Working Title: Business Application Specialist

Job Class: Management Analyst 3

Agency: Health Department

• Job ID : 80632

• Location : St. Paul

• Telework Eligible : Yes

• Full/Part Time : Full-Time

• Regular/Temporary : Unlimited

• Who May Apply : This vacancy is open for bids and for all qualified job seekers simultaneously. Bidders will be considered through 10/08/2024.

• Date Posted : 10/02/2024

• Closing Date : 10/15/2024

• Hiring Agency: Minnesota Department of Health

• Division/Unit : Agency Projects and Planning / Business Innovation & Support

• Work Shift/Work Hours : Day Shift / 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Days of Work : Monday - Friday

• Travel Required : No

• Salary Range: $27.84 - $40.82 / hourly; $58,129 - $85,232 / annually

• Classified Status : Classified

• Bargaining Unit/Union : 214 - MN Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)

• Work Area : Agency Projects and Planning / Business Innovation & Support

• FLSA Status: Nonexempt

• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Join our dynamic team at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) where your expertise meets our commitment to protecting, maintaining, and improving the health of all Minnesotans!

This position exists to lead, coordinate, support and provide guidance and training for centralized business applications shared across the department.

Working as a Business Applications Specialist, you will:

• Develop and manage standard operating procedures, build, and implement standards, advise governance bodies, and manage shared applications assigned.

• Recommend and build solutions and improvements to business application use standards, support effective governance, and increase value and user adoption gained for available software tools.

• Collaborate with the State of Minnesota's IT services (MNIT) to identify and support and bring in new, meaningful, and value-adding technologies to MDH.

• Assist with special projects to optimize employee use of shared service applications.

• Participate with HR on development of training curriculum.

This position will have the option of teleworking; however, it will be based on the business needs of the unit and is at supervisory discretion.

Minimum Qualifications

To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.

Two (2) years of experience working in IT area with centralized business applications. This experience must include at least two of the following:

• Previous responsibility of SharePoint ownership.

• Experience writing instructions of applications for end users.

• Experience working as an administrator of an organization's business application.

• Expert in use of Microsoft applications and data analytics tools such as Power BI and Tableau.

• Experience in building communities of practice, building guidance and governances for various technologies, facilitating user communities, and building and providing training on the technologies supported.

Minimum qualifications to be assessed during the interview process:

• Ability to communicate clearly, with highly developed written and oral skills.

• Ability to be flexible in order to resolve problems and deliver strong customer satisfaction.

• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships.

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and build user adoption for these new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience writing policies, procedures, or job aides.

• Previous experience using SharePoint, Blueworks Live, Absorb, Power Automate, or M365 tools.

• Skills for data analysis and interpretation of data sufficient to identify operations and organizational impacts.

Additional Requirements

This position requires successful completion of a background check and employment reference check.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us . Please indicate what assistance is needed.