Senior Management Analyst

This classification is scheduled for the following cost of living adjustments:

• 2.50% effective June 26, 2026

The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) is currently recruiting to fill one (1) vacancy for the position of Senior Management Analyst in the Logistics Department. This recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and establish an eligibility list for future vacancies.

This position provides high-level analytical, administrative, and strategic support across all divisions within the Logistics Department, including Fleet Services
, Information and Communications Technology (ICT),
Service Center
, and Facilities and Construction (Property Management).

The Senior Management Analyst plays a key role in ensuring strategic initiatives, departmental programs, and projects are delivered within established schedule, scope, budget, and quality objectives
. The incumbent will coordinate across multiple divisions, manage competing priorities, support executive decision‑making, and ensure alignment with OCFA’s organizational goals. This position requires strong analytical and organizational skills, experience in project and program coordination, and the ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership, management staff, and internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Under general direction, provides high-level analytical and strategic support within an assigned department; executes departmental and Authority‑wide goals and objectives; designs, develops, and implements programs and services provided by the department; performs budgetary, financial, administrative, analytical, personnel, and records management duties; oversees assigned administrative processes, procedures, and programs; prepares policies, budgets, and reports; ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures;

provides highly responsible and complex staff assistance to executive management; performs the technical and complex tasks relative to departmental operations; and performs related work as required.

Receives general direction from assigned management personnel. May exercise direct or general supervision over professional, technical, and/or administrative staff.

This is the advanced level classification in the Management Analyst series responsible for performing the most complex work assigned to the series. Incumbents regularly work on tasks which are varied and complex, requiring considerable discretion and independent judgment. Positions in the classification rely on experience and judgment to plan, develop, and implement policies and procedures for an assigned department, including multi‑divisional and/or departmental budget preparation, contract administration, management analysis, and program evaluation.

Assignments are given with general guidelines and incumbents are responsible for establishing goals, strategies, objectives, timelines, and methods to support the day‑to‑day administrative activities and provide a professional‑level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Advises executive level in development of objectives, planning, and strategies to accomplish goals and corresponding performance measures. Work is typically reviewed upon completion for soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements.

Incumbents may be responsible for planning, organizing, supervising, reviewing, and evaluating the work of professional, technical, and/or administrative support staff.

Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public or business administration, information technology, or a related field.

Five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional experience in administrative work involving finance, contracts, compliance reporting, management, organization, or other related functions.

• None

• Public or special district experience (government agency experience)
• Strong analytical ability
• Strategic planning skills
• Project management…