SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Responsibilities

• Provides complex and sensitive management and programmatic support to the County Manager, Board of Commissioners and/or a major department.
• Affords assistance in developing goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the department or program to which assigned; coordinates budget development for the function(s) and administers expenditures for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Develops and implements funding and staffing requirements for the programmatic area to which assigned; prepares grant and alternative funding requests; monitors activities and ensures that all programmatic and reporting requirements are met.
• Plans, organizes and directs complex administrative, operational, budgetary or other studies with County-wide or major internal operational or funding impact.
• Reviews and analyzes alternatives and makes recommendations regarding such matters as organizational structure, team and quality improvement alternatives, budget development and administration, staffing, facilities, productivity, and policy, procedure, legal and regulatory development and implementation.
• Performs specific County management support activities such as coordinating and preparing Board agenda items, conducting studies and preparing responses for Commissioner-generated requests, reviewing and assessing proposed legislation and representing the County, the department head and others as specified.
• Confers with and represents the department and the County in meetings with staff from other departments, representatives of governmental, community, business, professional and public agencies and the public.
• Provides liaison and staff support to a variety of committees and commissions.
• May provide project or ongoing leadership or direct supervision to professional, technical or support staff, including work assignment, training and review of work; depending upon assignment, may provide input into selection, evaluation, disciplinary and other personnel matters; may sign evaluation forms and counsel employees as required.
• Directs the maintenance of and/or maintains accurate records and files related to the areas of assignment.
• Prepares a variety of technical, statistical and narrative reports, correspondence and other written materials.
• Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
• Uses standard office equipment, including a computer, in the course of the work; specified positions may drive a County or personal motor vehicle to attend meetings and visit work sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with major course work in Business or Public Administration or a related field, AND four (4) years of full-time professional experience in performing administrative, budgetary, operational or similar analyses and studies.
• Professional level experience that has provided the skills and knowledge necessary to perform all job functions at this level may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis up to two (2) years.
• Experience in a public agency setting and project or programmatic lead experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application.
• Specified positions may be required to possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment.
• Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.