Community and Family Support Program Analyst

STATE OF COLORADO RESIDENCY REQUIRED

NOTE: This announcement may be used to fill multiple openings.

We offer a generous benefits package including:

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• State paid life insurance policy
• Choice of 2 retirement plans (defined benefit or defined contribution)
• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• State paid short-term disability coverage
• Additional optional life and disability plans
• Credit Union membership
• Training and professional development

This position will have the opportunity for a hybrid schedule (combination of in‑office and remote workplace). Please note – equipment provisioning and certain onboarding tasks will take place in person, in our Denver office, on the first day of employment.

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) ensures the delivery of a comprehensive, community‑informed, data‑driven, high‑quality, and equitable early childhood system that supports the care, education and well‑being of all Colorado's young children, their families and early childhood professionals in all settings.

The Data, Strategy, and Impact Division is responsible for providing data, research, analysis and evaluation of the programs within the Department. This role sits within the Analytics & Reporting Team in the Data, Strategy and Impact Division and this team is one of four teams within DDSI. The Analytics & Reporting Team is a centralized team of analysts that work together to standardize practices and support research, reporting, and analytic priorities across the Department of Early Childhood (DEC).

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Analyst IV

This position primarily works to support data management, data analysis, research, and reporting needs across the various programs and services managed by the Division of Community and Family Supports (DCFS) under the Office of Program Development.

• Designs, formats, populates, and cleans analytical data sets using a variety of tools and skills.
• Defines and implements processes needed to validate data.
• Independently performs statistical analysis as requested and as data allows.
• Utilizes both descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as systematic qualitative analysis, as necessary.
• Fulfills internal and external data requests.
• Develops and/or maintains recurring data reporting for community and family support‑related needs as requested by program leadership.
• Identifies opportunities for alignment with community and family support data.
• Develops and implements Reporting Agendas for community and family support data.
• Develops and maintains a Critical Operations list to support successful cross‑training.
• Actively monitors and works on ad hoc reporting priorities outlined in the Reporting Agendas.
• Provides recommendations to management regarding challenges and opportunities for consideration to ensure data integrity, reliability and accuracy in reporting.
• Generates reports for program and executive leadership to inform decision‑making, proactively and by request.
• This position is delegated as the staff authority and content expert for operationalizing and executing performance management services to support data‑driven decision‑making for the Division of Community and Family Support (DCFS) through internal and statewide initiatives.
• Oversees implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) strategies to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of DCFS strategies.
• Key consultant for decision‑making around how data should be collected, managed, stored, utilized, and/or interpreted.
• Collaborate on data collection efforts, including recommending appropriate data sources and modifying channels of data collection, as necessary.
• Key consultant for decision‑making around most appropriate and feasible data deliverables based on their understanding of available software, data sharing best practices and audience preference.
• Support survey development, analysis, and reporting as requested.
• Develops and maintains effective, ongoing collaboration with assigned unit staff, including providing data strategy consultation and support.
• Works with staff to support proactive, meaningful data…