DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Operations
Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
Interest Bidders: Please have an updated resume ready to submit to the hiring supervisor/manager when requested. Telework (within Minnesota or neighboring States) and flexible hours options are available with a required in office meeting monthly.”
The Data Analyst will perform data and fiscal analysis work within the Office of Inspector General (OIG). You will be responsible for helping to implement the OIG’s data strategy and expand the use of data to empower better decision-making, program compliance, and program integrity in partnership with OIG’s four divisions: • Background Studies Division (BGS): Performs over 350,000 background studies per year on virtually all individuals who provide health care or human services in Minnesota on behalf of county, state, and federal entities, as well as Tribal governments. • Program Integrity Oversight (PIO): Investigates unauthorized use of the state’s publicly funded health care, cash assistance, and child care programs. Investigatory scope includes over 100 provider types, as well as individuals who may misrepresent their eligibility to access program funds and services. • Licensing Division: In cooperation with counties, licenses approximately 24,000 service providers and monitors and investigates compliance with Minnesota laws and rules, protecting the health, safety, and rights of those receiving services by requiring that providers meet minimum standards of care and physical environment. • Legal Counsel’s Office: Serves as the chief legal advisor to the Inspector General and manages and oversees legal functions across OIG. Other responsibilities include: • Creating tools, insights, and data products including reports, surveys, presentations, dashboards and Visualizations for DHS and OIG business partners, stakeholders, and citizens • Collaborating with business partners to define problems, find applicable data, and propose solutions based on data analysis. • Democratizing data and insights to deliver self-service tools that enable business partners to make better decisions more quickly. • Educating business leaders leveraging data storytelling to present data in a succinct, understandable fashion for diverse audiences. • Providing technical consultation to OIG management and staff in data analyses, payment methodologies, cost analyses, statistical and analytic techniques, research methodologies, survey design and evaluation, performance measurement, statistical analysis methodologies, data governance, and OIG data systems.