Divisional Analyst

General Admin • Baltimore County, MD

8h

About The Position

Maryland Department of Labor is currently accepting applications from qualified candidates for Administrative Officer III (Divisional Analyst) within the Division of Labor and Industry, General Administration. As a member of the DLI team, you can have a fulfilling career while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e., vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union. GRADE 15 LOCATION OF POSITION 10946 Golden West Drive, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 Main Purpose of Job This position provides assistance to the Deputy Commissioner and Division via researching, developing and monitoring policy initiatives for the division. The position will support the division in promoting, planning, developing and implementing programs, as required by statute, regulation, executive order and/or departmental initiatives that will facilitate efficient and effective delivery of departmental services to the citizens of Maryland.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Three years of administrative staff or professional work.
• Candidates may substitute 30 college credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to two years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from a college or university for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work that included the regular use of independent judgment and analysis in applying and interpreting complex administrative plans, policies, rules or regulations or analysis of operational programs or procedures with recommendations for improvement on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
• At least six months of professional experience in data analysis, policy research, or program evaluation within a governmental setting, including preparing reports, analyzing data, supporting policy or program development, and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure compliance and improve organizational efficiency.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with written and verbal communication, including drafting or contributing to legislative impact statements, fiscal notes, COMAR regulatory changes, or other formal policy documents within a governmental setting.
• Project management experience.
• Experience interpreting state policies, legislative reports, regulations and COMAR.

Responsibilities

• Assist with efforts to research, draft, and assist with impact statements and fiscal note responses to new legislation in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Perform research to support suggested regulatory changes and/or legislative responses.
• Extracts, collects and aggregates data across databases, information sources, and other data sources; ensures data quality; cleans and checks exiting data for consistency and accuracy.
• Editing and finalizing new policies, legislative reports, or amendments as required.
• Documenting processes and disseminating information to stakeholders.
• Helps ensure data and descriptions are consistent and precise year over year.
• Assists in efforts to improve internal information tracking systems and enhance collaborations and communications with other members of the staff.
• Assists with new initiatives to improve organizational efficiency, comply with new legislative mandates, visibility, and organization-wide leadership development and works with internal programs to identify areas of improvement through legislation.
• Helps ensures programmatic audit findings are complete and maintained in compliance throughout the various units.
• Coordinates and assists in the preparation of drafts of internal policies, directives, and regulatory changes to COMAR on behalf of the division, including building codes, new energy codes, safety, health, and wages.
• Determines if policies are aligned with stated goals and objectives, tracks federal due dates, stakeholder input, and helps coordinate the drafting of remarks and/or talking points for speaking engagements and/or presentations.
• Prepare directed research reports to support draft, and final regulations, determine economic impact, assist in targeting resources, and formulate and publish legal notices.
• Assist in the preparation of programmatic portions of federal grants.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management, including actively assisting the various units of the Division on special projects, implementing new processes, helping draft standard operating procedures across the Division’s units, and provides status on newly implemented initiatives.

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Paid holidays 12-13 per year
• Generous paid leave package (annual, sick, personal and compensatory leave)
• State Pension ("defined benefit" plan)
• Tax-deferred supplemental retirement savings plans (401(k) and 457)
• Comprehensive, subsidized health, dental and prescription plans with little to no deductibles, free generic prescriptions, and free preventative health services
• Flexible Spending Account plans for Health Care and Daycare
• State Employees Credit Union

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED