DMV Policy Analyst Senior, Position No. 00819

Title: DMV Policy Analyst Senior, Position No. 00819

State Role Title: Policy Planning Spec II

Hiring Range: $82,700 - $100,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Department of Motor Vehicles

Location: LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

Agency Website: www.dmv.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is looking to hire a Senior Policy Analyst in Legislative Services. This position supports DMV leadership and staff by translating internal agency policy concepts into draft legislation, regulations, and guidance documents; providing technical and practical analysis of legislation and regulations proposed by external stakeholders, including citizens, legislators, industry trade groups, and other state agencies; preparing responses to policy inquiries from external stakeholders; tracking federal and state legislation and regulatory changes, evaluating their impact on DMV, and writing clear, concise, and complete assessments for DMV leadership, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Governor; monitoring the General Assembly's committee and subcommittee meetings and floor sessions; representing DMV at legislative hearings and other government body meetings; leading and documenting the deliberations and decisions of DMV policy work groups; outlining and drafting DMV study reports; and researching, analyzing, and providing guidance about the interpretation and implementation of statutes, regulations, and guidance documents using the canons of construction.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, serves approximately 6.2 million licensed drivers and ID card holders with over 8.4 million registered vehicles. In addition, DMV serves many businesses, including dealers, fuel tax customers, rental companies, driving schools, other state agencies, local governments, and non-profit organizations. DMV operates upon five fundamental core values: Trustworthiness, Respect, Accountability, Integrity, and Teamwork (TRAIT). We don’t just talk about our core values. We live them!

Minimum Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the legal system, legal research, state and federal laws and regulations, and statutory interpretation and development.
• Working knowledge of the legislative process at the federal and state level, and of the operations and processes of legislative committees.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
• Proficiency using the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Demonstrated ability to review and interpret regulations and statutes applicable to agency operations and programs.
• Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, and develop solutions requiring statutory or regulatory action to support agency programs and initiatives, including capacity both for critical thinking to identify shortcomings and potential pitfalls in agency concepts and procedures, and for creative problem solving to innovate solutions in partnership with operational area subject-matter experts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple assignments, organize work, coordinate activities across a diverse group of people and special interests, and to collect, compile, and accurately analyze information.
• Demonstrated ability to identify issues at the national and state levels that impact the agency's operations.
• Demonstrated ability to assist with guiding the Commissioner and executives, supporting agency programs, initiatives, and objectives, and maintaining effective working relationships with stakeholders and all levels of employees.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a group on special projects, to draft study reports, and to work with industry and special task forces as directed.
• Demonstrated ability to take notes effectively to accurately record the decisions made at meetings and the reasoning underlying those decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to read and comprehend lengthy, complex documents, to identify and understand legal terms of art, and to decipher jargon.
• Demonstrated competence in pattern recognition and differentiation, especially recognizing and implementing the changes necessary to adapt an existing template or draft for use for a new or different purpose, including the ability to analyze, compare, and contrast existing documents to identify elements that should be reformatted or updated with new information.

Additional Considerations

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