Title: Business Analyst- Part Time (Wage)

State Role Title: Gen Admin Supv II/Coord II

Hiring Range: $39.20-$63.70 per hr

Pay Band: NV 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: NOVA District Office

Agency Website: www.vdot.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This position is an hourly/wage position. Wage employees may not work more than 29 hours per work week on average over the course of a year and are limited to 1,500 hours within a 12-month period. No State benefits are provided. This is an onsite/in person role, M-F during Business hours.

The Business Analyst is part of the Project Development Business Management team and will assist in creating, tracking, and revising project agreements including locally-administered; provides administrative and project support; performs analysis and prepares reports to inform business decisions.

Duties include but may not be limited to:

• Assist tracking financial transactions associated with the district’s discretionary pre-scoping budget and prepare Journals.
• Coordinate monthly Zone meetings with project managers and other employees.
• Collect back-up documentation from Cardinal, project managers to assist with compiling packages to coordinate between VDOT, localities, and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) over the lifecycle of projects administered by VDOT and funded by NVTA. Assist with billing and maintaining records as needed.
• Assist with the preparation and distribution of oversight reports for local governments participating in the Local Assistance Program.
• Prepare dashboard reports and projections by coordinating with project managers.
• Assist in the preparation of project development project summaries for monthly and quarterly reports.
• Create and maintain program records, reports, presentations, and proposals facilitate positive relations between LAP, the localities, other VDOT departments within the organization, and other involved parties. Assist with billing, invoices, and other financial transactions.
• Provide program coordination for the Project Development team; coordinate and facilitate multiple in-house status project meetings; use VDOT’s financial and project management systems to identify financial and scheduling data to process reports and for management decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to gather and analyze data and prepare technical reports.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications to include financial software.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others, to establish priorities and perform multiple complex tasks.
• Familiarity with the project development process for transportation construction projects.
• Familiarity with locally administered project statutes and policies; state and federal funding requirements; principles of project funding,
programming, financial and scheduling concepts, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms.
• Strong verbal skills with the ability to conduct and moderate effective meetings and work sessions necessary to reach consensus on a
variety of complex issues.
• Strong listening skills and the ability

Additional Considerations

• Experience with Project Development principles and practice.
• Experience with local assistance projects or related activities.
• Demonstrated ability to use or learn VDOT project and fiscal management tools and system software (iSYP, PAM, Cardinal, iPM
Project Pool, Federal Strategy Database).
• Ability to work in a fast paced and complex urban environment.
• Experience representing an organization with private or public entities in a political setting.
• A combination of training, experience or education in civil engineering, business, public administration, or related field desired.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is an hourly/wage position. Wage employees may not work more than 29 hours per work week on average over the course of a cycle year and are limited to 1,500 hours within a 12-month period. No State benefits are provided

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and/or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

RMS/PageUp provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance, benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short- and Long-Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application. VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.vdot.virginia.gov/policies/employees/.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics: your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values, therefore please access the following link: https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/about. Click on Mission statement, shared values, and code of ethics to review them and if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

All candidates selected for an interview may be required to perform a skills demonstration as part of the interview process.

All employees are required to work in emergency situations, to include weekends, holidays, and after normal business hours; assignments may vary based on business needs.


Fingerprint-based background checks, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available. VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants”: http://www.vdot.virginia.gov/policies/employees.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/pathways/PWContact.aspx, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.

Contact Information

Name: Danielle Rayner

Phone: 703-259-2378

Email: danielle.rayner@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.