and criteria and 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.

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Standards: Knowledge of standards that either 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 those areas.

Work experience must be documented in the application. It will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

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, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hard‑copy application to apply successfully.

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.

For specific information about the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:
Kendall Merry – Project Assistant
Email: kendall.merry