Business Analyst - Junior

Junior Business Analyst

Provide a short description of the Position: Section 424(e) (1) of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, a State cannot receive Title IV-B, subpart 1 funds unless it has provided prior fiscal year data which shows: the percentage of children in foster care who were visited on a monthly basis by the caseworker handling the case of the child; and the percentage of visits that occurred in the residence of the child. The current national standard is 95% of children visited on monthly basis. We are requesting a continuation of the IV-B funded Casework Contact Assurance Special Project staff of one (1) Junior level Business Analyst position for the period March 18, 2024 through March 18, 2026. The Casework Contact Assurance special project staff will continue to provide operational and focused management support to the Region 3 based local social service districts and voluntary agencies in their efforts to make certain that their staff make and document the required visits.

The Junior Business Analyst is an entry level position that works closely with the Senior Business Analyst team, OCFS and the Foster Care agencies to achieve the Casework Contact Assurance goals. Through the Casework Contact Assurance special project, the Junior Business Analyst will continue to provide operational and focused management support to the Region 3 based local social service districts and voluntary agencies in their efforts to make certain that required visits are documented. Additionally provide administrative support to the Regional office. This role leverages the individual's knowledge and analytical skills to support the execution and delivery of the OCFS Casework Assurance initiative in accordance with ACYF-CB-PI-07-08. The positions will also support the Regional Office in the monitoring of the voluntary agencies case management/case planning responsibilities including compliance with OCFS child safety and CPS monitoring requirements. Primary duties will include collecting, analyzing and documenting the required data, information and goals and transferring the same to the senior analyst team. The candidate should understand the business process and requirements of the voluntary agencies, elicit requirements from them using interviews, surveys, site visits, and business process descriptions. Communicate and collaborate with OCFS staff, local social services district staff (the Administration for Children's Services) and voluntary agency staff to analyze information needs and ensure recommended solutions are implemented. Provide continued support to districts and agencies with review of CONNECTIONS with relation to data integrity for Casework Contacts. Any other duties deemed necessary by the Regional Office that impact permanency for youth.

Specifications:

• Ensuring all support activities are executed on schedule, including but not limited to distribution of materials for meetings, coordinate meeting activities as needed, distribute team communications, collect status reports, and develop or distribute team communications.
• Working with OCFS management, Program Leads, and Business Analysis team on different aspects of the project life cycle to ensure requirements are defined accurately, reports meet the defined requirements, and they are distributed and reported efficiently and accurately.
• Ensuring users receive appropriate support for related recommendations, fixes and enhancements and existing documentation is updated accurately.
• Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and information and generate report of findings to OCFS, Program Leads, and Business Analysis team. Document all site visits in a progress report.
• Support how stakeholders view the team as proactive and responsive to their agency needs.
• Performing business analysis documentation and research, working with key users in the continual improvement of business processes within their functional areas.

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