Under general supervision, the ARPA PMO Jobs & Education Analyst will support the selection, implementation, evaluation, and close-out of projects in the ARPA Jobs & Education portfolio, working across Commissioners Court offices, County departments, external program administrators, and other stakeholders to deliver target outcomes while ensuring compliance with federal requirements. Individuals in this role will support program management activities for the ARPA Jobs & Education portfolio, including portfolio reviews, ARPA Steering Committee presentations, milestone and key performance indicator (KPI) tracking, communications, and financial forecasting. Programs in the Jobs & Education portfolio include Workforce Development, Early Childhood, and Small Business programs, among others.
The ARPA PMO Jobs & Education Analyst is expected to possess strong analytical skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to effectively communicate complex information to diverse stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Stakeholder Communication: Performs data analysis to inform stakeholders and facilitate decision-making, while also drafting communications summarizing team meeting discussions, decisions, and action items.
- Project Implementation & Compliance Support: Supports the implementation of selected projects, including project design, stand-up, monitoring, evaluation, and close-out, as well as aiding Harris County departments in project implementation, stakeholder management, and regulatory reporting to ensure compliance deadlines are met.
- Portfolio Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Engages internal and external stakeholders to ensure key performance indicators, project plans, and milestones reflect current portfolio performance while monitoring delivery of contract requirements against program goals. In addition to tracking project timelines, supporting agreement extensions and renewals, identifying issues, following escalation processes to mitigate risks, developing submissions to Commissioners Court ensuring thorough and timely preparation of contracts and supporting materials, and supporting portfolio-level investment analysis, including forecasting future spending.
- Coordination & Collaboration: Coordinates with the OCA Communications team and collaborates with County departments and partners to develop and update content shared with internal and external stakeholders, including website, press releases, social media, newsletter, etc., and identify/document stories of program beneficiaries.
Other Duties:This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Management may, at its discretion, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.