Business Analyst

Overview

Job Posting

Title:

Business Analyst

Agency: 805 DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICES

Supervisory Organization: Dept Rehabilitation Services–Executive

Job Posting End Date: Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank):

Full/Part-Time: Full time

Job Type: Regular

Compensation: Monthly/Annual Salary:
Monthly Annual;
Level I (Pay Band K) $4,166.67 $ 50,000.00

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving identifying, developing, analyzing, evaluating and/or improving the effectiveness of processes, systems, policies, procedures, manpower utilization, functions of management, equipment, etc., for the agency. Incumbents will gather, analyze, and evaluate information regarding the agency to make appropriate recommendations about strategic decisions, business goals, and other planned changes and implementation methods. In addition, employees may work to ensure stakeholders understand the change initiatives and are prepared to adopt new processes, systems, support structures, etc.

Typical Functions

The functions performed in this job family will vary by level, unit and organization, but may include the following:

• Analyzes and evaluates agency structure, procedures, methods and equipment; recommends improvements and changes as necessary to standardize and/or improve operations; creates, develops and maintains an initiative plan for meeting strategic goals.
• Develops and maintains planning procedures for manpower utilization in departments across agency; assist managerial staff with creating and maintaining a uniform and effective workforce operation.
• Develops methods to determine equipment and material requirements to accomplish agency programs; makes recommendations pertaining to equipment improvements, technology architecture, software applications, and/or systems development.
• Analyzes and evaluates proposed agency changes; completes feasibility studies, risk assessments, optimization strategies, etc., before making recommendations to agency leadership.
• Develops and applies structured methodology whereby agency productivity and efficiency can be measured against reasonable standards; establishes methods whereby specific requirements can be determined; uses established standards to determine manpower, equipment, and material requirements.
• Gathers, understands and visualizes data; develops strategies; designs and implements dashboards and reporting tools; facilitates data-driven decisions; and applies predictive modeling and statistical analysis techniques to forecast trends using BI platforms.
• Creates and implements change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance; gather change requirements; maintain communication with change stakeholders during the process to ensure successful change implementation.
• Maintains communication with operations experts; works with the financial section to analyze expenditures in comparison with budget to determine if expenditures align with budgetary and strategic goals.
• Reviews proposed organizational or functional changes involving the establishment, discontinuance, consolidation, transfer or regrouping of sections or subdivisions; determines the effect on existing organizational and management policies and practices; directs further analysis and evaluation; makes appropriate recommendations and provides guidance in implementing approved changes.

Level Descriptor

Levels are distinguished based on the complexity of assigned duties, the level of expertise required for completion of work assignments, and the responsibility assigned for the supervision of others.

This is the entry level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities related to the analysis of functions, procedures, systems, policies, etc., within an organization. Incumbents will assist in the transformation of complex data into actionable insights, contribute to the development of visualizations, data mining, and aid in the implementation of the change.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and…