L&I Internal only - DOSH Performance Management & Innovation Program Analyst (MA4)

State of Washington•Thurston County – Tumwater, WA

2d•Remote

About The Position

This position is ONLY available to current L&I employees. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is looking for a strategic, collaborative, and highly organized professional to join our Performance Management & Innovation Program. This role is an opportunity to lead complex, division-wide initiatives, connect programs to build collaborative workstreams, modernize how work gets done, and turn DOSH's strategic vision into measurable results. As a Management Analyst 4, you will serve as a senior analytical and project leadership resource supporting DOSH leadership and the DOSH Steering Committee. You will work across the division to turn strategic priorities into action. This means bringing together subject-matter experts from different DOSH programs, identifying where their work intersects, building coordinated workstreams, establishing clear goals and milestones, and keeping initiatives moving toward completion. You will have the opportunity to influence how DOSH plans, prioritizes, implements, evaluates, and sustains important work. Your work will help DOSH become more connected, efficient, transparent, and innovative, ultimately strengthening our ability to Keep Washington Safe and Working. This position can be offered with a flexible schedule (4/10’s, 9/80’s, 5/8’s etc.) once fully trained and approved by management. This position is full-time teleworking with the possibility of an occasional in-office presence needed for meetings, etc. The assigned L&I office is Tumwater, WA.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, law, public health, health administration, or related field AND Four years of experience conducting research and analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations.
OR A combination of equivalent education and experience conducting research and analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations totaling 8 years.
College-level education will substitute, year for year, for experience.
Additional experience will substitute year for year, for education.
The ability to take action to learn and grow.
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.
A current L&I employee.

Nice To Haves

Proven ability to support division-wide initiatives effectively.
Skilled in researching, analyzing, and drawing insights from data to back recommendations with factual evidence.
Experience interpreting and applying regulations, policies, and standard operating procedures.
Experience utilizing continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean practices.
Experience in developing and executing change management strategies.
Strong ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently.
Experience in project management and execution.
Exceptional customer service and organizational capabilities.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in interactions with both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serve as a project manager and strategic advisor for high-priority DOSH initiatives.
Turn strategic priorities into actionable project plans, workstreams, timelines, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
Bring together programs and subject-matter experts to coordinate work, solving complex problems, and keeping initiatives moving forward.
Identify risks, barriers, dependencies, and competing priorities and develop solutions to address them.
Provide leadership with clear analysis, recommendations, and project updates to support decision-making.
Identify opportunities to bring programs together around shared priorities to build coordinated workstreams.
Facilitate collaboration, establish roles and responsibilities, and build alignment across programs.
Develop implementation strategies that turn DOSH's vision and strategic priorities into sustainable results.
Assess organizational impacts, identify opportunities, and recommend practical solutions.
Evaluate processes and identify gaps, redundancies, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.
Apply continuous improvement and Lean principles to complex organizational challenges.
Facilitate problem-solving and develop improved processes and workflows.
Lead change efforts that help new processes, tools, and workstreams take hold.
Develop and maintain project tracking systems, dashboards, performance measures, and reporting tools.
Track milestones, deliverables, risks, decisions, dependencies, and outcomes across multiple workstreams.
Provide clear reporting that shows progress, identifies areas needing attention, and connects individual projects to larger strategic priorities.
Facilitate meetings, coordinate cross-program participation, and prepare executive briefings and decision materials.
Track strategic decisions, action items, deliverables, and implementation progress.
Identify issues requiring leadership attention and ensure accountability for commitments.
Coordinate advisory committees and stakeholder initiatives, including the Construction Advisory Committee, Agriculture Safety and Health Forum, and WISHA Advisory Committee.
Analyze stakeholder feedback and emerging issues to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for DOSH leadership.