Statewide Training Specialist ; PCN

Position: Statewide Training Specialist 1 (PCN 10-9887)

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection is recruiting for a Training Specialist 1 in Fairbanks.

This recruitment has been reopened and now has three potential duty stations:
Fairbanks, Palmer, or Kenai.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, is recruiting for a Statewide Training Specialist position. Under the direction of the Statewide Training Coordinator, this position will work closely with the Regional Training Specialists and Fire Management Officers to provide high-quality training to our support staff and firefighters.

Mission and Values/Culture

The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection fosters a mission-driven culture with the responsibility of protecting Alaska's values, including life and property, from wildland fire. The Division works closely with federal, state, and local emergency response agencies as well as private industry vendors to provide wildland fire management and protection for the state of Alaska. The fire program's training section is an integral part of building, developing, supporting, and maintaining a well-trained Alaskan workforce.

Benefits

of Joining Our Team

The successful applicant will work with highly passionate, mission-oriented people and agencies from across Alaska and at the national level. The core of our mission is high-quality training that enhances firefighter safety. The Alaska training program is dynamic and evolving; this is a unique opportunity to develop and lead a high-caliber training program that benefits all of Alaska. The training season is October through May, which allows this position to take assignments in the summer months within the scope of NWCG qualifications, as well as to take time off and enjoy the warm months of summer.

Career development and personal growth are encouraged and supported!

The Working Environment You Can Expect

This position has statewide responsibilities and provides coverage across Alaska. The environment is mission-oriented and involves collaborative interaction with colleagues in the division, other state agencies, local government, and our federal counterparts in wildland fire management.

This position is primarily office-based but may require travel to rural Alaska to support on-site training or incident response, where living conditions can be rustic, and work is conducted in a fast-paced emergency response setting.

port unities exist to represent the State of Alaska on national committees and working groups to develop policy and best practices for education and training.

Competencies

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:
  Uses a logical, systematic, 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.
• Integrity/Honesty:
  Contributes to maintaining the integrity; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

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ency-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, (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description 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 instead of specific tasks and are only used as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not…