Strategy and Performance Coordinator

About the role

The Strategy and Performance Strategy Coordinator will build on Chesterfield County's existing budget practices, financial management, and data-driven decision-making by expanding the Office of Budget and Performance Management’s capacity for performance analysis, service review, forecasting, program evaluation, and follow-up after major decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine performance measures, KPIs, service indicators, and reporting tools.
• Analyze data to identify trends, risks, service pressures, and areas for improvement.
• Prepare dashboards, scorecards, reports, presentations, and briefing materials.
• Analyze the financial, operational, and service impacts of major initiatives.
• Support forecasting, scenario analysis, and financial reviews involving projected costs, potential revenues, operating needs, service impacts, and future budget effects.
• Help departments review program effectiveness, service delivery, workload, demand, efficiency, quality, access, risk, and outcomes.
• Support strategic planning, budget development, performance review, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Aid in survey analysis, benchmarking, and research that helps explain service demand, trends, community needs, and peer practices.
• Work with budget analysts, departments, leadership, and other staff to connect financial, operational, and performance information.
• Perform other work as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, data analytics, statistics, economics, finance, information systems, or a related field; and three years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis, performance measurement, reporting, forecasting, program evaluation, financial analysis, or related work; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Pre-employment drug testing, FBI criminal background check and education/degree verification required.

Qualifications

• Analytical skills.
• Practical problem-solving abilities.
• Comfortable working with departments and explaining data and analysis in plain language.
• Understanding of how services, operations, budgets, and results connect.
• Ability to review assumptions, test scenarios, and identify financial or operational risks.
• Experience connecting financial, operational, and performance information.
• Ability to balance data with real-world department experience.
• Knowledge of Chesterfield County's existing strengths in budgeting, planning, and management.

Skills

• Data analysis.
• Performance measurement.
• Reporting and presentation creation.
• Financial and operational analysis.
• Program evaluation.
• Strategic planning.
• Survey analysis.
• Benchmarking and research.
• Collaboration with departments.
• Clear communication of performance information.

Benefits

Shift: Monday - Friday; 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Why This Role Matters

This position will help Chesterfield County build on its existing strengths in budgeting, planning, and management by expanding the County’s ability to use performance information consistently and practically.

Work Location

Budget & Management

Equal Opportunity Employer

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