Senior Data and Policy Analyst (DSIS2)

State of Washington•Thurston County – Olympia, WA

About The Position

The Department of Licensing (DOL) is seeking a Senior Data and Policy Analyst to join their Office of Equity, Performance, and Accountability within the Director's Office. This role is crucial for shaping agency policies, programs, and operations, with a primary focus on young drivers and driver training policy implementation. The position also supports public safety, customer-focused initiatives, and operational efficiency. The DOL is a highly visible state agency and the second-largest revenue generator in Washington State, serving over 6 million residents annually and collecting nearly $3 billion in taxes and fees. The agency is committed to providing equitable and meaningful access to its services and fostering a culture of belonging, respect, trust, diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Requirements

Seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in two (2) or more of the following areas: Conducting in-depth research or data analysis, Analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations, Conducting business process analysis, Leading business projects, Business policy development.
Three (3) years of experience: Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data, in preparing effective and accurate narrative, statistical, and graphical reports to communicate findings and recommendations.
Three (3) years of experience: Working with large data sets; identifying data trends, inconsistencies, inaccuracies, or incomplete information for complex analytical topics.
Three (3) years of experience: Using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint to create, compose, and edit written and illustrated materials, presentations, correspondence, reports, and spreadsheets.
The ability to go deeper and deeper into the data to seek the needed information.
The ability to understand and follow agency values of respect, trust, diversity, equity and inclusion through behaviors and decisions.
The ability to promote and support a respectful, equitable, and inclusive workplace for all employees.
The ability to promote and support respectful, equitable, and inclusive delivery of services to customers.
The ability to take action to learn and grow.
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Nice To Haves

A higher education degree in business administration, public administration, law, political science, statistics, economics, mathematics, computer science, or a related field.
Demonstrated strong analytical skills working with structured datasets in a variety of formats and tools commonly used in DOL, including Excel Pivot Tables, SQL services, R, Python, and Power BI.
Experience in project management, which could include explaining the purpose of a project, defining roles and responsibilities, creating project plans, managing timelines and deliverables, risks, identifying outcomes, and communicating statuses and other information to stakeholders and staff at all levels of an organization with the ability to work with others to enhance and enable work plan implementation.
Professional experience conducting quantitative research of the impact of programs, interventions, policy changes, and/or predictive analytics relevant to public safety, licensing, and regulation services.
Demonstrated experience conducting presentations verbally or written to include the organization of materials accurately conveying the information, recommendations, or assessments.
One (1) year of experience developing solutions in Geographic Information System (GIS) environments.

Responsibilities

Conduct in-depth research on complex issues to provide reliable, actionable information to agency leadership to support informed, data-driven decision-making.
Evaluate proposed changes for costs, equity, feasibility, effectiveness, and potential impacts.
Assess policy and program outcomes and recommend improvements based on findings.
Advise agency leaders, project teams, and external partners on agency initiatives and policy issues by providing analytical expertise and research-supported insights.
Identify emerging trends, data limitations, and information gaps to guide future research.
Prepare clear reports and presentations that make complex findings accessible to diverse audiences.
Provide timely, accurate data and analysis to support legislative reporting requirements.
Review studies and analytical products across DOL for accuracy, consistency, and credibility.