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Posted: Dec 15, 2025
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Grant Administrator
State of Alaska - Juneau, AK
business_center Full-time
Salary: $1,999.50 - $2,581.50 Other
Application Deadline: Dec 18, 2025
State/Local Government
Grant Administrator
What You Will Be Doing
In the Grant Administrator 1/2 Flex role, you'll play a crucial part in managing grants that support vital health programs across Alaska. We're looking for candidates with strong writing, critical thinking, and communication skills, as well as a passion for public engagement. Join our dedicated team and make an impact on community health and wellness. You'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of organizations, developing your skills in grant management while being supported in your growth. This role offers the opportunity to take on more challenging projects and advance in rank and pay as you complete training and gain experience.
Our Organization, Mission, And Culture
The Department's mission is to promote and protect the health and well-being of Alaskans. The Grants & Procurement Section supports this by soliciting, evaluating, and awarding health-related grant programs statewide. This funding allows partner organizations across the state to deliver timely and responsive healthcare programs that aim to meet the needs of Alaskans.
The Benefits Of Joining Our Team
Joining our team offers you the chance to gain hands-on experience in grants administration within a supportive, solution-oriented work environment that prioritizes improving the health and well-being of Alaskans. Training will be provided, whether you have previously administered grants on behalf of the State of Alaska. This is a fast-paced and busy environment where we strive to complete the solicitation process by established deadlines to ensure grants are issued promptly, thereby avoiding a lapse in services. Work schedules are flexible if they fall within office hours.
The Working Environment You Can Expect
Our team fosters a flexible, supportive, and respectful work environment that prioritizes professional growth. Training for this position entails spending 1:1 time with a Grant Administrator 3 and other team leaders to learn about the process of administering grants, learning how to use our internal grant management software program GEMS, shadowing meetings with grantees and program managers, learning how to process payment requests, how to draft requests for proposal to solicit bids for grants, and learning about how we function as a team and government agency within the Financial Management Services Section of the Department of Health. You can expect daily interactions and correspondence with colleagues and other state partners via various telecommunication platforms (telephone, email, Microsoft Teams, or in person), fostering a collaborative and dynamic work environment.
Who We Are Looking For
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies:
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Grant Administrator
State of Alaska - Juneau, AK
business_center Full-time
Salary: $1,999.50 - $2,581.50 Other
Application Deadline: Dec 18, 2025
State/Local Government
Grant Administrator
What You Will Be Doing
In the Grant Administrator 1/2 Flex role, you'll play a crucial part in managing grants that support vital health programs across Alaska. We're looking for candidates with strong writing, critical thinking, and communication skills, as well as a passion for public engagement. Join our dedicated team and make an impact on community health and wellness. You'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of organizations, developing your skills in grant management while being supported in your growth. This role offers the opportunity to take on more challenging projects and advance in rank and pay as you complete training and gain experience.
Our Organization, Mission, And Culture
The Department's mission is to promote and protect the health and well-being of Alaskans. The Grants & Procurement Section supports this by soliciting, evaluating, and awarding health-related grant programs statewide. This funding allows partner organizations across the state to deliver timely and responsive healthcare programs that aim to meet the needs of Alaskans.
The Benefits Of Joining Our Team
Joining our team offers you the chance to gain hands-on experience in grants administration within a supportive, solution-oriented work environment that prioritizes improving the health and well-being of Alaskans. Training will be provided, whether you have previously administered grants on behalf of the State of Alaska. This is a fast-paced and busy environment where we strive to complete the solicitation process by established deadlines to ensure grants are issued promptly, thereby avoiding a lapse in services. Work schedules are flexible if they fall within office hours.
The Working Environment You Can Expect
Our team fosters a flexible, supportive, and respectful work environment that prioritizes professional growth. Training for this position entails spending 1:1 time with a Grant Administrator 3 and other team leaders to learn about the process of administering grants, learning how to use our internal grant management software program GEMS, shadowing meetings with grantees and program managers, learning how to process payment requests, how to draft requests for proposal to solicit bids for grants, and learning about how we function as a team and government agency within the Financial Management Services Section of the Department of Health. You can expect daily interactions and correspondence with colleagues and other state partners via various telecommunication platforms (telephone, email, Microsoft Teams, or in person), fostering a collaborative and dynamic work environment.
Who We Are Looking For
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies:
- Problem Solving: identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
- Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
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Salary : $2,000 - $2,582