Advisory Services Analyst, SNAP and SNAP E&T; Remote Eligible

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We are seeking Advisory Services Analysts with prior experience in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), particularly SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T)[EB1], to support federal, state, and other clients. Ideal candidates will bring experience in SNAP policy, program operations, SNAP E&T administration, workforce or provider partnerships, technical assistance, research, data analysis, and program improvement.

Advisory Services Analysts work on multidisciplinary teams to provide strategic advisory and technical assistance and develop practical, evidence-informed solutions to clients’ policy and operational challenges. Analysts contribute to technical assistance, policy analysis, research, and program implementation and improvement while taking ownership of assigned tasks and work streams. They will build on their existing SNAP and SNAP E&T experience while expanding their substantive expertise, client-facing skills, and project responsibilities.

Relevant policy and operational experience for SNAP may relate to eligibility and certification, benefit delivery and workflow, program integrity and payment accuracy, customer service, systems modernization, and administrative data; and for SNAP E&T may relate to program design and operation, workforce and provider partnerships, participant services and supports, data and reporting, and fiscal management.

• Contribute to multidisciplinary project teams and take ownership of assigned tasks and work streams.
• Analyze SNAP and SNAP E&T policies, program requirements, implementation approaches, and operational challenges and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, and synthesize qualitative and/or quantitative information.
• Support technical assistance and advisory engagements with federal, state, and local agencies, workforce partners, service providers, and other organizations through activities such as needs assessment, research, development of tools and resources, facilitation, training, and responses to policy and programmatic questions.
• Draft clear, high-quality client deliverables, including memos, briefs, reports, case studies, presentations, technical documentation, proposals, and implementation tools.
• Communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical audiences and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues from multiple disciplines and, as experience grows, lead defined tasks or work streams with guidance from project leadership.

• Master’s degree in…