Operation Support Analyst

About the role

The Operation Support Analyst position directly reports to the Operation Unit Director within the HIV/STD Section in Infectious Disease Prevention (IDP) Division. The scope of this position primarily spans the HIV/STD Section.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes federal and state regulations and legislation, program data, budget data, forecasts, and external vendor data on a regular basis to determine appropriate operational or administrative direction, contractor compliance, and program compliance.
• Interprets historical, current, and projected comprehensive technical reports and data to identify problems, causes, and areas for which procedural or system changes are indicated.
• Designs, evaluates, recommends, and approves changes to forms and reports.
• Reviews and prepares documents on behalf of Operation Unit Director leadership to include memorandum, reports, studies, and other briefing documents.
• Advises leadership and management on studies by identifying priorities and defining study scope, purpose, objectives, time frames, and resource requirements.
• Affords assistance in the coordination, delegation, and tracking of various administrative assignments and/or activities within the IDP Division.

Requirements

• Graduation from four-year college or university.
• Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
• Experience with special projects using data analysis preferred.
• Three Years’ experience working with senior management preferred.
• One year of experience with financial or data analysis.
• Experience with Power BI Reporting and Dashboards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of federal and state regulations, program data, budget data, forecasts, and external vendor data to determine appropriate operational or administrative direction, contractor compliance, and program compliance.
• Knowledge and understanding of agency strategic priorities and evaluation of priorities to provide staff direction.
• Establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support an overall business strategy.
• Cross-program area project coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to draft, review, and approve memos routed to IDP leadership; external communications to a variety of stakeholders and audiences; legislative correspondence; legislative reports; and federal, state, and internal audit responses.
• Prepare presentations and talking points for IDP and DSHS leadership for external speaking engagements.
• Manage high complexity and priority cross-divisional projects.
• Use sound judgement to make independent decisions that directly reflect those of the department and the IDP Division regarding appropriate information to be shared within communications to a variety of stakeholders and audiences.
• Complete tasks with competing priorities.
• Work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.

Skills

• Establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support an overall business strategy.
• Cross-program area project coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to draft, review, and approve memos routed to IDP leadership; external communications to a variety of stakeholders and audiences; legislative correspondence; legislative reports; and federal, state, and internal audit responses.
• Prepare presentations and talking points for IDP and DSHS leadership for external speaking engagements.
• Manage high complexity and priority cross-divisional projects.
• Use sound judgement to make independent decisions that directly reflect those of the department and the IDP Division regarding appropriate information to be shared within communications to a variety of stakeholders and audiences.
• Complete tasks with competing priorities.
• Work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.

Benefits

DSHS offers insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS).

Pay

$5,098.66 - $6,800.00

Schedule

Monthly