Program Coordinator

Job Description

This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirement in order to be considered for employment at this time.

The Program Coordinator supports statewide administration, data integrity, user support, and operational continuity of the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Tracking (Track-Kit) system and the Forensic Science Hit Outcome Program (FSHOP). The position ensures accurate data entry, kit tracking, assists law enforcement agencies and medical facilities, manages vendor coordination, oversees grant reporting tasks, and contributes to future system enhancements and legislative requirements.

The Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory provides scientific support to the criminal justice system to help create a safer Alaska. We feel compelled to give the best of ourselves to fulfill our mission and purpose, we treat each other with dignity and respect, we never stop learning, and we remain positive in the face of change.

• Initial work schedule start times are flexible (6AM-10AM) with each day being 7.5 hours, Monday-Friday. Personnel who are out of probationary status and meeting performance expectations may be eligible for alternate workweeks (e.g., four longer days per week) or up to 7.5 hours of telework depending on job duties and needs of the laboratory. The laboratory will provide on the job continuing education and training opportunities.

The primary location for work is the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory located in Anchorage, AK. Time will be spent in an office environment writing reports, managing, projects, as well as communicating with stakeholders and lab employees via email, Microsoft Teams, and face-to-face meetings.

• Manages and Organizes Information:
  Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods
• Oral and Written Communication:
  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 and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Customer Service:
  Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement.

The Department of Public Safety strives to preserve the peace, enforce the law, prevent and detect crime, and protect life and property. All positions support or carry out the Department's mission. If our mission interests you and this position embodies your strengths, please consider joining our team.

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

• 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.
• Compliance:
  Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• 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.
• Planning…