Management Analyst - Los Angeles County, CA, United States - Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources

Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources
Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources
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Los Angeles County, CA, United States

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EXAM NUMBER

  • MV1848B-EA

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT
Open Competitive Job Opportunity - Emergency


FIRST DAY OF FILING

Applications will be accepted starting Monday, May 13, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. (PT) until Monday, May 20, 2024, at 2:00 P.M. (PT)
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The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected.

We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use.

If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.


Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.
Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to
Management Analyst.


DEFINITION:


Performs a variety of analytical, technical, and/or confidential and sensitive assignments in core functional areas of human resources, contract development and administration, or health programs operations and administration.


CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:


This is a broad-based, flexibly-staffed class in which incumbents utilize a similar level of analytical and technical skills and abilities while drawing upon knowledge acquired through specialized experience, training, and/or education.

Positions allocable to this class that function in human resources and contracts development and administration are located in a central administrative department or the central administrative office of a line department; and positions that function in line department health programs are located in the centralized program-support function or in a centrally-administered, department-wide program.

Incumbents typically report to a higher-level analyst or supervisor, and are responsible for carrying out a variety of analytical and technical assignments within the aforementioned areas.

Assignments require the use of discretion and care in the handling of confidential and sensitive information used to support management decisions, as well as professionalism and tact in interacting with internal and external higher-level staff and management in the planning and coordination of work efforts.

Incumbents in this class receive general supervision while independently carrying out a variety of routine to moderately complex assignments, and more direct supervision during the performance of complex assignments.

Each require the use of established research and analytical methods and techniques and sound professional judgment to analyze related problems and issues and identify and select the most appropriate course of action from a set of alternatives.

Recommendations made at this level impact higher-level staff and management decisions.

Assignments are made in terms of objectives, priorities and deadlines to be achieved, with incumbents exercising responsibility in planning and carrying out the successive steps required to complete the work.

Assignments are typically covered by established guidelines and methods.

However, more complex assignments may require incumbents to make independent interpretations of data gathering methods and analytical techniques in order to achieve study objectives, or seek guidance from a supervisor in situations where existing guidelines, methods and procedures cannot be applied or require significant deviations.

Completed work products are evaluated for technical soundness and conformity to pertinent policies and requirements.


Essential Job Functions:


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


  • Provide support to Executive Leadership on drafting motions and analyzing legislation around homeless programs and initiatives.
  • Researches information by identifying, locating and extracting relevant data and information (e.g., by reading, collecting, downloading, interviewing) from varied sources (e.g., Internet search engines, library materials, government and technical reports, knowledgeable individuals) in order to obtain sufficient, valid and reliable data for analysis and decision making purposes.
  • Compiles information by grouping and/or categorizing the information (e.g., in tables, spreadsheets, data files) in meaningful ways in order to facilitate analysis.
  • Analyzes information using qualitative and/or quantitative analytical methods in order to understand and draw factbased conclusions, often from large amounts of information; identifies issues and problems requiring additional research and study and takes appropriate action to ensure sound study results.
  • Prepares a variety of documents (e.g., reports, business correspondence, memoranda
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