THIS IS A RE- ADVERTISEMENT . PREVIOUS APPLICANTS WILL NEED TO RE- APPLY TO BE CONSIDERED . 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, quantitative and qualitative data analyses, data visualization techniques and 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.

Preferred Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with master’s degree or higher in public health, public policy, or public administration, or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience. Considerable expertise conducting cost benefit analysis of legislation, policy and regulations. 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.Demonstrated ability to develop and implement policy, legislation and regulatory training.

Special Requirements

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHS IG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, or other background checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions. Completion of Statement of Economic Interests will be required upon employment.

Special Instructions to Applicants

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:59 p.m. on the job closing date. Resume may be submitted in lieu of fully completed application. Please be sure all pertinent work experience is included on your resume. It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) organization, VDH honors the Commonwealth’s veteran’s hiring preference. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov. State agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process should follow the instructions in the job opportunity announcement. For any part of the remaining hiring process, applicants should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Are you requesting consideration through the Alternative Hiring Process and have you received an approved Certificate of Disability? If yes, please attach your Certificate of Disability to this application under the documents section using the optional document section. 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 Certified Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: https://www.vadars.org/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx , or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.