Grants Administrator ; PCN

Job Description

The Grants and Contracts team for the Division of Water plays a critical role in securing and administering funding to maintain and improve water quality in Alaska. Our team supports a variety of programs across the Division, from administering the Alaska Clean Water Actions sub‑grants which restore and protect Alaska’s watersheds, to working with rural Alaska villages to fund water and sanitation infrastructure projects through grants and loans.

This team is unique in that we are integrated into the Division of Water programs to provide the most effective administrative support. Our team is flexible, fun, supportive, and finds value in our Department’s mission. The incumbent will be responsible for providing professional‑level grant and loan administration for the Facilities Programs, primarily supporting Village Safe Water projects. This may include completion of federal applications, generation of individual community grant and loan origination, closeouts, timely reporting and monitoring, and supervising two lower‑level Grants Administrator 2s as well as policy and procedure development.

At the Division of Water, we value customer service, accountability, integrity and collaboration and seek a candidate with similar values to help support the Department and Division’s goals. In your role, you will have a direct impact on improving water and sanitation needs in Alaska.

There are many benefits to joining the Division of Water team including a positive work atmosphere, flexible work schedule, telework options, ample training opportunities, and dedicated professional staff. This position works as part of a group of Grants Administrators housed within the Division’s Financial and Administrative Management program. We value each member’s contribution and work collaboratively to implement forward‑thinking administrative strategies to support the Department’s mission to protect public health and the environment.

The physical location of these positions will be in either Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla, or Soldotna, with telework options available to those who qualify. The work environment is friendly, professional, and collaborative, with regular interaction with colleagues, outside agencies, and the public.

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Grants Management:
  Knowledge of requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals, and awarding and administering grants and agreements.
• 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.

• Accounting:
  Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and costs methods.
• Grants Management:
  Knowledge of requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals, and awarding and administering grants and agreements.
• Problem Solving:
  Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Reasoning:
  Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or…