Recruiting & Workforce Development Analyst
About The Position
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), within the Health Policy and Analytics Division, is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative Recruiting & Workforce Development Analyst to support recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, and workforce development operations within the Office of Business Operations. The role helps ensure division-wide staffing processes are efficient, consistent, equitable, and aligned with OHA policies, state requirements, health equity, and service excellence. The analyst serves as a resource and consultant to hiring managers and program staff throughout the recruitment lifecycle. The position provides technical assistance with Workday, recruitment planning, interview coordination, hiring documentation, onboarding, and offboarding; monitors recruitment activities and deadlines; maintains workforce data and reporting dashboards; and helps ensure hiring practices comply with applicable policies, collective bargaining agreements, and OHA’s Equitable Hiring Policy. The analyst also collaborates with Human Resources, Budget, and program leadership on position management and workforce planning. The role identifies opportunities to improve processes, develops and maintains procedures, tools, templates, and training resources, and implements strategies to strengthen the employee experience from hiring through separation. This is a hybrid/remote position based in Portland, Oregon. It is a full-time, permanent, SEIU-represented employee position. Employment is contingent upon passing a criminal records check that meets OHA criteria at the time of hire and throughout employment.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science, or any degree demonstrating capacity for the knowledge and skills; OR an equivalent combination of experience or education equivalent to three years of technical-level experience that typically supports the knowledge and skill requirements for the classification.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and customer service skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, exercise independent judgment, and build effective working relationships across the division.
- Application must include a current resume, a cover letter addressing alignment with desired and preferred attributes, and complete, accurate responses to supplemental questions.
- Must meet OHA criminal records check criteria at the time of hire and throughout employment.
- Must complete I-9 documentation and confirm authorization to work in the United States within three days of hire; the position does not provide visa sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience coordinating or supporting recruitment and hiring, including job postings, application review, interview coordination, reference checks, background checks, and hiring decisions.
- Experience developing, coordinating, or improving employee onboarding and offboarding processes, including orientation, hiring documentation, position transitions, and coordination with HR, managers, and support teams.
- Knowledge or experience applying HR policies and procedures, collective bargaining agreements, state HR practices, and equitable hiring principles.
- Proficiency with Workday or other HR information systems and tools such as Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, Adobe, or similar platforms.
- Experience identifying operational challenges and developing or implementing improved processes, workflows, templates, guidelines, or tools.
- Experience collecting, maintaining, analyzing, and interpreting operational or workforce data to develop tracking systems, dashboards, reports, or performance measures.
- Ability to provide technical assistance, guidance, and customer service to managers, employees, candidates, and other partners; build productive relationships; resolve issues; and manage priorities professionally.
- Experience communicating policies and operational information through written materials, presentations, training, or meetings, and coordinating assignments, priorities, and deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Support recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, and workforce development operations within the Office of Business Operations.
- Serve as a resource and consultant to hiring managers and program staff throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
- Provide technical assistance with Workday, recruitment planning, interview coordination, hiring documentation, onboarding, and offboarding.
- Monitor recruitment activities and track progress and deadlines.
- Maintain workforce data and reporting dashboards.
- Help ensure hiring practices comply with applicable policies, collective bargaining agreements, and OHA’s Equitable Hiring Policy.
- Collaborate with Human Resources, Budget, and program leadership to support position management and workforce planning.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and develop and maintain procedures, tools, templates, and training resources.
- Implement strategies that strengthen the employee experience from hiring through separation.
Benefits
- Low-cost medical, vision, and dental coverage for the employee and family.
- Optional life insurance, disability coverage, deferred compensation, and flexible spending account options for health and childcare.
- Paid time off including 11 holidays, 3 personal days, monthly sick leave, and vacation accrual starting at 8 hours per month.
- Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
- Retirement through the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP).
- Training and development opportunities.
- Hybrid/remote work flexibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
