Planning Analyst

The State of Connecticut, Department of Aging and Disability Services (ADS), State Unit on Aging (SUA) is currently recruiting for a Planning Analyst. The selected candidate will fulfill the key role for the State Plan on Aging along with planning, monitoring, and evaluating programs and initiatives for the SUA.

Our Mission at the Department of Aging and Disability Services is to maximize opportunities for the independence and well-being of people with disabilities and older adults in Connecticut.

In this Planning Analyst role you will discover the opportunity to:

• Develop and write the State Plan on Aging, as required by the federal Older Americans Act, every three years
• Monitor State Plan on Aging progress quarterly during three-year plan, revising plan as needed
• Connect data collection and planning efforts for the SUA
• Learn the data system to support SUA staff with MIS
• Provide back-up MIS support to staff
• Collect and analyze technical data and conduct statistical analyses using MIS
• Provide oversight of area agency on aging Area Plan development
• Update and oversee SUA portion of Emergency Preparedness Plan/COOP, coordinate with other agency emergency preparedness plans
• Represent the SUA on planning workgroups, including strategic planning
• Develop and implement monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance processes and tools, including logic models, for programs and grants
• Develop and implement improvement plans for programs
• Seek new grant funding opportunities that meet State Plan goals
• Write grants applications to obtain funding for programs and initiatives
• Write reports, including program narrative and program statistical reports, for the SUA
• Write Request for Proposals for projects
• Write Program Instructions to provide procedural guidance for programs
• Coordinate with and support SUA staff on planning initiatives
• Develop, write and revise department regulations
• Evaluate grant applications

Are you interested in joining our team as a Planning Analyst? We encourage you to apply today! This position is conveniently located in Hartford, CT. The work schedule for this position is typically Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week. 

We offer a competitive benefits package, excellent health care, generous leave policies, retirement plan, and more! We also encourage a healthy work-life balance to all employees!

The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.  

Due to the volume of applications anticipated, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be provided through your JobAps portal account. 

Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience most closely meet the preferred requirements of the position.  At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position. 

Please Note: You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.

This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam. 

Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process. 

The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

All State employees shall follow the guidelines as listed in Executive Orders  13F (3a) and 13G (3a) .

Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Chelsea Moore at Chelsea.Moore@ct.gov

In a State agency this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in planning, monitoring and evaluating programs.

Plans and develops new programs; monitors and modifies existing plans and programs; acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding programs and plans; provides training and consultative services; develops procedures for programs; drafts regulations pertaining to programs and plans; analyzes and evaluates grant applications and requests for proposals; conducts special studies and prepares reports; performs related duties as required.

Knowledge of principles and practices of state and regional planning; knowledge of federal, state and regional planning and development issues and programs; knowledge of research methods and techniques; knowledge of statistical analysis; interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; ability to interpret relevant state and federal laws and regulations; ability to utilize computer software.

Six (6) years of experience in planning including developing written long term plans broad in scope and having impact on a number of operations.

NOTE: Planning is defined as collecting and analyzing technical data (social, environmental, economic, governmental), determining problems and concerns, and developing long-term plans accordingly. These are formal, written plans, i.e., statements of goals and objectives, recommended alternatives for action, and policies and programs to achieve the goals and objectives. Generally, these plans will impact statewide activities or a large-scale corporation which has branch or satellite facilities. Candidates must often perform these types of duties the majority of time and the planning function must be the major thrust of the job.

1. College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
2. A Master's degree in planning, public administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

• Experience with policy or planning in the field of Aging;          
• Experience with databases, Management Information Systems (MIS) for data collection, reporting and analysis to the Administration for Community Living;
• Experience writing formal, written agency and program plans, reports and grant applications; 
• Experience monitoring and evaluating programs.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.