[Hiring] Performance Improvement Specialist @Arizona Department of Administration

Role Description

The Department of Economic Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Performance Improvement Specialist. DDD provides individuals with developmental disabilities, and their families, services and supports that are flexible, high quality, and member driven. These services provide individuals with opportunities to exercise their rights and responsibilities of independent decision-making and engagement in the community.

This position is available for remote work on a full-time basis within Arizona (including virtual office arrangements).

• Gathers, organizes and verifies various data from multiple sources for various projects including data entry and data verification from source documents.
• Analysis and verification of existing healthcare data sets. Experience in supporting and maintaining existing projects. Ability to develop guides and standard work instructions.
• Develops new data spreadsheets, databases, and/or data gathering processes based on project needs.
• Participates planning and analysis for future or anticipated data collection, analysis, and storage needs based on new requirements or new projects.
• Develops and administers performance dashboards, reporting, and data visualization for healthcare data; visual representation of tracking and trending for performance improvement.
• Tracks performance measures over time, identifying areas for improvement and assessing the effectiveness of interventions.
• Develops and maintains interactive dashboards using Tableau to visualize data and support informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree is preferred; work experience of one year within the Division may substitute for a degree.
• Experience with healthcare data, extracting, transforming, and cleaning data.
• Experience with developing/managing Google Sheets tables as source data for BI dashboards.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets formulas, pivot tables & charts, data analysis, and reporting.

Requirements

• All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
• Valid Arizona Driver’s License. Travel may be required for State business.
• Employees who drive on state business must complete any required driver training and have an acceptable driving record.
• Employees may be required to use their own transportation as well as maintaining valid motor vehicle insurance and current Arizona vehicle registration.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance plans
• Participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and long-term disability plans
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid Parental Leave - Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child.
• Deferred compensation plan
• Wellness plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Stipend Opportunities
• Infant at Work Program
• Rideshare and Public Transit Subsidy
• Career Advancement & Employee Development Opportunities