[OSFA] Employment Opportunity

Tue Jan 13 11:20:09 PST 2009

OSFA members,

The following employment opportunity is being sent on behalf of the
Department of Human Services.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Budget, Planning and Analysis Employment Opportunity

FISCAL ANALYST 3

(SENIOR FISCAL ANALYST)

$4089 - $5985 MONTHLY

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER:  LEHS9064

CLASSIFICATION NUMBER:  C1245

OPEN:  JANUARY 9, 2009

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  JANUARY 26, 2009

LOCATION:  SALEM

This employment opportunity is with Budget, Planning and Analysis (BPA)
which is part of the Department of Human Services (DHS).  This position
provides support to the Administrative Services Division Budget.  There
is one full-time opening located in Salem.  A union represents this
position.

This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of
qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill
future vacancies as they occur.

QUALIFICATIONS

Six years of progressively responsible experience that included the
preparation, analysis and administration of a budget or fiscal system.
Experience must have included modeling and forecasting fiscal
information.

NOTE:  A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Public or Non-Profit Management,
Finance, Accounting or a related degree (such as Public Policy,
Political Science, Public Administration or other analytical or
technical degree) may substitute for three years of the required
experience.  A graduate-level degree in any of the above areas may
substitute for four of the six years.

SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING 

State of Oregon Application Form PD100
<http://www.oregonjobs.org/DAS/STJOBS/stjobsapplication.shtml>  AND

A cover letter (not to exceed two single spaced pages in length) that
clearly addresses each of the following desired competencies listed
below.  If you do not respond to each of the desired competencies, you
may not be offered an interview.  Qualified applicants whose background
most closely matches the desired competencies will be invited to
interview.

1.     Experience using analytical techniques to identify policy issues
and recommend changes based on organizational mission and objectives.

2.     Experience coordinating administrative budgeting processes and
procedures.  

3.	Experience communicating budget findings verbally and in
writing.

You may e-mail, deliver, mail, or FAX your completed application
materials.  They must be received no later than the application
deadline.  

E-mail:

dhs.recruitment at state.or.us <mailto:dhs.recruitment at state.or.us> 

(Please put announcement number LEHS9064 in the subject line of the
e-mail.)

Mail/Deliver to:

Department of Human Services

Recruitment and Retention Unit

ATTENTION:  Brett Marconeri

500 Summer Street NE, E22

Salem OR 97301-1099

Or

FAX your application to 503-378-2249 

When faxing your application please include a cover sheet indicating
number of pages sent.

Due to the high volume of incoming applications, we are unable to verify
receipt of applications.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Obtain application materials, job, and benefits information by doing one
of the following:

*	Access the DHS website at http://www.oregon.gov/dhs/jobs

*	Contact your local Oregon Employment Department office.

If you need assistance to participate in the application process, you
are encouraged to call 503-945-5698 (voice) or 503-945-6214 (TTY)
between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday.

Keep a copy of your application materials for your job interviews.  DHS
does not provide copies.  Although faxing your application is an option,
DHS is not responsible for materials that are illegible or missing as a
result of FAX transmission errors or loss in the mail or e-mail.  Pay on
all announcements may change without notice.

Notice of your application results will be sent to you by mail.
Although agencies are not required to delay their selection process, you
may request a review of your application results.  This review request
must be received in writing within 10 days from the date of the notice.
Additional application information cannot be accepted.  However, if the
recruitment is still open you may submit a new application, which must
be received in our office by the close date of the recruitment.

If you are offered employment, the offer will be contingent upon the
outcome of a criminal background and driving records check.  Any history
of criminal activity will be reviewed and could result in the withdrawal
of the offer or termination of employment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Prepare and manage a portion of the agency budget and operating plans
throughout budget preparation and execution.  Prepare agency budget in
coordination with top agency management, prepare the budget in all
levels of detail, including support documentation and actual material
for inclusion in the budget.  Propose and coordinate preparation of
budget decision packages, reduction options, workload measures and
program narratives.  

Prepare documentation for presentation to legislative committees, Budget
and Management (BAM) and Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO).  Oregon Budget
Information Tracking System (ORBITS) team member for coordination of
ORBITS input and reconciliation.  Explain and justify agency plans to
Department of Administrative Services BAM and LFO analysts.   

Coordinate with agency managers and staff to provide fiscal reporting
and planning.  Interpret state and federal rules and regulations.
Propose policy alternatives, and fiscal impacts as a mechanism to
achieve program goals, consistent with fiscal limitations, regulations
and rules.  Coordinate with top managers to develop expenditure and
allocation plans consistent with agency policies.  Monitor such plans,
and adjust plans as necessary to ensure achievement of agency mission
within available resources.  

Collaborate with top managers to resolve budget and cost accounting
issues.  Coordinate department wide trackers for budget monitoring and
budget execution.  Provide both short and long term forecasts and
analysis to critically identify the budget and program constraints and
the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agency.  Develop processes to
evaluate the impact of policy changes.

Use analytic techniques to identify issues and conduct fiscal,
statistical and quantitative analysis to determine program and fiscal
impacts of proposed or implemented policy changes to agency programs.
Prepare and review fiscal impact statements (FIS) for legislative
concepts and proposed legislation.  Identify and propose needed changes.
Evaluate program fiscal performance, determine causative factors
contributing to budget deviations.  Propose policy changes to correct
budget deviations.  Propose and develop service delivery policies which
optimize use of available resources.  Develop forecasts and rebalance
plans for presentation to agency executive staff, DAS and LFO analysts.

Develop and modify complex databases that provide historical data and
forecasting mechanisms.  Oversee development of this data using extracts
from microcomputer and mainframe computer.  Develop special data
extracts, both for ongoing data needs, and to meet one-time analysis
demands.  Create special data extracts to analyze and develop
alternative policy options.  Develop budget and fiscal reporting
formats.  Develop and update methods for forecasting expenditures and
revenue.  Create systems that monitor the deviation between budgeted and
actual service levels.  Develop analysis and explain changes in
caseloads, costs, and impacts of policy and management changes.

Other duties as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Occasional deadlines may require overtime.  Working environment can
involve high stress, short time frames and the ability to work on
multiple tasks simultaneously.  Occasional travel to meetings.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

DHS is about people.  We help Oregonians be independent, healthy, and
safe.  We protect children who are abused or neglected.  We provide
treatment services to people whose lives are damaged by alcohol and
drugs.  We serve seniors, people with disabilities, and people with
mental illness.  We help low-income people along the road to
self-sufficiency with health coverage, job preparation, childcare and
other supports.  We provide leadership in public health services.  Our
services are delivered in the least restrictive setting and in
partnership with communities.  We are absolutely committed to ongoing
innovation in the delivery of services, and we are committed to
recruiting, developing and retaining dedicated employees.  For a
complete explanation of state employee benefits, visit our website at
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/jobs/salary.shtml

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING US!

The Oregon Department of Human Services is committed to affirmative
action, equal employment opportunity and workplace diversity.

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