Principal Department Analyst

The Position

The current vacancy is in Ukiah with BHRS - Mental Health Services. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, analytical, and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. The candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to interpret and apply policies and requirements, and the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff, contractors, and other stakeholders. Experience with grants administration, contract management, compliance monitoring, reporting, or administrative processes is desirable.

The list developed from this recruitment will be used for a limited period to fill open and promotional, regular full-time, and part-time positions in a variety of departments, service areas, and locations throughout the County, should they occur. Pursuant to current bargaining unit agreements, employees regularly assigned to the coastal region or in Covelo are eligible to receive a 5% assignment premium.

Under general direction, performs varied and professional analytical, financial, and advisory duties in providing highly responsible staff support within County departments; participates in the development and administration of budgets; and develops, presents, and implements plans, programs, and recommendations.

Supervisor Academy is mandatory for all supervisors and consists of nine courses that must be completed within two years. Participation is required and completed during work hours.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Perform administrative and management duties including budget, organizational, systems, policy, procedural, legislative analysis, grants, and special projects, and/or related areas.
• Research and analyze data and prepare narrative and statistical reports, recommendations, and projections.
• Provide assistance in evaluating and resolving sensitive, difficult, and complex operational and administrative problems; identifies problem areas and issues, and proposes solutions; plans, organizes, coordinates, directs, and/or conducts administrative and/or managerial studies related to the activities or operations in departmental, policy, and/or program areas; determines appropriate analytical techniques and information-gathering processes and ensures acquisition of required information and data; analyzes and evaluates alternatives.
• Perform the most difficult and complex work unique to department or area of assignment related to administrative and operational or programmatic activities including fiscal operations, budget preparation and control, equipment usage, staffing patterns, work flow, space utilization, office automation, facilities, contract, and personnel management; design data collection systems; collect and analyze data from a variety of sources including departmental and external records, reports, documents, informational surveys, and contracts;
  
  develop and present written and verbal reports and recommendations for appropriate action based on an analysis of gathered data.
• Develop the most complex budgets, reports or recommendations based on analysis of data collected including impact on service levels and operations and/or information required by funding source; develop fiscal procedures; control specific departmental purchases and expenditures; review financial data on an ongoing basis to assure conformance with established guidelines; conduct cost/benefit studies and recommend changes to procedures or operations.
• Carry out supervisory responsibility in accordance with policies, procedures and applicable laws including interviewing, hiring and training, planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Handle the highly specialized assignments such as acting as the department's personnel officer, staff development officer, or budget officer, performing complex duties including analysis, monitoring, and compliance.
• Plan, coordinate, implement, promote, and oversee significant projects and initiatives; oversee and participate in the development and implementation of project goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and priorities; oversee and participate in the development and implementation of strategies and work plans for the achievement of these goals.
• Analyze and ensure that assigned project activities and services comply with relevant federal, state, and local laws, policies,…