• Job Description

  Req#: R0065195

  About Our Job

  With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills, and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive, and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

  What We Offer

  The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $70,765.00 - $116,762.00. Our starting salary range is $70,765.00 - $93,764.00/year, based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

  • A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
  • 457B Retirement Plan
  • 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
  • Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

  Location

  The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

  In this position you can expect to work on site at least two days a week at the Denver Post Building, 101 W Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202

  What You’ll Do

  Denver Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO) is creating an economy that works for everyone. We work to ensure the success of Denver’s economy is shared by our residents, businesses, and neighborhoods – because everyone deserves the opportunity to build a future. We do this through multiple divisions: Denver Workforce Development, Neighborhood Equity & Stabilization (NEST), Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO), and Business Development.

  Denver Workforce Development assists employers to hire, train, and retain a quality workforce while providing jobseekers the ability to access, explore, prepare, learn, and connect to employment, training, and other workforce development opportunities.
  
  Denver Workforce Development is looking for a Senior Management Analyst (Policy). In this role, you will work with the Denver Workforce Development and Continuous Quality Assurance teams to facilitate, plan, consult, educate, reduce barriers, and support managers and staff as they incorporate principles of continuous quality improvement to multiple quality/risk related functions. The primary functions of this position will be to serve as the Policy Analyst, which includes being the Complaint and Equal Opportunity Officer for the Denver Workforce System. You will travel to various Denver Workforce vendors' offices throughout the Denver Metro and provide support to the areas of quality control, data integrity, evaluation, and facilitation.

  Specifically, as the Senior Management Analyst (Policy) you will:

  • Develop policies, processes, and procedures in collaboration with program subject matter experts, and ensure that such policies are updated and disseminated to workforce development services and its contracted service providers.
  • Serve as the liaison between the workforce system and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) regarding policy, complaint, and equal opportunity information and other areas of subject matter expertise. Serve as Denver Workforce Development Services Equal Opportunity, Complaint and Compliance Officer to ensure equal access to all services provided by the Denver Workforce System.
  • Review policies and procedures from grantors and develop localized policies to ensure clarity, understanding and compliance. Works closely with the DWD leadership team on initiatives directly related to business improvement and program administration to ensure compliance of state and Federal measures.
  • Along with Manager, serve as lead point of contact for all grant monitoring and audit activities. Collaborate with Workforce team members to develop, update and monitor quality management plans for effectiveness and efficiency for the Denver Workforce System. Collaborate with internal team and partner agencies to ensure applicable laws, rules and regulations are being followed.
  • Research best practices, trends, historical/current data, laws, policies, and methods of various programs to provide assessments on existing and potential problem areas. Analyze and utilize these findings to develop solutions, proposals and presentations for staff and leadership. Participate during recommendation implementations, relying on expertise to provide advice, technical assistance and further recommendations during the process. Act as a technical data SME for colleagues, providing quick and expert knowledge on the various programs and guidance as well as the stories the data and trends tell.
  • Develop and provide accurate reports that help a variety of users measure performance, quality and success of tasks and projects. Regularly prepare written reports that summarize research, analyses, recommendations, and implementation strategies. Assist leadership with special projects as needed, to include data and privacy management and financial, operational and administrative studies.

  About You

  What You’ll Bring

  We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

  Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

  • Experience in working with program related Equal Opportunity Laws in a workforce development, economic development, human services, or closely related environment.
  • Experience working in a workforce development, economic development, human services, or closely related environment.
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills both written and verbal along with the ability to communicate data and policy to a variety of different audiences. Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
  • Experience writing, developing, and analyzing policies, processes, and procedures, and interpreting written guidance to ensure programmatic success.
  • Experience with Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) performance and outcomes
  • Experience with Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) programs, performance, and outcomes

  Required Minimum Qualifications

  • Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance, Management, or a related field.
  • Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional experience in administrative, management, and operational analysis work which must have included analyzing management problems and recommending solutions and implementation strategies.
  • Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

  Application Deadline

  This position is expected to stay open until March 24, 2024. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than March 24, 2024, at midnight to ensure consideration.

  To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

  • Cover letter detailing your experience and interest with our position
  • Resume

  About Everything Else

  Job Profile

  CA2253 Management Analyst Senior

  To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

  Position Type

  Unlimited

  Position Salary Range

  $70,765.00 - $116,762.00

  Starting Pay

  $70,765.00 - $93,764.00/year, based on experience and education

  Agency

  Denver Economic Development & Opportunity

  The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

  Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

  For information about right to work, click here for English or here for Spanish.

• About the company

  Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the US state of Colorado.

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