ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

Housing is the foundation for success. We lead and collaborate with our community partners to create, preserve and invest in affordable housing. We protect housing consumers and revitalize communities to make Arizona the best place to live.

BUSINESS STRATEGIST

Address: 1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 280, Phoenix, AZ 85007
This position may offer the ability to work remotely, in Arizona, to include in-office hoteling, based on the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

Salary: $95,000 - $120,000 

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Grade: 28

This position will act on behalf of the Director and Deputy Director, when requested, and may include attendance at Governor's Cabinet Meetings and external meetings to speak on behalf of the agency; oversee the Finance & Accounting and Information Technology divisions; lead the agency's strategic planning and policy efforts; responsible for oversight, implementation and continual improvements and updates to the agency's standard work process; and oversee the agency's Statewide Measures.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, in Arizona, to include in-office hoteling, based on the department’s business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Reporting to the agency Deputy Director, this position will act on behalf of the Director and Deputy Director, when requested, and may include attending Governor's Cabinet Meetings and external meetings to speak on behalf of the agency; provide divisional and staff oversight to the work of the Administrators and other staff of the Finance & Accounting and Information Technology divisions. This includes meeting with Administrators, planning and goal setting, discussing problems and recommending or accepting solutions to problems, attending meetings related to these divisions and other work related to divisional oversight. Ensure systems are in place that result in no audit findings to the agency.

This position will serve as primary point of contact for liaisons from the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) concerning strategic planning, and fiscal and budgetary issues; work with the Finance Administrator to oversee the preparation and submittal of the Agency's biannual Executive Budget request; lead ADOH’s annual strategic planning efforts, including monthly reporting to the Governor’s Office and ensuring our agency is meeting our annual initiatives and annual objective, to fulfill our 5-year strategic plan; conduct business analysis for the agency and its divisions; organize and facilitate the Agency's planning processes, including development, documentation and submittal of Agency Strategic plan to the OSPB. Conduct short to long-term planning; conduct research and analysis on operational, administrative and planning issues and offer advice/alternatives and solutions to Agency management; serve as the agency's liaison with the Governor's Regulatory Review Council (GRRC); assess program requirements for and appropriateness of establishment of Rules for funding sources, and when necessary will oversee the establishment and adoption of Rules for programs. Will conduct periodic reviews of established Rules to insure agency compliance with set Rules and recommend amendments to Rules; oversee implementation and continual improvements and updates to the agency’s standard work process; work with the agency’s leadership to ensure implementation and appropriate representation as it relates to ADOH’s tribal engagement and consultation; work with ADOH’s leadership to weave diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for all of the Department’s programs, plans, policies, platforms, and engagement with the general public, elected and appointed leaders, and our housing stakeholders; oversee the agency's Statewide Measures, which are a set statewide standards and expectations for operational agency maturity, and have been