Job Posting:
Department of Transportation
Job Description and Duties
Race, Health, and Equity Data, Research and Outreach: Under the guidance of the District 4 Equity Program Manager, the incumbent assist with staffing and support to integrate race and equity principles and practices into the Department initiatives. Provide measurements and evaluation support for race and equity outcomes related to Department initiatives to ensure accountability and support effective implementation. Explore alignment with relevant health and equity data and indicators. Evaluate and support with District's best practices for community outreach and engagement throughout the project cycle. Assist with researching existing best practices, laws, regulations, and policies governing state policies in a range of policy, race, health, and equity topics through key informant interviews with state agency and external experts and review of published literature. Compile findings into written recommendations and reports.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Associate Governmental Program Analyst exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
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Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
Additional Documents
Desirable Qualifications
- Understanding of core constructions such as structural racism, equity, and justice, and how the social, economic, and built environments influence health and racial equity outcomes for California’s communities.
- Change management skills.
- Ability to work with a dynamic and diverse team in a start-up environment on open-ended requests and challenging assignments.
- Excellent collaboration skills including experience facilitating consensus decision-making processes, navigating complex policy issues, establishing shared goals between “unlikely partners,” engaging a wide range of stakeholders, and developing long-lasting multi-organization partnerships.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to present, lead, and facilitate discussion of sensitive issues such as structural racism with diverse audiences.
- Policy analysis skills, including the ability to develop and evaluate policies on sensitive topics and make policy recommendations that take into account the priorities of multiple stakeholders.
- Commitment to working in an environment that celebrates diverse backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences.
