Performance & Data Analyst-Regional Development

Job Description

Salt Lake County – A Career with Purpose in Your Community!

Join Salt Lake County and make a meaningful impact! We seek passionate individuals to enhance our community with their skills and experience.

Why Work Here?Our culture values teamwork, growth, and a healthy work-life balance. We offer great benefits, flexibility, and opportunities for development.

What We Offer:

• Work-Life Balance: 12 holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, and a personal day annually. Hybrid work options available.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Retirement plans with up to a 10% contribution, medical (100% county-paid option), dental, vision, and health savings accounts.
• Additional Perks: Onsite medical clinic, rec centers, gym, professional development, disability coverage, and discounts at county facilities.

Additional Benefits may include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

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Join the Office of Regional Development to inform policy and enhance program impact through research, reporting, data management, and capacity building among staff and partners. The Office of Regional Development works collaboratively with state and local governments, businesses, and community organizations to support healthy, vibrant, and accessible communities for all Salt Lake County residents. The divisions within the Office of Regional Development highlight the breadth of our programs. These divisions include: 

• Housing & Community Development  

• Regional Planning & Transportation  

• Economic Development 

• Environmental Sustainability 

• Canyons Management 

We are seeking applicants with strong quantitative analysis skills who are excited about the interdisciplinary and dynamic nature of our work. Under the direction of the Business Strategy Manager and in collaboration with subject matter experts, you will conduct program evaluations, report outcomes and indicators, coordinate data sharing and data governance efforts, and develop dashboards and presentations for internal and external stakeholders. 

This application requires a work sample and two short-answer questions which will be visible after you submit initial background information for the application. Please do not upload the optional cover letter. Cover letters will not be reviewed. 

If you’re interested in this position, you may also be interested in a similar open position with Human Services- https://careers-slco.icims.com/jobs/38332/performance-%26-data-analyst/job. Note you must submit separate applications for each position to be considered for both. 

Salt Lake County does not sponsor employment-based visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout their employment without the need for employer sponsorship.

JOB SUMMARY

Drives innovation, cultivates curiosity and strengthens relationships with program staff and leadership within and across departments. Develops goals and metrics for performance management, designs and maintains data collection and management systems, conducts quantitative and qualitative research, and communicates complex information to a range of stakeholders. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Data Analytics, Information Science, Economics, Sociology, Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, or related field plus four (4) years of related experience; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Works with County agency directors, managers, analysts, and frontline staff to establish agency outcomes, indicators, baselines, and performance measures, as well as methods for tracking progress towards those outcomes and performance measures.• Design and develop reports, graphs, dashboards, presentations, and narratives to convey complex data and information for internal and public use. • Engage with other technical experts to design, develop, and improve data tools and reports.• Assists internal data users to adopt a wide range of tools and methods to collect, manage, interpret, and report on performance measures and operational data to inform program management.• Provides training and feedback to staff on the implementation and use of new and existing data tools.• Advise on best practices for data collection, including survey design, and identifies opportunities to leverage administrative data and other public data.• Identifies and pursues opportunities to conduct research, establish pilot projects, and manage other short-term projects as needed. • Researches and identifies national best practices, similar governmental practices, and promising new analytic methods and technology related to data, innovation, and process improvement.• Creates and updates internal data management and data sharing policies and procedures to help guide and document data management, data sharing, and coordination efforts. • Contributes to countywide data governance initiatives.• May monitor compliance with federal and state data privacy regulations and County data sharing agreements, including staying abreast of changes to data privacy regulations and data sharing agreements.• May supervise staff.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Quantitative and qualitative research methods• Data visualization tools • Data programming languages/tools• SQL and relational databases• Database extraction, data cleaning, data wrangling, and basic data analysis• Advanced features and formulas in Excel or Smartsheet • Data sharing, security, privacy, and related regulations• Project management methods and tools• Personnel supervision, management, and development

SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO:

• Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and through data visualizations• Think logically and systematically to solve complex problems• Analyze business and technical processes and determine ways of making them more efficient• Engage in building a culture of data literacy and continuous performance improvement• Seek out and propose data projects and opportunities to collaborate internally and externally• Monitor emerging technology and tools (e.g., Artificial Intelligence) and evaluate opportunities and challenges of applying new technologies and tools to performance management and data analysis• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work duties are typically performed in a general office setting, sitting or standing for long periods of time at a computer.