What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planner 1 (25-0358) position at State of Alaska?
ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Program Development is looking for a Transportation Planner 1 to help us Keep Alaska Moving!
Our organization, mission, and culture:
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' (DOT&PF) mission is to “Keep Alaska Moving through service and infrastructure” and we touch the lives of all Alaskans!
Our highways, airports and harbors are important resources that meet transportation needs and that are critical to health and safety. This infrastructure plays a vital role in supporting our economy by serving communities throughout the state as well as the oil, gas, timber, commercial fishing, tourist and other industries. At the DOT&PF, the ‘Planning’ section is unique in that we are involved in every phase of a project, from project development, to design, and construction. In this role you will be responsible in conducting complex planning studies, compiling project status reports and white papers, and assist in the preparation and revision of Alaska's multi-year surface transportation, aviation, and ports and harbors improvement programs for a specific Central Region planning sub-area.
DOT&PF is mission-focused with an organizational atmosphere that promotes excellence, integrity, teamwork, and public service.
The working environment you can expect:
This position is located in the Central Region Headquarters building by Lake Hood, the world's busiest seaplane base. Lake Hood is surrounded by a walking/biking trail where employees can be spotted during lunch break. The work environment is primarily an office job, duties may include occasional field work or site visits.
The Department has opened a satellite office in Wasilla on the Seward Meridian Parkway. This position is eligible for consideration of reassignment to the Wasilla office if the employee is interested and dependent on staffing level needs.
This position may be required to travel to remote locations via small aircraft and/or small boats.
The benefits of joining our team:
The Anchorage Field Office (AFO) is uniquely situated to promote planning and programing projects in the Central Region while interacting daily with the division's headquarters office in Juneau, as well as our other statewide Field Offices. As an Area Planner for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough you work with a team of professional planners within the region, and statewide personnel that make a difference in the lives of every Alaskan. We provide everyone with a standard 37.5-hour work week and flexible work schedules including Teleworking in order to ensure a positive work and personal life balance. We offer a generous leave package that increases with service time and, in addition, a total of 11 paid state holidays throughout the year.
What you will be doing:
This position is the department`s regional manager for the capital improvement program development for the Mat-Su Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The incumbent is the department`s staff and liaison to the Mat-Su MPO’s Technical Advisory and Policy Committees. The Mat-Su MPO fulfills the federal planning requirements that enable the Mat-Su MPO to receive $7-$100 million each year in federal highway funds to improve transportation systems. The position develops and implements transportation plans and programs, and ensures they comply with federal and state laws, regulations, and policies.
Who we are looking for:
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the core competencies of:
- Conscientiousness: Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
- Mathematical Reasoning: Solves practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical and statistical techniques.
- Political Savvy: Identifies the internal and external politics that impact the work of the organization. Perceives organizational and political reality and acts accordingly.
- Public Communications: Knowledge of the preparation and communication of technical, complex, and/or controversial information to the public, in a manner understood by non-technical people, on a variety of topics and through different forms of media and/or public meetings.
- Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a brief, clear, and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education, certification, and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
Budget Administration: Knowledge of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among program, budget, accounting, and reporting systems.- External Awareness: Understands and keeps up-to-date on local, national, and international policies and trends that affect the organization and shape stakeholders' views; is aware of the organization's impact on the external environment.
- Landscape Architecture: Knowledge of the concepts, theories, and practices used in the planning, designing, construction, and adaptation of outdoor features, taking into consideration recreation planning, requirements, aesthetic value, and compatibility with other developments and resources.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including costs and limits.
- Transportation Engineering: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods applicable to planning, designing, and constructing of transportation systems including traffic analysis, signal analysis, highway capacity, pavement design, bridge construction, planning of transportation projects, environmental analysis of transportation facilities, and transportation network analysis.
Post-secondary education in urban, regional, transportation, or landscape planning;
AND/OR
Experience, which involves some combination of the design of research projects, setting standards for technical adequacy, and/or coordinating the planning contributions of lower level planners or other agencies, in environmental, transportation, or community development; architecture; civil engineering; landscape architecture; urban design; historic preservation; geography; geographic information systems; housing administration; grant administration; accounting; business management; or research.
Additional Required Information
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**
THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
APPLICATION
Please attach to your application the following documents:
- Required Cover Letter,
- Resume,
- Copy of your college transcripts if you are using education to meet the position's minimum qualifications.
A cover letter is required for this position. The cover letter should highlight the desired competencies above. Please attach the cover letter to your application before submitting it online. Your cover letter will be used to help determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.
Written communication is a frequent part of this position. In your cover letter, in professional business format, detail your experience, training and/or education that support how your prior experience/education support the Minimum Qualifications listed in the job description above.
The cover letter will be considered as a writing sample and will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process. Applicants who do not submit a clear, well organized, informative cover letter meeting the requirements detailed above may not be considered for an interview.
If you are selected to advance to an interview, please be prepared to provide the following (if not already attached to your application)
- Three Professional References with current contact information,
- Two examples of your written work products.
DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIREMENT
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.
WORK EXPERIENCE
When utilizing work experience not already documented in your Applicant Profile, also provide the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment and whether full-time or part-time within your cover letter. Applications and resumes will be reviewed to determine if the minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required or is used as a substitution to meet the minimum qualifications, it is required to complete the Education section of your Profile. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of credit hours earned in the Units Completed field. Copies of transcripts will be required at time of interview but may also be attached to the application.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities 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 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.
RECRUITMENT NOTICE
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 days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 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.
APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via 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 successfully apply. 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/
Contact Information
Todd VanHove
Chief of Planning, Anchorage Field Office
todd.vanhove@alaska.gov
Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits
The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.
For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an orientation video from Division of Retirement and Benefits. (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)
Insurance Benefits
- Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
- The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/programs/index.html for additional information.
- AVTEC
- Confidential
- Correctional Officers
- Marine Engineers
- Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
- Supervisory
- Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatman's Union
- Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)
- The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
- General Government
- Labor, Trades and Crafts
- Public Safety Employees Association
- Masters, Mates & Pilots
- The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/programs/index.html for additional information.
- Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)
Optional Insurance Benefits
- Group-based insurance premiums for
- Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
- Long-term and short-term disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
- Supplemental Survivor Benefits
- Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
Retirement Benefits
- Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
- Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
- Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
- Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
- Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
- Note: The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options
See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/retirement/index.html for additional information
Paid Leave & Other Benefits- Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
- Eleven paid holidays a year
- Gym discounts at participating fitness providers in multiple locations throughout the state.
See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/ghlb/employee/health/gymListing.html for additional information
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