Policy Analyst - Dauphin County, PA, United States - Commonwealth of PA

Commonwealth of PA
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Dauphin County, PA, United States

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THE POSITION:

This position is eligible for student loan forgiveness and provides excellent health, savings, and retirement benefits.

The biggest benefit of all is the positive impact you will create when you join our team's mission to make Pennsylvania stronger by improving government accountability, transparency, and the effective use of taxpayer dollars.


DESCRIPTION OF WORK:


This Policy Analyst position assists the DAG's Office of Quality Control and Training (OQCT) in providing administrative oversight of policy matters for the Department.

In this role, the employee will be responsible for managing projects assigned to the Policy Administration Oversight Division under the direction of OQCT Management.


Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Facilitating meetings, workgroups, for the design, development and writing of new policy and policy updates.
  • Collaborating with policy owners to identify and track the revision status of Departmentwide and bureauspecific policies and procedures.
  • Working with the OQCT director and the Office of Chief Counsel (or other appropriate office) to ensure proper policy revisions are made when prompted by related oversight bodies (GAO, PSP, FBI, etc.).
  • Developing and maintain a policy review schedule considering Commonwealth policy activity and the frequency of applicable criteria updates.
  • Comparatively analyze Commonwealth Management Directives and Manuals applicability to DAG policies and procedures.
  • Monitoring Commonwealth Management Directive and Manual activity for impact to Department operations and policies and procedures and notify affected Department policy owners of relevant Commonwealth policy activity.
  • Reviewing and evaluating laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and other literature for the purpose of assisting with policy development, updates to policies and/or reviewing training program content, as well as to gain background knowledge to complete other assigned tasks. (For example, GAO's Standards for Internal Control, IRS publications, FBI's CJIS Manual, etc.)
  • Tracking policy and procedure document ownership and changes.
  • Assisting with the development of appropriate policy and procedurerelated training to include proper acknowledgements.
  • Communicating identified policy gaps and potential risks to the Department's control environment to OQCT management.
  • Managing policy content on the Department's internal website and external, public facing website, where applicable.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:


  • Fulltime employment
  • Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday
  • Friday, with 60minute lunch.
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Telework:You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg.

  • Employees in this position may be required to report to the Harrisburg headquarters occasionally with only 24 to 48 hours' notice.
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Salary:_ _**In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.


REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY:


QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:


  • Bachelor's degree, or higher, in public policy or a related field;
    and:
  • At least 3 years of policy analysis, research, and development experience in the public sector;
    or:
  • Any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.

Additional Requirements:


  • Proven ability to research, analyze, understand, and interpret statutes, regulations, subregulatory guidance, contracts, precedents, policies, etc., to arrive at a logical and wellsupported conclusion using critical thinking and then present that conclusion in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner in writing or verbally depending on the situation and audience.
  • Proven ability to manage projects and effectively facilitate meetings while collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
  • You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):


  • Three years of experience with policy analysis, research, and development experience in Pennsylvania state government.
  • Working knowledge of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's policies and procedures, legislative processes, and compliance environment.

Legal Requirements:


  • A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

How to Apply:


Veterans:


Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

  • 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).


If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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