Local recruitment: TWDB - 25-119: Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Manager (Manager III-IV)

General Description

Performs complex (journey-level) to highly complex (senior-level) managerial work administering the daily operations and activities of the Texas Water Development Board’s Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department. Responsible for the development of the state’s water demand projections and socioeconomic impact analyses for the regional and state water plans. Provides extensive and ongoing technical and administrative assistance to regional water planning groups and various stakeholder activities, including responses to agency and legislative data requests. Work requires proactive management involving establishing goals and objectives, developing guidelines, procedures, policies, rules, and regulations, developing schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving established goals. Coordinates and evaluates department activities, develops and evaluates budget requests, and monitoring budget expenditures. Plans, assigns, and supervises the work of others. Works under general to limited supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Reports to the Director of the Water Supply Planning Division.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides direction, coordination, and support necessary for the development of socio-economic impact analysis for the State Water Plan, Legislative Reports, or other reports.
• Manages the technical assistance for evaluation of financial assistance requests through the Board’s various assistance programs.
• Manages the development of annual population and water demand estimates and projections used in developing the regional and state water plans.
• Manages the dissemination of population and water demand projections data and information to agency staff, consultants, Regional Water Planning Groups, state and federal agencies, groundwater districts, private individuals, and other users and supports communicating the results.
• Oversees the Water Supply Planning Division responsibilities of the prioritization of SWIFT financial assistance requests.
• Pursues effective data communication approaches, including graphics, to describe, explore and summarize data and analyses.
• Pursues population estimations, projections, socio-economic impact analysis, data collection and reporting improvement initiatives, as appropriate, in coordination with other Texas agencies, those of other states, federal agencies, and/or other organizations. Activities may include the identification and assessment
• of opportunities, the development of proposals, management of associated contracts, and the integration of such improvements into the agency’s public data dissemination and improve data quality and availability, in line with agency goals and objectives. Present outcomes to stakeholders and external parties.
• Develops knowledge of complex computational and statistical techniques, such as market analysis, data discovery and statistical analysis used to develop novel approaches for analyzing existing datasets.
• Assists in compiling, writing, and otherwise developing the state water plan.
• Supports management in developing and communicating responses to legislative requests.
• Responds to technical data and information requests from stakeholders by analyzing data sets and querying existing databases.
• Works with program areas to establish and meet their analytic needs or the analytic needs of the agency.
• Oversees development of section staff, including development of section and division goals, and identification and approval of employee job-related training.
• Provides effective leadership and management of the Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department.
• Manages all project activities within the Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department, providing technical direction and guidance.
• Monitors and reports the Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department work activities.
• Authorizes the Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department hiring, separations, disciplinary actions and employee performance rewards.
• Assigns job duties, conducts performance evaluations, clarifies roles and responsibilities, and monitors and measures performance against goals.
• Evaluates the Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department performance and recommends and leads improvements.
• Supports the Projections & Socioeconomic Analysis Department administrative requirements related to organization, budget and personnel.
• Ensures the provision of quality customer service from the department to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Manages the performance of direct reports, to include, timely completion of performance appraisals, and follow-through on disciplinary actions as needed.
• Maintains confidential and sensitive information.
• Ensures individual and team files (electronic and hard versions) are appropriately maintained and timely disposed of in accordance with the agency’s records retention procedures and schedule.
• Maintains required certifications and licenses and meets the continuing education needs and requirements of the position to include, attending mandatory training courses.
• May be required to operate a state or personal vehicle for business purposes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Environmental Management, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Planning or a related field.
• Professional Experience:  
  • Manager III: Three years of relevant experience leading projects or teams in developing population and/or water demand projections.
  • Manager IV: Seven years of of relevant experience in leading projects or teams in developing population and/or water demand projections.
• Professional experience working with relational databases in addition to collecting, reviewing and compiling data.
• Relevant education and experience can be substituted for each other on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Environmental Management, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Planning, or a related field.
• Three or more years of professional experience with regional and state water planning in Texas and/or water-planning related data.
• Professional experience training or leading people (with supervisory authority).
• Previous experience with a Geographic Information System (GIS).
• Previous experience querying data using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to the Water Supply Planning Division.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration and management.
• Knowledge of Texas water providers, laws, trends, and data sources.
• Knowledge of research techniques.
• Skills in using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Access.
• Skills in use of internet, email, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software.
• Skills in SQL Server Management Studio.
• Skills with relational databases and data management including data integrity and database quality control.
• Skills in providing good customer service, both internally and externally.
• Skills in preparing reports.
• Skills in working with GIS.
• Skills in statistical analysis and modeling techniques, such as multivariate, forecasting or time-series models.
• Ability to maintain the security or integrity of critical infrastructure within Texas.
• Ability to meet agency in-office requirements.
• Ability to analyze and present complex data.
• Ability to establish goals and objectives.
• Ability to devise solutions to problems.
• Ability to manage projects, specifically data management and/or analysis projects using data from various sources.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both in writing and presentations, complex information to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to adhere to work schedules, follow procedures with respect to leave and submit accurate timesheets by prescribed deadlines.
• Ability to make mature, objective decisions and identify areas of potential problems.
• Ability to perform effectively and willingly when changes occur in scope and nature of the work and work environment.
• Ability to perform routine and non-routine work assignments accurately and on-time with little or no supervision.
• Ability to perform assigned duties and improve work habits and/or output.
• Ability to complete assigned work, on time, neatly and in order with infrequent errors.
• Ability to complete tasks and projects in a timely manner and persists until tasks are completed.
• Ability to interpret policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Ability to provide prompt, courteous and accurate assistance and clear and concise communication to agency staff, as well as to employees of other political entities and the public both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work with others in a team environment and cooperate with supervisors, co-workers, and others.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and schedule work in order to maintain regular progress on assignments and meet deadlines.
• Ability to stand/sit/move to perform activities such as retrieve/replace files in a large file system for boxes up to 30 lbs.
• Ability and willingness to travel 5% of the time, primarily within the State of Texas.
• Ability to operate a vehicle (state or personal) for state business and maintain a driver’s license and driving record that complies with state and agency requirements.
• Ability to work shifts that may exceed 8 hours, including early mornings, nights, and weekends.
• Ability to train others.
• Ability to assign and/or supervise the work of others.