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Community Care Licensing Specialist 1 (PCN 062279)

Effective July 1, 2025 the wage for this position increased by 3 %. 

The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase. 


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

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This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.
Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

As a Community Care Licensing Specialist 1, you will oversee and supervise Alaska’s licensed Assisted Living Homes, collaborating with a team of specialists to ensure compliance for adults aged 18 and older with various needs. Your responsibilities include conducting licensing inspections, processing new home applications, and investigating to protect the health and safety of vulnerable adults. You will also manage modification and variance applications and provide technical assistance to help create supportive environments. Your role is vital in ensuring that licensed homes meet regulatory standards and foster well-being for residents. 

Mission and Values/Culture:

The mission of Residential Licensing is to protect and reduce the risk to the health, safety, and exploitation of Alaska's most vulnerable citizens being served, and to ensure that there is public confidence in the health care and community service delivery systems through regulatory, enforcement, and educational activities.

 This is accomplished by:

  • Conducting inspections of adult and children's residential facilities to ensure compliance with state licensing requirements.
  • Receiving and investigating complaints involving resident physical, mental, and sexual abuse, financial exploitation, and safety/sanitation concerns.
  • Providing facilities with a notice of violation, when necessary, and take appropriate action when facilities fail to come into compliance with state or federal law.
  • Ensuring a process where all service providers with direct client access have a background check.
This position contributes to our mission by managing the establishment and oversight of licensed child and adult residential care homes and facilities and the standards set by the State of Alaska.
 
Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Are you ready to join the team that is “Safeguarding the Last Frontier?”

Residential Licensing fosters a positive work environment that enables individuals to work independently and collaboratively, protecting Alaska's most vulnerable populations through our licensing process and investigative work. We promote professional development through training, support, growth, and experience, enabling individuals to succeed in all team positions.

We provide a competitive benefit package, flexible work schedules, and job stability. 
 
The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is located in midtown Anchorage at the Residential Licensing Program main office, 4601 Business Park Blvd. This position involves a combination of office and field work, and may require 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. Management believes that staff are the agency’s most valuable resource and encourages them to participate in decisions affecting their work.

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:  
  • Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
  • 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.
  • Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Special Notice:(example of items listed here)
  • Requires frequent travel within the State (typically one trip up to five days quarterly.
  • Requires frequent use of personal transportation (a state vehicle may be available, and mileage is reimbursed.
  • Requires exposure to unsanitary conditions and pests.
  • Requires an ability to interact with adults aged 18 years of age or older who may have a physical disability, are elderly, or suffer from dementia, and/or have a mental or developmental disability. 

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 Specialist1: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Requirements


Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.  Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description           
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

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

  • 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, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.
  • Written Communication: Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training or education in social services, education, health care, mental health, juvenile justice, or a closely related field;
AND/OR progressively responsible technical or professional experience in social services, education, health care, mental health, juvenile justice, or closely related field.

Special Notes:
“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.

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

“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.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance 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.

Qualifications

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:
  • 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. 
  • Last two (2) years of performance evaluations, if available.
  • 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.

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. 


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. 


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

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 torecruitment.services@alaska.gov

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For specific information about the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:
Joshua West/Community Care Licensing Specialist 2
Phone:  907-782-6846
Date Posted
07/01/2025
Job Reference
50530
Organization
Health, Health Care Services
Location
Anchorage, AK
Category
Quality/Risk Management
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