Salary: $3,388.80 - $3,490.40 Biweekly
Location : Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 54599
Department: Transportation and Public Facilities
Division: IAD-International Airport Systems Office
Opening Date: 07/17/2026
Closing Date: 7/27/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Division: International Airport Systems Office
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: Supervisory
Range: 20

Job Description

What you will be doing
Join one of the most dynamic aviation organizations in the world and help shape the future of Alaska's airports. The Alaska International Airport System (AIAS), home to the No. 1 cargo airport in the United States and No. 3 in the world, is seeking an innovative leader to advance passenger and air cargo service development, strategic initiatives, marketing efforts and aviation partnerships. In this highly visible role, you'll oversee the AIAS Air Service Development team, guiding passenger and cargo service initiatives across both Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) and Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), while also leading airport planning efforts for Fairbanks International Airport, including its Airport Master Plan, Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, and other strategic planning initiatives. You'll collaborate with airlines, global cargo carriers, logistics providers, tourism organizations, and government agencies to identify opportunities that strengthen Alaska's role as a premier international aviation gateway. From analyzing emerging aviation trends to developing new initiatives that enhance airport competitiveness, your work will directly influence the future of air transportation in Alaska.
This is far more than a traditional airport position -it's an opportunity to lead initiatives that have statewide and international impact. You'll supervise a talented team of professionals, coordinate complex, multi-agency programs, develop strategic marketing and outreach efforts, and help guide projects that improve operational efficiency, cargo movement, and passenger connectivity. Working alongside industry leaders including the FAA, TSA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, airlines, and international stakeholders, you'll help position AIAS for long-term success while supporting economic growth throughout Alaska. If you're passionate about aviation, enjoy solving complex challenges, and thrive on building partnerships that make a lasting difference, this is an exceptional opportunity to leave your mark on one of the world's most important aviation systems.
Who we are looking for:
To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:

• Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including costs and limits.
• Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• Oral Communication: Makes clear and convincing oral presentations. Listens effectively; clarifies information as needed.

To view the general description and example of duties for positions please go to the following link:https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
Minimum Qualifications
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.

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 one's 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.

• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, planning, coordinating, and implementing a program, project, business, organization, or major components of a program, including having administrative authority over the program/project funding, staff, and/or overall operations.
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.

"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.

Additional Required Information
At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

• Three (3) professional references, including name, job title, and current phone numbers. Applicants must also present their driver's license.

AIRPORT SECURITY BADGE
Candidates for this position must be eligible for an airport identification badge in accordance with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulations (49 CFR 1542) which requires fingerprinting and a criminal background check. The successful applicant must pass a fingerprint-based criminal history record check as well as a comprehensive background investigation, along with a Transportation Security Administration Security Threat Assessment.

ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

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

The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four levels of proficiency 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 will need to 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

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.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an al