Title: Policy Analyst

State Role Title: POLICY AND PLANNING SPECIALIST II

Hiring Range: $72,000 - $93,746.75

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: VDH-Central Office

Agency Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Join the Virginia Department of Health efforts in becoming the healthiest state in the nation. VDH has the perfect employment opportunity just for you!

Job Duties

The Office of Family Health Services (OFHS) is responsible for administering state, regional, and local community-based efforts to prevent noncommunicable disease and promote health and wellness. OFHS administers programs specific to chronic disease prevention, tobacco prevention, maternal and child health, injury and violence prevention, nutrition, oral health promotion and conducts surveillance and evaluation to inform programs and policy. The OFHS seeks a qualified candidate to serves as the Policy Analyst. The selected candidate will be responsible for developing and directing OFHS’ policy, legislation, and regulatory agenda. This position will serve as a technical expert regarding policy development and analysis; legislation development, analysis and implementation; and regulatory review, development, tracking, implementation and analysis. The Policy Analyst provides data driven, health equity framed strategic direction on OFHS policy in alignment with our programmatic areas of expertise, including policy monitoring, report writing, and workgroup facilitation. This position is responsible for developing and coordinating necessary policy, legislation, and regulatory training for OFHS. The Policy Analyst establishes OFHS best practice regarding governance of legislatively mandated workgroups/councils/taskforces and develops and coordinates relevant training. This position directs cost benefit analysis and cost impact analysis of OFHS policy, legislation, regulations, and guidance documents and develops and provides training on economic analyses. The Policy Analysts coordinates responses to constituent inquiries and FOIA requests.

Minimum Qualifications

• Comprehensive experience in public health, public policy, public administration or a related area to include experience in policy analysis.
• Comprehensive experience in policy research, presenting findings/recommendations.
• Comprehensive experience developing, analyzing, and implementing policy, legislation, and regulation.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, analyze, interpret data.
• Demonstrated ability to apply analytical results to the development of policy proposals.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with healthcare professionals and the general public.
• Proficiency in planning, organizing and conducting meetings.
• Comprehensive knowledge of federal, state and local policy development structure, processes and stakeholders.

Additional Considerations

• Proficiency in conducting cost benefit and impact analyses of policy, legislation, regulations or guidance documents.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement policy, legislation and regulatory training
• .Considerable experience collaborating with legislators, policymakers, and community advocates to advance public health in the areas of chronic disease, maternal and child health, environmental health, and injury prevention.
• Experience developing and implementing a health equity focused, strategic policy, legislation, and regulatory agenda.

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.

Contact Information

Name: Tomica Gregory

Phone: 804-814-9684

Email: tomica.gregory@vdh.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.