Senior Management Analyst - Exempt

Why join the Contra Costa County Administrators Office?

The Contra Costa County Administrator’s Office is seeking a talented individual with a strong work ethic and a desire to improve local government and its communities. Senior Management Analysts serve as key members of a professional management team.

Under general direction, Senior Management Analysts in the County Administrator’s Office advise and assist assigned departments with budgeting, policy analysis, and administration. Incumbents in the role perform complex administrative, financial, legislative, and management analysis; assist senior staff on projects; and perform other related work as required.

This recruitment is looking to fill a position assigned to support the Health Services Department. However, all interested individuals are invited to apply, as candidates from this recruitment may be used to fill other potential positions in the County Administrator’s Office that may become available.

We are looking for someone who:

Has a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and commitment to public service
Enjoys complex analytical assignments
Can navigate and help resolve challenging or sensitive situations
Has excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
What you will typically be responsible for:

Learning the organizational structures, services, finances, and policies and procedures of the County to provide sound advice and assistance to assigned departments
Conducting complex data and statistical analysis for budgeting, resource planning, performance measurement, and other administrative projects
Preparing, editing, and approving various materials, such as agenda reports for public meetings, contracts, grants, and other administrative and budgetary documents

A few reasons you might love this job:

The County Administrator’s Office provides a great vantage point of the County and how local government works, offering a wide breadth of potential projects to leverage and develop your talents
You will help shape public policies and operations for a broad range of essential services that support the county’s communities and improve the lives of people
The role and office offer an excellent career path, partnering with colleagues who are dedicated to public service and supportive of your professional development

A few challenges you might face in this job:

The work environment is fast paced, involving time constraints and other external pressures
Facilitating complex changes, sometimes entailing difficult conversations
Managing assignments that may be voluminous and routine

Competencies Required:

Critical Thinking – Analyzing complex information and situations, distilling to them to key drivers and decision points, and developing related recommendations
Political & Organizational Savvy – Working skillfully with politics, procedures, and protocols across organizational levels
Quantitative Analysis – Analyzing, summarizing, and visually displaying quantitative and qualitative data to inform operations management and decision making
Legislative Analysis – Researching, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
Integrity & Approachability – Demonstrating good character, honesty, personal accountability, and the ability to build and maintain long-term professional relationships

To read the complete job description, please visit the website, www.cccounty.us/hr.

About County Administrator’s Office

The County Administrator’s Office serves as the principal advisor to the Board of Supervisors and coordinates the work of County departments, special districts and other agencies under the direct jurisdiction of the Board. The primary duties of the County Administrator and staff include preparation and monitoring of the County budget, review and oversight of the County’s organizational structure and analysis of policy and legislative proposals from federal, state and other local government partners, including any impacts to the County.

The County Administrator’s Office is composed of five specific divisions:

General Administration. Executes Board direction, provides executive-level guidance, and serves as the administrative hub for all programs within the County Administrator’s Office. Staff are responsible for producing and monitoring the County budget, developing financial and strategic plans, staffing the Board of Supervisors and its committee meetings, analyzing proposals, and providing recommendations to the Board of Supervisors to support alignment with Board policies and effective and efficient use of County resources. In addition, develops and manages the County’s federal and state legislative platforms to respond to state and federal actions that could impact the County. In coordination with legislative advocacy consultants and in collaboration with department staff countywide, the County Administrator’s Office tracks and monitors state and federal legislation and provides timely updates to the full Board of Supervisors and the Legislation Committee of the Board. This division also works on the long-term Capital Master Plan for the County, the annual capital budget and directly supports the delivery of large and complex capital projects.

Law and Justice Information Systems (LJIS). Provides administration, planning, and coordination of data systems and networks that affect and support the entire County justice system, including case management systems for the District Attorney, Public Defender, and Probation Departments, the countywide Automated Warrant System, and the All-County Criminal Justice Information Network (ACCJIN).

Labor Relations. Administers the County’s employee relations program, including managing the collective bargaining process with labor unions, employee grievance processes, providing training and counseling to department managers and employees on labor relations matters such as terms of memoranda of understanding with employee bargaining units.

Office of Communications & Media (OCM). Supports countywide centralized communications under one cohesive strategy to enhance and improve information services to the community. OCM also administers franchise agreements with cable services providers and operates the County’s community access television stations (known as CCTV).

Clerk of the Board. Provides staff support to the Board of Supervisors by recording and compiling the actions of the Board taken during public meetings, maintains the official records of the Board, administers development of the weekly Board agenda materials packet, including all staff reports forwarded by County departments in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and the Better Government Ordinance, provides staff support to the Assessment Appeals Board and maintains the roster of Board appointments to various boards, committees and commissions.

The County Administrator's Office mission is to:

Work with the Board of Supervisors, Department Heads, and other federal, state and local government agencies to provide the highest level of services to the residents of Contra Costa County
Increase intergovernmental cooperation and public access to government
Assist Department Heads in implementing Board of Supervisors’ policy, direction, and vision into coordinated operating plans
Preserve the fiscal integrity of the County