Community Care Licensing Specialist ; PCN

Overview

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health! We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today! This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify. We invite you to watch our "Welcome to DPA" video here:

This position will be responsible for supervising a team of childcare licensing specialists who maintain a workload of licensed childcare facilities statewide, including conducting on-site inspections and investigations to determine compliance with the State of Alaska Child Care Licensing Statutes, Regulations, and Policies and Procedures. The incumbent will apply knowledge of Child Care Licensing requirements to providers, partner agency members, and the general public.

The incumbent will be responsible for reviewing, approving, and issuing Reports of Inspection, Reports of Investigation, Notices of Violation, and Enforcement Actions, and for ensuring the childcare facility is in full compliance before the issuance of 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 you can work your way through the ranks and into the Policy, Administrative, and/or Leadership teams within our agency.

We provide a competitive benefit package, flexible work schedules, and job stability.

The Community Care Licensing Specialist II position will be located in the Anchorage Child Care Program Office at the Frontier Building. This position includes office and field work, including travel within the state. You will work with other well-trained staff who support our agency’s mission and values, in an environment of mutual respect and trust where management believes staff are the agency’s most valuable resource and encourages their participation in decisions affecting their work.

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

• Accountability - Holds self and others accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Comply with established control systems and rules.
• Compliance - Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with State and federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Managing Performance - Takes responsibility for employees’ performance by setting and communicating expectations and goals that are specific and measurable, tracking progress against the goals, supporting employees’ efforts to achieve job goals (by providing resources, removing obstacles, acting as a buffer, etc.), ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Community Care Licensing Specialist 2:

• 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.
• Negotiation:
  Works with others towards…