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BUDGET AND POLICY ANALYST III

Salary

$6,767.00 - $10,827.00 Monthly

Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

Budg 3072 4.2025

Department

Department of Corrections

Opening Date

04/28/2025

Closing Date

5/12/2025 4:00 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

1250 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, CO

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

[email protected] 719-723-3896

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

This posting may be used to fill future vacancies located in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Department of Corrections Mission: We are a team of dynamic and diverse professionals building a safer Colorado by cultivating transformative opportunities for those under our supervision.

Our Vision ..."Building a safer Colorado for today and tomorrow".

CORE Values

Community Safety

Dignity, Diversity and Respect

Opportunity

Collaborative partnerships

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and builds greater public confidence in good government, consider joining the dedicated people of the State of Colorado. Our professionals strive to support state government and the citizens of Colorado. Customer service is a key component for every position in state government as is the focus on ideas and ways to redesign the delivery of services in making state government more effective and efficient.

In addition to a great agency and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

+ Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system;

+ Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans. Member Contribution Rates . Correctional Officers I-IV qualify as "Safety Officers" and are eligible for increased PERA benefits;

+ Medical and dental health plans;

+ Short and long term disability coverage;

+ Paid life insurance;

+ 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave;

+ Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more;

+ Visit State of Colorado Employee Benefits. (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-of-colorado-employee-benefits) for more information.

Description of Job

This position provides technical and professional assistance to management and staff in the preparation of the annual budget request. Position analyzes and formulates responses to questions from the Office of State Planning and Budgeting and the Legislature regarding annual budget request. Position prepares and tracks the allocations of the budget appropriation. Position provides budget and change request preparation training. Position uses cost analysis techniques to tailor existing funding guidelines to meet changing agency program requirements. Position provides guidance to the business managers.

Primary job duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

+ Prepare and submit the DOC's annual budget request document to be presented to the Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) to be included in the Governor's annual budget request to the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) and the Legislature by reviewing, analyzing, refining and formulating budget proposals to include program analysis;

+ Calculate line item costs (personal services, operating, lease, start-up, etc.) and work with senior budget staff in preparing budget schedules to be included in the budget request documents. Assist senior budget staff in responding to OSPB/JBC questions on specific budget requests;

+ Assist with subprogram and facilities staff in development of change requests. Prepare financial schedules and cost analysis for assigned change requests. Ensure final CDOC budget document is completed for distribution;

+ Approve CORE operating Expense Budgets;

+ Attend budget reviews for facilities and subprograms throughout the state and coordinate any budget summits. Develop the budget summit presentations;

+ Recommend changes in budget requests or program guidelines to reflect changes in legislative requirements;

+ Other duties, as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Experience: Seven (7) years of professionalexperience in budget analysis, budget development and implementation, policy development and implementation, public or private sector management or administration (including budget formulation, execution and analysis).

Definition of Professional Experience: Work that involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment, and personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor's or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.

OR:

+ A combination of education from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Accounting or a closely related field and professional experience as defined above equal to seven (7) years. (Unofficial transcripts which include name of college/university, name of student, degree type and date conferred/awardedmust be submitted with your application in order to receive credit.)

+ A current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will substitute for the six (6) years of expereince.

Note: There is no other substitution for the professional experience in budget analysis, budget development and implementation, policy development and implementation, public or private sector management or administration (including budget formulation, execution and analysis).

Required Competencies:

+ Financial analysis techniques, including research techniques and analysis of operations and programs;

+ Mathematics, including statistics, sufficient to be able to perform a variety of calculations;

+ Planning and Evaluation - organize work, set priorities, determine resource requirements; determine short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinate with other organizations or parts of the organization; monitors progress, evaluate outcomes;

+ Independently adapt, interpret and apply written guidelines, precedents and standardized work practices to a variety of unprecedented or problematic situations;

+ Establish and maintain working relationships with both internal and external customers – other employees, organizations and the public;

+ Utilize the principles and practices of effective and persuasive communication to elicit information, negotiate problem resolution and/or garner support for various programs;

+ Excellent customer service/interpersonal, oral and written communication, and proofreading skills;

+ Established expert proficiency in position-related office technologies, especially Microsoft Office;

+ Ability to read and comprehend the English language;

+ Ability to create accessible documents and technical content that follows plain language guidelines with accessibility in mind;

+ Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing.

