Are you looking for an engaging and meaningful career? Interested in joining a diverse team of resource management professionals? Want to help lead Alaska’s next generation of sustainable, climate-positive projects? If your answer is an enthusiastic yes, dont miss this chance to join a small, dedicated team focused on developing large-scale, sustainable, nature-based carbon removal projects apply now to be a Coordinator for the Carbon Offset Program in the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Office of Project Management & Permitting!
What You Will Be Doing
As a Program Coordinator, you will play an important role in the Carbon Offset Programs goal of developing large-scale, sustainable, nature-based carbon removal projects on State lands.
Key Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to work with a passionate and dedicated team committed to making a positive impact.
- Professional development and growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding industry.
- Flexible work arrangements and a supportive work culture.
Mission and Culture
Located within the Department of Natural Resources, the Office of Project Management & Permitting (OPMP) is a small, dynamic team dedicated to coordinating complex resource development projects that span the energy, mining, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. The newly established Carbon Offset Program allows the State to develop innovative and impactful carbon-reduction projects that deliver high-quality carbon offset solutions, new state revenue, and positive environmental and social outcomes. For more information on the Carbon Offset Program, go to www.dnr.alaska.gov/carbon.
Our Program Coordinator 1 plays an important role within the OPMP team by supporting and assisting the Carbon Offset Program Manager with planning, developing, coordinating, and overseeing the activities, functions, and major components and projects under the Carbon Offset Program.
The Working Environment You Can Expect
The Office of Project Management & Permitting is located on the 14th floor of the Robert B. Atwood Building in beautiful downtown Anchorage. Here, you will have your own office with a view of either the Alaska Range or the Cook Inlet and free access to the parking garage. You will also enjoy quick access to Town Square, the Delany Park Strip, the Performing Arts Center, and lots of downtown options for dining, recreating, and socializing.
Who We Are Looking For
Our ideal candidate demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and flexibility, as well as honesty, integrity, and a willingness to assist other team members. Excellent computer skills and attention to detail are additional attributes of a strong candidate for our team.
OPMPs ideal candidate for this position will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Knowledge of
- Principles and practices related to project or program coordination, administration, and management.
- State laws, rules, and policies applicable to natural resource development activities.
- Principles, practices, and current developments in the fields of carbon finance, decarbonization, or sustainability.
- Skills in
- Problem solving.
- Standard business computing practices and software uses.
- Engaging a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Professional writing and communicating complex information to a wide variety of audiences using appropriate delivery methods.
- Ability to
- Direct a wide variety of functions related to a central task or project.
- Negotiate and maintain agreements among diverse organizations and individuals.
- Communicate effectively with others, both verbally and in writing.
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with federal, state, local, and Tribal government officials, private industry executives, professional-level staff, citizens, and other stakeholders.
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in
- Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on ones knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
- Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
- 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.
- 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.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible experience assisting with planning, coordinating, and implementing administrative controls, work processes, and/or procedures for a program, project, business, or organization.
Special Note:
Competencies means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
Typically gained by means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
Training and education are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**
THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirements to be considered for employment at this time.
At the time of application, the applicant must attach as individual documents the following items (If unable to attach documents, please fax or email the contact listed below):
- Professionally written Cover Letter, addressing the above mentioned Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A resume
- Three professional references, one of which is a current or former supervisor
- Original writing sample or product demonstrating the ability to synthesize information and communicate ideas clearly, effectively, and professionally
Application Notice
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal, such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska How to Apply” page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required for this position. The cover letter should highlight your experience as it pertains to the knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), and competencies identified above in the job description section of this posting. Your cover letter will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment.
Please attach the cover letter to your application before submitting it online or, if unable to attach to your application, email it to the contact email provided below.
Work Experience
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employers name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.
Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting, “see resume” 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.
Bargaining Unit
If you are a current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. If you are not a current state employee, do not complete this question.
EEO Statement
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For specific information about this position, please contact the hiring manager at the following:
Name: Trevor Fulton
Title: Carbon Offset Program Manager
Phone: (907) 269-8755
Email: [email protected]