Health Program Manager 2 (PCN 062325)

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.

What You Will Be Doing:
This role serves as a dynamic leader advancing Alaska's behavioral health system and strengthening the continuum of prevention, treatment, and recovery. You will independently manage high-impact statewide initiatives, grants, and contracts that expand access to evidence-based treatment, recovery supports, workforce development, and cross-system collaboration. This role designs funding strategies, develops solicitations and scopes of work, oversees procurement, and ensures fiscal and programmatic accountability in alignment with state and federal requirements. This role drives system improvement efforts that directly address Alaska's substance-related morbidity and mortality while ensuring programs are responsive, innovative, and outcome-focused.

Beyond grant oversight, you will serve as a catalyst for system integration and partnership across healthcare, tribal organizations, public safety, child welfare, education, housing, and community-based providers. You will analyze data and performance trends to identify emerging needs, close service gaps, and implement data-informed policy and program improvements that strengthen treatment quality and long-term recovery outcomes. From leading workgroups and shaping policy guidance to conducting service reviews and supporting legislative and emergency-response efforts, this role offers the opportunity to influence behavioral health strategy at the statewide level.

If you are passionate about improving access to compassionate, effective behavioral health treatment and building sustainable recovery systems that support individuals, families, and communities across Alaska, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:
The mission of the Division of Behavioral Health is to promote an integrated, comprehensive behavioral health system grounded in sound policy, effective practices, and partnerships.

Our Division Vision: We will partner to support a strong, continuous behavioral health service continuum through technical assistance, regulatory guidance, and optimized resource allocation to meet the dynamic needs of Alaskans.

Our Division Values: Connection, Collaboration, and Community.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:
We offer exciting work that positively impacts the lives of Alaskans. The Division is guided by our belief that every employee is a change agent, and their ideas, values, and beliefs are respected as they enrich our overall team environment.

We offer a flexible work schedule that requires just two days of in-person work a week.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:
Anchorage Regional Office: Conveniently located in Midtown Anchorage at The Frontier Building (3601 C Street, Suite 934, Anchorage, AK 99503), our office is within walking distance of Cuddy Family Park, Loussac Library, and Natural Pantry.

Juneau Central Office: Centered in the vibrant downtown near the Alaska State Capitol Building, (350 Main Street, Suite 214, Juneau, AK 99811), courthouse, Governor's mansion, state and city museums, we are within walking distance to various restaurants, coffee shops, and gift stores.

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

• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Health Program Manager 2: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Requirements

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

• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (e.g., facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material and information that is appropriate for the intended audience.
• Community Dimensions of Practice: Distinguishes the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental organizations in providing programs and services to improve the health of a community.
• Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
• Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Special Note: Agencies employing Health Program Managers are responsible for administering a wide range of medical, behavioral, and social health insurance programs for children and adults. Positions typically focus on a particular health area. Where licensure is required, the job vacancy announcement will identify the type of license necessary to apply for that specific position. The essential functions of some positions may involve exposure to infectious disease and/or biohazards. Travel may be required.

"Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

"Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Qualifications

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

1. Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone, one (1) of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
2. Copies of your two (2) most recent performance evaluations, if available.
3. A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualification competencies.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS

For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions.

The State of Alaska uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicant’s level of competence in applying certain behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task.

The four proficiency levels are Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.

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