Preferred Qualifications:

(Candidates may receive higher ratings for possessing any preferred qualifications criteria.)

+ Experience with the Colorado Operations Resource Engine (CORE) accounting system;

+ Prior experience developing budgetary requests for a large multi-division operation;

+ Graduate course work in Public Administration;

+ Experience supervising professional employees, population projections, contract negotiations;

+ Experience writing fiscal notes, decision items, and supplemental requests;

+ Prior experience in government budgeting functions, to include, but not limited to: allocations, appropriations, and analyzing and/or projecting expenditures;

ONLY APPLICANTS WHO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Conditions of Employment: All job offers are contingent upon a successful medical screening by a healthcare professional, certifying the candidate's ability to perform the essential functions of the position. Applicant must consent to hold harmless CDOC and its agents and staff from any liability arising in whole or in part from the testing and the use of this information in connection with CDOC’s consideration of application for employment.

+ Must be 21 years of age

+ Possess a valid driver’s license. Drivers must maintain a valid, non-restricted Colorado driver license, obey traffic laws, and be able to safely operate a motor vehicle. State drivers are expected to maintain a safe driving record consistent with Colorado Division of Human Resources Universal Policy Driving Standards (https://osc.colorado.gov/sites/osc/files/documents/Universal%20Policy%20Driving%20Standards.pdf) . Eligibility to drive a State-owned vehicle, includes holding a valid Colorado driver’s license within 30 days of employment or residency change and meeting specific driving record criteria. Serious traffic violations, including DUIs or reckless driving, can disqualify drivers for up to seven years. A ll State Vehicles are monitored by telematics for safe operation and employees have no reasonable expectation of privacy while using an agency State Fleet vehicle.

+ Possess a high school diploma or GED

+ Have NO felony convictions, to include any actions defined in 5 U.S.C. 301; U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 15601-15609. The CDOC shall not hire nor promote anyone who may have contact with an offender who has engaged in sexual abuse which includes acts, activity, and sexual behavior, in a prison or other institution as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1997; or has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse, or has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in the above paragraph. The agency shall consider any incidents of sexual harassment in determining whether to hire anyone who may have contact with offenders or residents.

+ Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDOC uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. CDOC does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.

+ Successfully pass all modules of the six-week Colorado Department of Corrections Basic Training, to include English reading comprehension , relevant competency assessments and written/practical exams in Defensive Tactics

+ Possess the physical ability to successfully complete Defensive Tactics

+ Lift arms above head and kick as high as own waist

+ Stabilize another person to accomplish a controlled take down

+ Use arms, palms of hands, shins, and feet to deliver blows

+ Withstand impact (slow speed or with a safety bag) on own body from strikes/blows

+ Swing a baton in a striking technique

+ Rotate body 90 degrees with feet planted for striking with foot or using a defensive tactic;

+ Get down on one or both knees and up again with multiple repetitions

+ Will be exposed to Oleoresin Capsicum during Basic Training and will be exposed while on assignment

+ Must be able to see and hear in order to observe, address and respond to potential breaches in safety and security

+ Seize, hold, control or subdue violent or assaultive persons and defend oneself or others to prevent injury

+ Demonstrate body agility, strength of all four limbs and the ability to walk and climb stairs consistently

+ Work in situations involving assaultive behavior, physical control of another person and/or restraint situations

+ Deal with individuals with a range of moods and behaviors, utilizing tactfulness and a congenial, personable manner

+ Work with people of the opposite sex, diverse racial ethnic groups, mentally ill and emotionally disturbed offenders

+ Communicate by talking, listening and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information, assignments

+ Work in an environment with fluctuating noise and temperature (hot and cold) which may include working outdoors in inclement weather and/or concrete floor/wall work settings

+ Willing and able to travel

+ Willing and able to work various shifts, days, afternoons, graveyards (nights) which includes a rotating shift schedule

+ TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hire

Successful completion of a background investigation is required. Should applicant’s background reveal criminal charges, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to provide the Department of Corrections with written/official disposition of any charges.

