Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community."

Job Title: Home Visiting Program & Policy Analyst (MA5)
Location: Olympia, WA.
Closes: Wednesday May 1, 2024
Salary:  $72,552.00 - $97,596.00 Yearly.
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We're looking for a Home Visiting Program and Policy Analyst (Management Analyst 5) to join our team to support critical aspects of statewide home visiting system development, and lead in various critical initiatives necessary to support team and agency leadership. The Home Visiting Program and Policy Analyst (Management Analyst 5) will lead with an equity lens in decision making, processes and outcomes in an effort to minimize the negative impact of bias.

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The Opportunity:   
As a Home Visiting Portfolio and Evaluation Analyst, you will manage the contracts associated with external consultants, and implement and make recommendations of practices, policies and procedures for the Home Visiting Services Account (HVSA). The ideal applicant has a deep knowledge of the program activities and goals, state and federal grants, financial systems, and policies and procedures.

Some of what you'll do:

• Develop and manage contracts for home visiting models that contribute data into the statewide home visiting data system.
• Develop and manage the contract with the Department of Health, the state agency partner responsible for managing the HVSA data management system.
• Identify and support the implementation of identified priorities for continued or improved data collection, management, evaluation, and reporting.
• Lead the Home Visiting Performance-Based Contracting efforts.
• Manage 3-6 different stakeholder groups.
• Lead the Home Visiting Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) efforts.
• Manage engagement of HVSA Local Implementation Agency (LIA) contractors.
• Utilize Continuous Quality Improvement methods to annually identify and monitor progress of PBC measures.
• Manage review and planning efforts of the HVSA required data collection.
• Integrate approaches and findings across areas of work (data management, PBC planning).

Required Qualifications:
A Master’s degree in social work, psychology, social science, health care or a related field, AND three years of progressively responsible experience, administering, developing, supervising or delivering family and child-related social services.
OR
A Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, social science, health care or a related field, AND five years of progressively responsible experience in planning, administering, developing, supervising or delivering family and child related social services is required.

In addition, demonstrated experience in two or more of the following areas:

• Conduct research.
• Analyze policies, laws, rules, or regulations.
• Conduct business analysis and developing requirements.
• Lead business projects.
• Manage business operations.
• Business policy development.
• Federal sub-recipient monitoring
• Complex contracts management

Degree must be obtained from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or foreign equivalent verified by a NACES-approved organization at naces.org. 

Foreign Equivalency certification must be attached to the application for degrees obtained outside the U.S. Incomplete applications may be screened out of the recruitment process.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:

• Previous demonstrated knowledge and experience in government or non-profit sector with public funding, including managing or leading projects with operational significance.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and utilize strong processes to organize complex work and produce analytic analyses, this may include analyzing policies, laws and rules.
• Previous demonstrated experience conducting research and developing complex reports for various audiences.
• Previous demonstrated strong customer service skills, with an ability to troubleshoot and seek solutions.
• Previous demonstrated computer proficiency in Word, Excel, and Power Point with advanced fiscal analytic capacity.
• Previous demonstrated knowledge of data collection, management, evaluation and reporting.
• Previous demonstrated experience managing federal grants and reporting requirements and planning data and reporting system development.
• Ability/willingness to travel for meetings within Washington State, and occasionally national travel if required.

How do I apply?
Complete your applicant profile and attach the following documents:

• Letter of interest describing how you meet the specific qualifications for this position.
• Current resume detailing experience and education.

Supplemental Information:
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.  If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This position requires a valid unrestricted (other than corrective lenses) driver's license.

This position is in a bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). For more information: .

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment or if you would like to request an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, contact David Ozment (Talent Acquisition Specialist) at If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855)524-5627 or email .

Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may call (360) 902-2276 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (800) 833-6388.

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