SENIOR STAFF ANALYST

THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL RECRUITMENT.
APPLICANTS WHO RECENTLY APPLIED BUT WERE DEEMED INELIGIBLE AND WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION MUST RE-APPLY BY THE CLOSING DATE.


Advanced, professional work in analyzing and developing improved managerial policies, practices, methods, procedures and organizational structures in a specific department.

An employee of this class meets with administrative and technical directors and support personnel to study and analyze departmental functions and procedures, work coordination, work flow, and forms and records control to determine the most effective and productive methods to be used for the performance of essential functions. Work may include assisting in the development and control of the department's budget, technical supervision of subordinate analysts involved in the review, analysis and control of the budget, and supervision of the preparation of certain records and reports for inclusion in preliminary and final budget estimates. Work may also include providing assistance to the Director or a Supervisor in various areas of strategic importance, including grant management, contracts, capital improvement projects, and various lease agreements. May perform financial settlements for events at various City facilities and verify that the City is collecting appropriate revenues. Performs other related work as required.

This position is not of a routine, clerical or ministerial nature, and requires independent judgment.

Plans, organizes, reviews, supervises, revises, instructs and participates in the work of a group of subordinate professional, sub-professional and clerical employees engaged in maintaining budgetary control accounts for a department or performing management work which may include training.

Assists in analyzing organizational structures and in developing and/or updating managerial procedures.

Assists in the preparation of budgets for the department and its various divisions and components.

May analyze and verify financial compliance to Departmental contracts or lease agreements.

May assist with grant applications and perform necessary grant analysis, including filing for reimbursements and coordinating with private or governmental agencies associated with grant management.

May prepare and analyze capital improvement project (CIP) financial reports and may coordinate various capital improvement project related activities.

Performs long range strategic planning.

Performs statistical analysis and hypothesis testing.

Identifies system and organizational difficulties hindering the accomplishment of objectives. Applies operations research techniques including problem definition, development of mathematical or other models to represent problems and manipulation to arrive at solutions.

Assists line supervisors in the installation of new procedures and management techniques, such as productivity planning, work efficiency and quality control.

Compiles and analyzes data; provides guidance, consultation and recommendations regarding policies, procedures, and programs; prepares reports of findings.

Participates in the evaluation of work measurement studies, management control, plans of service, fiscal accountability, methods analysis, operational studies and other elements of management.

Coordinates with Procurement to procure contractors/vendors.

Performs other related work as required.

Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering or a closely related field and four (4) years of administrative or managerial experience demonstrating professional level competence in any of the following: operations analysis, industrial engineering, budget analysis, cost engineering, or human resources administration.

OR

Equivalent combination of education and experience beyond a high school diploma or its equivalent and two (2) years of the required experience.

Applicants, including City of Miami employees, must upload and submit attached copies of the following documents with the employment application.Please be sure to attach all required documents to your employment application each time you apply. Uploaded documents remain in your online profile but they will not attach automatically and you will be deemed ineligible without the proper documentation.
ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEAR, LEGIBLE, AND IN PROPER FORMAT.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION AND ARE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PROOF:

1. Proof education in the form of Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering or a closely related field. Foreign diplomas/degrees must be submitted with a credential evaluation report from an approved credential evaluation agency*.

Translations of diploma/degrees are not accepted. If degree/diploma does not reflect the academic major on its face, transcripts indicating degree completion must be submitted. Audit/Academic reports are not accepted as substitutions for college transcripts.

To qualify under the equivalency clause, applicant must provide proof of education in one or more of the following applicable forms: copy of high school diploma, or equivalent, OR any higher accredited degree such as an Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's degree or higher.

*Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies:
Credential evaluation reports showing the United States equivalency for academic credentials earned in other countries may be provided by:

• An accredited four-year college or university in the United States, OR
• A current member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES),OR
• A current member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE),OR
• A recognized Professional Organization

For additional list of approved credential evaluation agencies visit theFlorida Department of Education
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all required documents submitted with the employment application are in a format that is acceptable, clear and legible for eligibility determination or risk being disqualified.

Applicants, including City of Miami employees, must completely detail their work experience on the employment application or risk being disqualified.Resumes are not required and will not be reviewed in place of the employment application.

It is the applicant's responsibility to update their online profile with personal data, work experience, education, and certifications, when submitting application(s), failure to do so may result in disqualification.

Applicants must provide a valid email address in order to receive notification of eligibility.
Veterans Preference:Veterans Preference is awarded in accordance with Florida State Statute 295.07. If veteran's preference is being claimed, it must be indicated on the application form and proper documentation, including all forms DD-214 (Member 4) and the applicable FDVA- Veteran's Preference Certification Form(s) in accordance with rule 55A-7.013 - Documentation of Preference Claim, must be submitted with the employment application.
FDVACertification Forms:Please complete the applicable Veterans' Preference Certification Form(s). Form(s) must be uploaded with your employment application along with acceptable proof of veterans' preference.

Form VP1:VETERANS' PREFERENCE CERTIFICATE
Form VP2:CURRENT MEMBER OF THE RESERVE CERTIFICATION
FORM VP3:UNREMARRIED WIDOW or WIDOWER CERTIFICATESelection Preference:Selection preference within the same ranking band resulting from an interview process will be granted in the following order: 1) preference eligible veterans, 2) active City of Miami employees, 3) City of Miami residents, 4) all others.
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