Community Care Licensing Specialist ; PCN

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

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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.

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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 be responsible for generating and issuing various reports and ensuring 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. This position 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.

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

• 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.

This job class uses competency‑based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

• 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,…