The CDOC is committed to a work environment free from illegal drugs and alcohol. Employees (see exception below) may use marijuana in their personal time but are prohibited from working while under the influence of any substance, including marijuana. A drug test will be administered to all new employees; employees must successfully pass. Random drug screening will occur throughout employment.

Exception: Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified employees are prohibited from the use of marijuana. Health care professionals must check their licensing requirements regarding marijuana use.

Appeal Rights: If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ( [email protected] ), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

After submitting an application, you should receive an email acknowledging your submission. If you do not get the email, please check to ensure you have actually submitted the application and typed the correct email address on the application.

Include a working email address on your application; one that is checked daily as time sensitive correspondence WILL take place via email. You may receive email notifications from a Colorado Dept. of Corrections employee or from this email address: [email protected]. It is your responsibility to ensure that your email will accept these notices and/or review your junk mail and spam filtered email; if you do not receive correspondence soon after the closing date or if you have questions about this job announcement, please contact Molly Halbach at [email protected] .

SCHEDULED DATES OF POSSIBLE APPLICANT ASSESSMENTS (I.E., EXAMS, ORAL BOARDS, WRITTEN EXAMS) WILL NOT BE MADE UP. IF YOU FAIL TO SHOW AT THE APPOINTED DATE/TIME, MAKE-UPS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

The Colorado Department of Corrections is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our Employee Relations Specialist, Kristen Lange , at [email protected] or call 719-728-0270.

ALL DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS ARE TOBACCO FREE.

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PROTECTED CLASSES TO APPLY.

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits

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If you are using college course work to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, it is required that a copy of your official (or unofficial) transcript(s) noting degree type and date conferred/awarded be attached/uploaded to this application at the time of submission. (Your transcript(s) is required as verification that you meet the requirements). Have you attached/uploaded your transcripts?

+ Yes, I have attached my transcripts.

+ No, I am not using college course work to meet minimum requirements for this position.

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Describe, in detail, your experience preparing a budget for an organization. Include the type of organization, number of employees, dollar allotment, and level of detail used in the budget.

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Describe, in detail, your experience with providing written and verbal communication to parties that were both internal and external to your organization.

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Based on the job description, required competencies and preferred qualifications in the job announcement, clearly describe why you are the best candidate for this position. Include how your accomplishments, qualifications, skills, areas of expertise, personal characteristics, etc., make you a good fit for this position. (NOTE: This information does not substitute for the completion of the employment history of your on-line application or used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications).

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By clicking below, you acknowledge that you have completed the application in its entirety, scanned and uploaded all required documents, and that failing to do so could result in your application not being accepted. Do you acknowledge this?

+ I so acknowledge.

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By clicking below, you acknowledge that the selections process may consist primarily of a review of your application, documents submitted, supplemental questions against the minimum qualifications, required competencies and preferred qualifications. Your responses will also be evaluated on ability to follow instructions, clarity, conciseness, organization, grammar, spelling and word choice. Do you acknowledge this?

+ I so acknowledge.

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I acknowledge that the 'Work Experience" section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position that I am applying for. This information will be used to help determine compensation for the position. "See resume" statements cannot be accepted in lieu of the "work experience" section of the application. Additional work experience will not be accepted after the job announcement close date for compensation purposes.

+ I so acknowledge

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I acknowledge that time sensitive correspondence will be sent via email from the Office of Human Resources and/or the Background Investigation Unit throughout the application process. YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CHECK YOUR E-MAIL DAILY.

+ I understand time sensitive correspondence will be sent via email and that I should check my email daily.

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Certification and Confidentiality Statement

I certify that:

--I understand that this, my completed Application, the attached Supplemental Questions, and my responses are confidential and that I have neither consulted with others nor received assistance in the preparation, writing, or editing of my responses and the information contained herein is in my own words and was prepared and completed solely by me and only me.

--All the information I have provided herein is true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and is made in good faith.

--I have not communicated the confidential information of this, my Application and the attached Supplemental Questions in any way to other candidates, potential candidates, subject matter experts, or any person.

--I understand that if the confidential information in this, my Application and the attached Supplemental Questions and/or my responses, are found to have been falsified, plagiarized, or shared in any way, I may be disqualified or removed from the position if appointed.

+ I agree to the terms and conditions of this Certification and Confidentiality Statement.

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