The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) provided funds to perform additional cleaning in the City of Portland focusing on street sweeping and graffiti abatement along with support to provide data and mapping to report program progress. The ARPA Data Analyst will provide primary statistics and data for establishing repeatable metrics, reporting accomplishments, and analysis that influences program and investment decisions. This position is part of the Maintenance Operations (MO) group which performs infrastructure maintenance across the City of Portland.
The incumbent is considered an essential employee and is a member of the bureau's 24-hour response team that may require after-hour, evening, weekend, and holiday emergency response.
What you’ll get to do:
- Monitor and document data from program accomplishments
- Communicate data with ARPA team, internal partners, external partners, and City leadership
- Analyze progress and make suggestions to field team while considering equity
- Develop key performance indicators for the program
- Develop, manage, and maintain the ARPA Dashboard as primary public facing data portal
- Provide lead direction, mentoring, training, problem-solving, work assignments for field team
- Support planning and scheduling ARPA priority area work
- Determine methodology for review of ARPA field progress and budget
- Support equity analysis with influence on program execution
Who you are:
- Excellent Communicator: You are a strong communicator to both technical and non-technical individuals, and proficient verbally and in writing
- Problem Solver: You can identify problems early and value collaboration. You utilize active listening and effective communication and facilitation skills in working with others to find resolutions
- Authentic: Effective in a professional, diverse, multi-cultural environment. You treat community members and co-workers with respect and are accountable
- Results Driven: This position is high paced, dynamic and requires a candidate who can take charge, bring focus, and finish tasks in a timely, accurate and professional manner
- Dedicated: Have a passion for public service and hold a high level of pride in making projects are effectively managed, and that you are proud of the work delivered to the public
- Organized: Able to work on a multitude of tasks and understand/respond to various situations in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
- Relationship Builder: An outgoing professional who values building trust, partnerships, and relationships to support an inclusive culture and accomplish objectives more effectively
- Equitable: Maintain and create an inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive workplace
- To Qualify
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Applicants must provide details in their supplemental question responses and resume that demonstrate how their education, training and/or experience, meets each of the following minimum qualifications:
- Experience researching, compiling, developing, designing, and administering databases and data sets providing recommendations, guidance and best practices including ability to oversee the integration and migration of data
- Experience using data systems and visualization tools including utilizing map systems (GIS), track & report statistics, and collection requirements
- Experience using change management techniques especially with respect to operations
- Experience analyzing and identifying complex issues, such as administrative, operational, economic, financial, budgetary, and organizational, including ability to evaluate alternatives, provide sound, logical, fact-based conclusions, and recommendations
- Experience communicating clearly, logically, and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, including a variety of complex analytical topics to non-technical audiences, preparing clear, concise, and comprehensive reports, correspondence, and other documents
- Driver’s License and Acceptable Driving Record
Applicants must submit a professional resume and responses to the supplemental questions online, specifically focused on your qualifications for this position as identified in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement in accordance with the following Application Instructions:
- Your résumé and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
- Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
- Your resume should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
- If you are requesting Veteran's Preference, as identified below, please describe in your responses to the supplemental questions and resume any transferrable skills obtained during your military service and how they relate to each of the required minimum qualifications under the "To Qualify" section above.
- Salary Range/Equity Pay Analysis: Please note per the Oregon State Pay Equity Law your salary is determined based on the experience and education listed in your resume/application. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all directly related and equivalent experience.
Please note, all completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm, on the closing date of this recruitment. All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process. Do not attach materials not requested. E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.