Working Title: Programs & Partnerships Lead

Job Class: Human Services Program Consultant

Agency: Children, Youth and Families Department

• Job ID : 81631

• Location : St. Paul

• Telework Eligible : Yes

• Full/Part Time : Full-Time

• Regular/Temporary : Regular

• Who May Apply : Open to all qualified job seekers. This vacancy is open for bids and for all qualified job seekers simultaneously. Bidders will be considered through 11/14. Please note that to be considered a bidder, you must be a permanent non-probationary DCYF employee in the same job classification as the position.

• Date Posted : 11/08/2024

• Closing Date : 11/21/2024

• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit : Children Youth & Families Dept / MAPE DCYF Central Office

• Division/Unit : Business Integration / Information Management

• Work Shift : Day Shift

• Work Hours : 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

• Days of Work : Monday - Friday

• Travel Required : No, but 1% of the time for ini-person meetings or trainings in the St. Paul office

• Salary Range: $35.43 - $52.53 / hourly; $73,977 - $109,682 / annually

• Bargaining Unit/Union : 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE

• FLSA Status : Exempt - Administrative

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

This posting is for multiple positions.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families is unable to provide sponsorship for work visas. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States at the start of employment. DCYF does not participate in E-Verify.

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.

In the 2023 legislative session, the Governor’s Office, Minnesota legislature, and leaders for children and families worked in partnership to pass legislation establishing the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to create a sustainable, public face for children’s issues in state government. This new cabinet-level agency brings together programs centered on children and families, including child care and early learning, child support, child safety and permanency, economic support and food assistance, and youth opportunity. Formerly a part of the Department of Human Services, the new Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Agency became effective on July 1, 2024.

* Telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) (Within Minnesota or neighboring states only; telework is not allowed in other states ) and flexible hours options are available .*

* *This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies*

The Programs and Partnerships Lead exists to lead the product team(s) effort in collaboration with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) public assistance program areas, along with Department of Human Service (DHS) and Minnesota I.T. (MNIT) partners. Responsibilities include:

• Function as a DCYF Programs and Partnerships Lead and channel the voice of the customer and human centered design principles in the administration and continued development of the product line using a product-centric operating model that incorporates Agile and DevOps principles.

• Lead the DCYF Project to Product Transformation effort and build internal capacity around new ways of working, coordinate stakeholder communication, harmonize the product effort with other modernization initiatives and enterprise frameworks, and drive change management and training development.

• Coordinate all data planning and migration efforts, drive product development decisions based on strategic analytics needs, and identify and champion cross-product integration, synchronization, and alignment to strengthen the product teams’ ability to make data-driven decisions that improve mission outcomes and produce better cross-agency and cross-administration collaboration and program results.

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, day and year for each job held.

Three years of professional experience with public assistance programs. Experience must demonstrate:

• Understanding of federal and state regulations, policies, and requirements for any public assistance program areas.

• Use of Product model and Agile and DevOps principles, practices sufficient to create an actionable product roadmap, writing epics, user stories and tasks, manage and prioritize the product backlog, oversee product development, evaluate success, manage risk, and recognize and promote opportunities

• Working effectively in a rapidly changing environment and shift priorities appropriately to meet Product Team objectives

• Use of verbal and written communications to synthesize and organize large volumes of complex information and ideas and present them in a succinct, easily understandable fashion to any audience

• Problem-solvingskills toquicklyintegrate informationfromavarietyofsources,identify positive and negative impacts, understand the influences of internal and external factors, design and analyze alternatives, recommend solutions, and develop and implement recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale systems modernization, business process improvement, and program simplification initiatives

• Variety of experiences working effectively with a diverse group of professional, managerial, technical, and non-technical staff, both internally and externally, and others from different backgrounds and cultures

• Use of the Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, MS Teams; in addition to product software tools such as, Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Product & Agile Playbook etc.)

• Experience with one or more of the following DCYF systems: MAXIS, SSIS, PRISM, and MEC²

Additional Requirements

REFERENCE/BACKGROUND CHECKS – DCYF will conduct reference checks to verify job-related credentials and a criminal background check prior to appointment.

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.