Water Quality Management Analyst

State of Iowa•Des Moines - 50321 - Polk County, IA

About The Position

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking an energetic, analytical, and team-oriented professional to join its Water Quality Bureau as a Management Analyst 3. This role serves as the bureau’s strategic lead for financial modeling, complex project management, administrative rulemaking, grant administration, and EPA Quality Management Plan (QMP) data governance across six bureau sections and more than 20 funding streams. The position develops and maintains financial tracking and multiyear budget models, analyzes statutes and administrative rules to advise on fee structures and financial strategy, and establishes spending procedures. It leads statewide projects and continuous-improvement initiatives, oversees federal grants and contracts, coordinates rulemaking and stakeholder engagement, and manages bureau records and public-records compliance. The role also directs the bureau’s EPA QMP, including oversight of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs), standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality audits, and environmental data governance. Applicants must meet the stated minimum qualification requirements and all selective requirements. The role’s critical competencies include accountability, integrity, high productivity, teamwork, communication, customer focus, interpersonal skills, self-management, computer skills, technical skills in budget and grant administration, and collaborative facilitation.

Requirements

Meet at least one of the listed minimum qualification pathways for the Management Analyst 3 classification: a qualifying four-year degree and three years of specified full-time experience; the stated experience and education combinations; or qualifying current, continuous State of Iowa executive-branch experience.
Qualifying experience must be in project management, management analysis, data science, business systems analysis, or professional-level program administration, development, or operations, as specified in the minimum qualification pathways.
Meet the Budget selective requirement through six months of experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination in budget preparation or analysis and advice or technical assistance involving cost analysis, fiscal allocation, or budget preparation.
Meet the Business selective requirement through six months of experience and 12 semester hours, or a combination, in one or more listed fields: accounting, actuarial science, auditing, banking, economics, grant writing, grant management, finance, marketing, management, personnel, public administration, management analysis, retail business, statistics, computer science, computer information systems, business education, or political science.
Demonstrate critical competencies including accountability, integrity, high productivity, teamwork, communication, customer focus, interpersonal skills, self-management, computer skills, budget and grant administration, and collaborative facilitation.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, design, and maintain financial tracking systems and multiyear budget models for bureau funding sources and fee programs.
Analyze Iowa statutes and administrative rules and advise bureau leadership on fee structures, statutory spending limits, and financial policy and strategy.
Establish annual spending procedures, track federal grant cycles, and conduct financial analyses to recommend policy adjustments.
Lead cross-functional project management for statewide bureau initiatives and continuous process-improvement efforts.
Manage complex projects from scope definition through milestone, risk, and deliverable tracking.
Oversee federal grants and contracts, including proposal development, execution tracking, service delivery, workflow design, and reporting.
Coordinate administrative rulemaking across bureau sections in partnership with program leads and legal counsel.
Coach program staff on rule-drafting standards and develop staff training on updated regulations.
Lead stakeholder engagement to gather public feedback.
Serve as the operational liaison for bureau-wide initiatives, track progress and budget impacts, and advise leadership on resource needs.
Manage bureau-wide digital records archiving and coordinate compliance with public-records requests.
Direct the bureau’s EPA Quality Management Plan, overseeing QAPPs, SOPs, quality assurance and quality control audits, and environmental data governance.
Evaluate project plans and operational initiatives against budget parameters, tracking milestones and advising leadership about fiscal impacts and resource needs.

Benefits

Insurance benefits beginning the first of the month after 30 days of employment; stated premiums can start at $64 per month for single coverage and $210 per month for family coverage.
Separate vacation and sick leave accruals beginning on the first day of employment, with annual rollover available.
Nine paid holidays per year.
Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package with employer match.
Optional deferred compensation 457/401A plan with employer match.
Professional training opportunities.
Employee discount programs for vision, cellular service, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, and counseling.
Flexible work schedules, subject to supervisor approval.
Opportunities for hybrid telework, subject to supervisor approval.
Onsite workout and gym facilities at 6200 Park Ave.
The State’s total compensation package is described as including benefits worth about 30% of total compensation.