Arpa PMO Analyst, Health

Position Description

Under general supervision, the ARPA PMO Health Analyst will support the selection, implementation, evaluation, and close-out of projects in the ARPA Health portfolio, working across Commissioners Court offices, County departments, external program administrators, and other stakeholders to deliver target outcomes while ensuring compliance with federal requirements. The Analyst, ARPA PMO Health will support program management activities for the ARPA Health portfolio, including portfolio reviews, ARPA Steering Committee presentations, milestone and key performance indicator (KPI) tracking, communications, and financial forecasting. Programs in the Health portfolio include Behavioral Health, Food & Nutrition, Coordinated Care, Environmental Health, Reproductive Health, Chronic Disease Prevention, and Maternal & Child Health, among others.

The ARPA PMO Health Analyst is expected to possess strong analytical skills, a high attention to detail, and the ability to effectively communicate complex information to diverse stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Communication: Performs data analysis to inform stakeholders and facilitate decision-making, while also drafting communications summarizing team meeting discussions, decisions, and action items.

• Project Implementation & Compliance Support: Supports the implementation of selected projects, including project design, stand-up, monitoring, evaluation, and close-out, as well as aiding Harris County departments in project implementation, stakeholder management, and regulatory reporting to ensure compliance deadlines are met.

• Portfolio Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Engages internal and external stakeholders to ensure key performance indicators, project plans, and milestones reflect current portfolio performance while monitoring delivery of contract requirements against program goals. In addition to tracking project timelines, supporting agreement extensions and renewals, identifying issues, following escalation processes to mitigate risks, developing submissions to Commissioners Court ensuring thorough and timely preparation of contracts and supporting materials, and supporting portfolio-level investment analysis, including forecasting future spending.

• Coordination & Collaboration: Coordinates with the OCA Communications team and collaborates with County departments and partners to develop and update content shared with internal and external stakeholders, including website, press releases, social media, newsletter, etc., and identify/document stories of program beneficiaries.

Other Duties:

• This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Management may, at its discretion, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net.

This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Requirements

Supporting Documents:

• Cover Letter

• Updated Resume

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and

• One (1) year of work experience required, demonstrating analytical skills, project management, and/or delivery experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Project management, data analytics, and/or public sector experience.

• Stakeholder management, including engagement across internal departments, third-party consultants, outside experts, and community partners.

• Experience managing KPIs and evaluating outcomes.

• Understanding of and commitment to advancing equity throughout the program; commitment to achieving the Equity Goals set out in the ARPA Equity Framework.

• Proactive and self-starter initiative, being able to operate within a program start-up environment and handle associated ambiguity.

• Strong writing, presentation, and meeting management skills.

• Cultural competence is required.

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

• Spanish or other language skills are helpful.

General Information

Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:

• Grant-funded Full-time

• Monday

• Friday | 8:00 A.M.

• 5:00 P.M.

• Occasional weekends, holidays, and overtime may be required based on the specific needs and demands of the department.

Salary:

• Depends on Qualifications

• Based on 26 Pay Periods

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• This position is based in an office environment, where the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, scanners, and filing cabinets is routine. The physical demands associated with this job are minimal, with occasional lifting and moving of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. The role is predominantly sedentary, involving mainly sitting with occasional standing and walking.

Reports To Position: ARPA PMO Mgr, Health

Supervises Positions: None

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

BENEFITS

Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.

The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions:

• Medical Coverage

• Dental Coverage

• Vision Coverage

• Wellness Plan

• Life Insurance

• Long-term disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service

• Accrual rates increase based on years of service

• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday

• Professional development opportunities

• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan

• Healthcare Reimbursement Account

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:

• Retirement Pension (TCDRS)
• Flexible schedule (varies by department)
• Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)

In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.

For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:

https://benefitsathctx.com/

01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position?

• High School or GED diploma

• Associate Degree

• Bachelor's Degree

• Master's Degree or higher

• None of the above

02

Please describe your educational background including level of education completed, area of study and completed major and minor programs.

03

Which of the following best describes your verifiable work experience demonstrating analytical skills, project management, and/or delivery experience? (To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Less than one (1) year

• One (1) year but less than two (2) years

• Two (2) years but less than three (3) years

• Three (3) years or more

• I do not have this experience

04

Please provide details about your verifiable work experience demonstrating analytical skills, project management, and/or delivery experience. Do not use "Please see Resume" or "See Resume" (To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history) Please include your (a) role(s), (b) types of organizations, (c) scope of duties and responsibilities If you do not have this experience, please type "None" in the space provided.

05

Do you have project management, data analytics, and/or public sector experience?

• Yes

• No

06

Do you have experience managing KPIs and evaluating outcomes?

• Yes

• No

07

Are you bilingual in English and Spanish? If yes, do you consider yourself fluent?

• Yes, I am fluent in both of these languages

• No, I am fluent in only one of these languages

• No, I am not fluent in either one of these languages

08

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions: Advanced: A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Intermediate: A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Basic: A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it. Entry Level: A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced

• Intermediate

• Basic

• Entry Level

• Not proficient

Required Question

Agency Harris County

Address 1111 Fannin St

Ste. 600

Houston, Texas, 77002

Phone 713-274-5445

Website https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/harriscountytx