Senior Administrative Analyst

Senior Administrative Analyst The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Region 2 Developmental Disabilities State Operations Office (DDSOO) is comprised of two districts, Broome and Central New York. Region 2 districts serve the following counties: Broome, Delaware, Tioga, Tompkins, Chenango, Otsego, Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Oswego, Oneida, Lewis, Herkimer, and Madison. Each DDSOO is responsible for the direct provision of state-operated, person-centered services, supports, and advocacy for people with developmental disabilities. Within the Department of Quality Assurance, the Senior Administrative Analyst will serve as a regional logistics coordinator, focusing on supporting regional quality and compliance monitoring and support activities for priority initiatives. The Senior Administrative Analyst will also support monitoring and compliance efforts with the Division of State Operations (DSO) policies, perform professional, administrative, and technical duties with an emphasis on personal allowance management in state operated programs by facilitating reviews of personal allowance and spending, providing support to develop defined practices and standards to be met statewide, monitor spending activities, conduct personal allowance compliance checks both in person and remotely, as well as becoming a subject matter expert resource for Region 2. Responsibilities of the Senior Administrative Analyst may include but are not limited to, the following: - Collect, review, and analyze quantitative data related to state operated programs and Personal Allowance or other high priority initiatives and make recommendations to Leadership regarding areas where improvement and/or vulnerability are noted. - Develop and maintain priority reports and provide updates, recommendations, and analyses to state operations leadership. - Assist in the development and modification of survey instruments and data collection systems; establish tracking and reporting systems that identify facility practices, issues, and the implementation or corrective actions with an emphasis on personal allowance. - Develop, update, and maintain program protocols, policies, and procedures for State Operations (e.g., personal allowance, overtime, fit testing data). - Serve as a primary point of contact for field operations with regards to development of policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs). - Coordinate efforts of subject matter experts across DDSOOs to develop solutions that will address systemic programmatic issues; provide on-site technical support and training when necessary. - Maintain knowledge of and serve as a subject matter expert for Personal Allowance and the rules, regulations, standards, and requirements associated in order to provide support, ensure compliance, proactively monitor, and develop and make recommendations for policies and trainings to establish consistency statewide. - Traveling to certified sites to conduct surveys of Personal Allowance management, which may include but not be limited to interviews of employees and people receiving services, collecting and reviewing Personal Allowance documentation and practices, providing technical support to employees to resolve any issues identified, and report to State Operations Leadership findings and recommendations that result from site visits. - Develop and maintain relationships with external and internal stakeholders to identify areas of improvement and implement strategies to mitigate associated risks. - Other duties as assigned. This position may be filled at any of the following locations: Onondaga-187 Northern Concourse, N Syracuse; Broome-249 Glenwood Rd, Binghamton The position may be filled at the Administrative Analyst Trainee 1 level equated to SG-14, $53,764, Administrative Analyst Trainee 2 level equated to SG-16, $59,994, or full performance Senior Administrative Analyst SG-18, $66,951, based on education and experience. Candidates hired at the trainee level will be advanced to the full performance Senior Administrative Analyst SG-18 following the successful completion of the traineeship.

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