Home Visiting Program Analyst (MA5) - Portfolio & Evaluation

State of Washington•Thurston County – Olympia, WA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy, thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community.” This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive team while enjoying a flexible, primarily remote work schedule and meaningful, fulfilling work that supports children and families across Washington. Home Visiting is a key child abuse and neglect prevention strategy that aligns with DCYF's mission and strategic plan. In this role, you will help strengthen Washington's statewide home visiting system by supporting the Home Visiting Services Account (HVSA) and the implementation and management of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. As the Home Visiting Portfolio and Evaluation Analyst, you will lead critical initiatives that support the continued development of Washington's statewide home visiting system. You will provide expert analysis, consultation, and strategic leadership to support the development and management of the Home Visiting Strategic and Portfolio Framework, performance-based contracting and leading work with contracted partners conducting evaluation activities, data collection and reporting systems. Working closely with agency leadership, internal teams, external consultants, and state and federal partners, you will help ensure compliance with HVSA and MIECHV requirements while supporting long-term strategic planning, program evaluation, and continuous improvement efforts. In this role, you will provide expert analysis, consultation, project management, and strategic leadership/direction for development and management of the home visiting evaluation and portfolio framework and performance-based contracting. This includes working with systems partners to guide and support their development of evaluation and research plan and data collection and reporting system.

Requirements

A master’s degree in social work, psychology, social science, health care or a related field AND three (3) years of progressively responsible experience, administering, developing, supervising or delivering family and child-related social services.
OR A bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, social science, health care or a related field AND five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in planning, administering, developing, supervising or delivering family and child related social services is required.
Demonstrated experience in two (2) or more of the following areas: Conducting research. Analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations. Conducting business analysis and developing requirements. Leading business projects.
The ability to take action to learn and grow.
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Nice To Haves

Previously demonstrated knowledge and experience in government or non-profit sectors with public funding, including managing or leading projects with operational significance
Demonstrated ability to establish and utilize strong processes to organize complex work and produce analytic analyses, this may include analyzing policies, laws and rules.
Previously demonstrated experience conducting research and developing complex reports for various audiences.
Previously demonstrated strong customer service skills, with an ability to troubleshoot and seek solutions.
Previously demonstrated strong verbal and written skills.
Previously demonstrated computer proficiency in Word, Excel, and Power Point with advanced fiscal analytic capacity.
Previously demonstrated knowledge of data collection, management, evaluation and reporting.
Previously demonstrated experience managing federal grants and reporting requirements and planning data and reporting system development.

Responsibilities

Develops and manages contracts for home visiting models that contribute data into the statewide home visiting data system.
Develops and manages the contract with the Department of Health, the state agency partner responsible for managing the HVSA data management system.
Identifies and supports implementation of identified priorities for continued or improved data collection, management, evaluation and reporting.
Supports development and implementation of HVSA data governance.
Understands and develops expertise in HVSA data systems and data utilization across the agency and within home visiting programs.
Leads the Home Visiting Performance-Based Contracting efforts.
Develops, manages and monitors consultant contracts for strategic and portfolio framework development.