Senior Communications and Organizational Strategy Analyst (Operations & Policy Analyst 4)

Senior Communications And Organizational Strategy Analyst (Operations & Policy Analyst 4)

Office of Behavioral Health Services Director's Office is looking for an experienced operations / policy analyst to operate as a liaison to provide advisement on strategic positioning across partners on behalf of the Behavioral Health Director.

In this position, you will provide expert policy and strategy advice to BH Executive team, including the BH Director and BH Deputy Director on high profile behavioral health issues, policy level shifts, organizational changes and communications strategy for overall positioning. You will represent the agency in cross functional work, sometimes speaking on behalf of the Director of Behavioral Health. You will work closely with external relations / public affairs staff, the Governor's Office, Oregon Health Policy Board, OHA committees and advisory bodies, the Legislature, state and federal agencies, OHA staff, external partners, and the public to represent the agency in a professional manner, and to facilitate understanding and support for Behavioral Health's interests and policy positions, and advise on and facilitate the development and implementation of strategic communications and presentations for internal and external audiences. You will also advise on budget, legislative and policy issues at the direction of the Director of Behavioral Health.

Other duties you may perform are research, analyze findings, provide written reports, provide executive talking points, and advise on recommendations, risks and challenges associated with reports, studies and emerging analyses; work with web content; provide system and organizational technical support, change management support, develop process maps and operating procedures and processes, and strategic planning efforts.

Minimum Qualifications : These qualifications must be visible in your application for consideration.

Any combination of experience and education equivalent to eight years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the Operations & Policy Analyst classification.

EXAMPLE : A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and five years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.

Desired Attributes : The following are skills and lived experiences that we have identified as key to success in this role at OHA. These are the attributes we are looking for in our top candidate. If you possess any of these, please let us know in your application.

• Demonstrated commitment to interrupting systemic racism and promoting social justice, cultural humility and awareness of individual and cultural differences, and ability to foster inclusive environments and equitable resource distribution.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communications skills including strategic messaging and presentation development, with an ability to decern audience needs and levels of understanding and adjust accordingly.
• Experience advising executive leadership on legislative, budgetary, and strategic matters.
• Experience analyzing complex cross-system issues and synthesize findings into actionable policy recommendations.
• Experience in strategic planning, project and change management, and organizational development with experience developing process maps, standard operating procedures and processes, and quality assurance protocols.
• Experience operating as contract administrator and interacting with vendors.

We are seeking someone who shares Oregon Health Authority's mission and values. OHA values health equity, service excellence, integrity, leadership, partnership, innovation and transparency. OHA's health equity definition is "Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address : the equitable distribution or redistributing of resources and power; and recognizing, reconciling, and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices." OHA's 10-year goal is to eliminate health inequities.