Planning Analyst, Senior - Economic Supports
Planning Analyst, Senior - Economic Supports
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Hennepin Countys Economic Supports (ES) area is seeking a Senior Planning Analyst to join their team. This position will perform project management facilitation research and evaluate activities related to operational improvement and service development using automation tools and coding. This position will engage all levels in ES in continuous quality improvement projects.
This position will be responsible for planning and developing automation tools and user supports for legacy systems and supporting BlueZone scripts for ES as well as their service delivery partners within Health and Human Services (HHS). This involves analyzing and documenting business processes through collaboration and consultation with staff supervisors and managers to provide direct service as well as coding and testing automation tools. In this position you will be supporting and educating staff supervisors managers and partners on the use of the tools and employ continuous quality improvement principles to update and enhance the tools over time. You will partner with the State of Minnesotas Department of Human Services (DHS) staff and other county partners to ensure Hennepin County is aligned with statewide approaches and at times you will provide technical assistance to the state and other counties.
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Location and hours:This position is hybrid and will be performed both onsite at various sites and provider locations throughout Hennepin County and remote as job duties require. Work hours will be Monday through Friday flexible within the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. No weekend overnight or holiday shifts are required. While this position is designated as hybrid based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin. New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefitearning employees is inperson in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.
About this position type:
This is a fulltime benefitearning position.
This position is internally classified as a Planning Analyst Senior
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In this position you will:- Design code and maintain Bluezone Scripts and other automation tools for ES utilizing VBScript SQL and other tools.
- Identify opportunities for service delivery and process improvement within HHS; coordinate with ES leadership and the Quality Improvement team to develop holistic and habilitative improvement processes.
- Coordinate with Automation and Integration team and information technology staff to maintain code and databases plan enhancements and manage new and ongoing projects.
- Provide ongoing quality assurance and support to BlueZone functionality across ES through responding to questions from colleagues and collaboration with information technology staff.
- Create usage statistics of BlueZone Scripts products in a SQL environment.
- Promote BlueZone Script Project news updates initiatives and resources including live or recorded demonstrations.
- Represent ES BlueZone Script Project in communication and collaborative initiatives with DHS and other counties including providing technical and consulting support for counties regarding scripts; represent Hennepin County in regular DHS meetings.
- Engage with new and existing BlueZone Script testers (operations staff) to:
- Request and evaluate critical feedback.
- Enhance or fix in process scripts based on feedback.
- Microsoft Teams channel communications and support.
- Develop scripts to run access data for critical management reporting report trends errors and discovery of BlueZonecreated data.
- Champion Hennepin Countys core values including racial equity when representing the BlueZone Scripts team in inner and interdepartmental committees taskforces and projects.
- Maintain and enhance data and data analytics tools necessary for federal reporting for Hennepin County to stay within compliance on state and federal policies including the SNAP programs On Demand Waiver.
Need to have:- One of the following:
- Bachelors degree or higher in business administration public administration research methods statistics behavioral/social science public health computer science/MIS management science or urban/city planning andtwo years of related experiences.
- Related education and/or experience to total six years.
- Experience:
- Coding in VBScript or Python language or prior experience working on the BlueZone Scripts.
- Analyzing and evaluating business workflow and processes requiring workflow design solutions to improve operational effectiveness.
- Developing process improvement and work simplification procedures.
- Analyzing and presenting data using SQL PowerBI or other tools to guide business solutions.
- Knowledge of:
- Digital service options and overall business supports needed to support digital options.
- Project management process analysis research design and statistical analysis.
- Principles of planning and program evaluation/performance measurement.
- Federal state and county laws rules and regulations.
- Public Assistance program policies and procedures.
- Ability to:
- Determine research requirements and conduct research.
- Prepare plans for project and program goals implementation and evaluation of results.
- Analyze and evaluate operational effectiveness; collect analyze and interpret data; prepare statistical and project reports.
- Manage effective working relationships within and outside the organization.
- Facilitate group discussions; interpret policies and regulations.
- Create and deliver presentations; effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Provide work direction to paraprofessional and professional staff.
About the department:Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one we help the other.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that reduce disparities eliminate inequities and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy all people are valued and all people thrive.
Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community competitive pay worklife balance a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more atThe Bridge (login as Guest).
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
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This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
Watch thisvideofor application best practices and tips.This position may have access to systems or other documentation that may contain HIPAA data.
Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience.
Final candidates may be required to complete a criminal background check.
If you have any questions please contact:Taylor Dahlberg
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
