Hybrid Regional Project Manager – Operations, Policy Analyst 3

at Oregon Department of Human Services

• Job title: Regional Project Manager – Operations, Policy Analyst 3
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $6,121 - $9,405 per month
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Salem, United States

Responsibilities

• Evaluate project budget and disbursement schedule.
• Identify potential risks and difficulties, and design strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
• Collaborate with recipients and follow contracting guidelines to develop project descriptions, contractor statement of work; review and evaluate bids from contractors.
• Manage project steps to cause participation of project recipient team members and other stakeholders.
• Monitor and track project budget, schedule, and performance.
• Coordinate project activities with internal units.
• Administer project contracts; monitor and evaluate contractor performance.
• Work in concert with the Regional Development Officer to assist cities, counties, tribes, special districts, other agency staff, Federal partners, and legislators to coordinate the development of Agency projects.
• Evaluate grant and loan applications for capital infrastructure projects using department funding sources.
• Work includes developing scope of work, both budgets and activities to be funded.
• Negotiate contractual agreements and amendments between department and applicants defining terms and conditions the awards will be made.
• Evaluate funding required programs, services, systems, and program effectiveness through comprehensive operational evaluation.
• Develop new information about new project scope; establish criteria to identify and measure project effectiveness; develop methods to improve operations or develop new approaches to program evaluation that serve as precedents for others.
• Initiate and coordinate legislative changes to support policy options for funding projects.
• Develop legislative funded projects through collaborative efforts with stakeholders and relevant agencies.
• Manage and coordinate an agency legislative funded project tracking system of significant size and complexity.
• Write staff recommendations for direct legislatively funded projects.
• Assist program staff to review statutes, rules and policy and recommend changes to regulations that will enhance the programs and streamline operations.
• Identify problems in interpretation of laws and rules, or areas where regulations need clarification.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.
• Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification.

Benefits

• Family Friendly Work Life Balance: Paid time off, 11 holidays, 3 personal days & optional short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Take Care of Yourself and Your Family: Comprehensive employee benefits, choice of medical plans, vision plan, life insurance, employee assistance program.
• Invest in Your Future: Pension plan, deferred comp, short- and long-term disability plan, flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
• Be Appreciated: Employee recognition events, agency unique employee recognition program allowing for additional leave options such as vacation buy-out and sick leave roll-over, dynamic employees doing impactful work.
• Inclusion: At Business Oregon, we value community and foster a sense of belonging for our employees.