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Grants and Procurement Manager (PCN 060066)
State of Alaska
Health
Location
Alaska, 99811
Salary
From $4,234.40
per week
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading teams that handle grants, contracts, buying supplies, leasing spaces, and managing property for Alaska's Department of Health, ensuring everything follows state and federal rules while advising top leaders on financial decisions.
It's an executive-level role in a fast-paced environment that supports public health initiatives across the state.
A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills, experience in government finance, and a passion for innovative problem-solving in team settings.
Key Requirements
- Experience in grants management, including oversight, policy development, and compliance with state and federal regulations
- Expertise in procurement, contracts, purchasing, leasing, and property management
- Strong leadership and team-building abilities to manage procurement specialists and grant administrators
- Decisiveness in making timely decisions with limited data and understanding their broader impacts
- Skills in influencing, negotiating, and building consensus to gain cooperation from stakeholders
- Creativity and innovation in developing new processes or programs for operational efficiency
- Ability to travel for on-site grant monitoring, meetings, and conferences as needed
Full Job Description
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.
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What you will be doing:
Take your career to the next level as the Grants & Procurement Manager for the Alaska Department of Health. In this executive-level role, you will shape and lead centralized operations for grants, contracts, purchasing, leasing, and property management across Alaska’s largest granting agency. You’ll advise top leadership, ensuring strategic alignment and compliance with state and federal regulations. Your expertise will be critical in overseeing all departmental grants and contracts, guiding policy, and promoting financial stewardship. If you’re ready to drive operational excellence and make a direct impact on public health, we encourage you to apply.
Our organization, mission, and culture:
The mission of the Department of Health is to promote the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of all Alaskans. Within the department, the Departmental Support Services division provides expertise, guidance, and training on key administrative areas, including finance, budgeting, procurement, grants, facilities, human resources, audits, and information technology.
The benefits of joining our team:
We offer a fast-paced environment with a dynamic workload that provides a variety of experiences across all aspects of grants and procurement. The grants and procurement manager plays a critical role in supporting the Department of Health’s mission.
Work schedules are flexible but must fall within normal business hours, Monday through Friday. A hybrid telework schedule is possible.
The working environment you can expect: In Juneau, this position's office is located on the 3rd floor of the Alaska Office Building at 350 Main Street.
Our section includes 9 procurement specialists and 12 grant administrators in both Anchorage and Juneau.
Travel may be required to conduct on-site visits for grant monitoring or to attend meetings and conferences, if necessary.
Who we are looking for:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies:
- Creativity and Innovation: Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.
- Decisiveness: Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data is limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.
- Team Building: Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. Facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.
- Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.
To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Grants and Procurement Manager: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
Requirements
Three years of experience supervising advanced professional level staff performing grants administration or procurement of goods and services.OR
Three years of advanced level professional experience performing grants administration or procurement of goods and services; AND two years of experience managing the operations of an organization, including controlling resources used, staffing levels, budget planning, and expenses. The management experience may be concurrent with the advanced professional experience.
Special Note:
Positions may require procurement certification from the Department of Administration, Division of General Services.
Qualifications
At the time of application, please submit the following:- Cover letter
At the time of the interview, please provide the following:
- Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
- Copies of 3 most recent performance evaluation, if available.
Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions. Be specific in your answers and describe how you acquired the relevant experience. Please use complete sentences and proofread your submissions when answering the supplemental questions. Your responses will be considered a writing sample and used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment process.
COVER LETTER
A cover letter is required as part of your application. In your cover letter, please describe how you possess the position-specific competencies listed in the “Who We Are Looking For” section and how your skills will benefit the position. We request that your cover letter be no longer than two to three paragraphs and be limited to one page.
A cover letter is required as part of your application. In your cover letter, please describe how you possess the position-specific competencies listed in the “Who We Are Looking For” section and how your skills will benefit the position. We request that your cover letter be no longer than two to three paragraphs and be limited to one page.
EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts) Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.
WORK EXPERIENCE
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts) Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.
WORK EXPERIENCE
When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.
If you have currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position This is required as minimum qualifications require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered If this information is not accurately reflected in your application, this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application.
Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hard copy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or another database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hard-copy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/
NOTICE
Questions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465- 4095.If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure that your email address is correct on your application and that your spam filter will permit emails from the 'governmentjobs.com' domain. For information on allowing emails from the 'governmentjobs.com' domains, visit the Lost Password Help page at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.
WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov
For assistance with applying for a password, please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword
Additional Information
For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:
Hilary Porter, Deputy Director
Phone: 907-419-6153
Email:
hilary.porter@alaska.gov
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