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Title: Business Analyst (11+ Years )
Location: State of Colorado
Client: State of CO
Duration: 7Months
Remote
Job Description:
SECTION 1.0
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
1.1. The Colorado Department of Education (hereafter referred to as “CDE” or “the Department”) is contracting with uWork.com, Inc. dba Covendis (the Contractor), 200 Walker Ave St. SW, Atlanta GA, 30313, to provide a Senior Business Analyst (BA) CONTRACTOR NAME from VENDOR NAME to support and perform all business analyst activities for a federally funded grant Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) project currently underway. The purpose of this position is to provide staff augmentation. The SLDS project has many facets of which the Sr. BA may be asked to participate which may include automation of currently manual operations, data movement, reporting requirements, development, and governance. However, the primary focus areas for this role will be to work with the project stakeholders to thoroughly define use cases that will prove or disprove the success of specific CDE programs.
1.2. CDE anticipates that the term of this project will run from as soon as the position can be filled and contracted through the completion of all the business analyst related tasks. The business analyst tasks may end prior to the end of the project. Currently the project and the funding for the project ends February 28, 2023. However, two one-year extensions are possible. (The project may be completed prior to this time as determined by CDE.)
SECTION 2.0
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
2.1. The Contractor shall work closely and collaboratively with the Department’s Project Management Office and the Senior Project Manager for the SLDS project (or designees) to discuss suggestions or issues as they occur and incorporate suggestions or guidance from the Department while performing the work described within this Statement of Work, the purchase order, and the vendor contract.
2.2. The Contractor shall coordinate and prioritize all work to ensure that all deadlines are met.
2.3. The Contractor shall employ an internal quality control process to ensure that all deliverables are complete, accurate, easy to understand, and of high quality.
2.4. The Contractor shall provide deliverables that, at a minimum, are responsive to the specific requirements, organized into a logical order, contain no spelling or grammatical errors, formatted uniformly, and contain accurate information and correct calculations.
2.5. The Contractor shall submit each deliverable to the Project Management Office Manager and the SLDS Senior Project Manager (or designee) for review and approval.
2.6. The Contractor shall retain all work papers generated for reference through the duration of the project and project acceptance.
2.7. The Contractor shall participate in the review and revision process, until the Department provides written acceptance of the deliverable.
2.8. The Contractor shall provide copies of any supporting documentation to the Department upon request of the Department and without charge.
2.9. The Contractor shall respond to all telephone calls, voicemails, and e-mail inquiries from the Department within one (1) business day.
2.10. The Contractor shall enable all Contractor staff to exchange documents and electronic files with the Department staff in formats compatible with the Department’s systems. The Department currently uses Microsoft Office 365.
2.11. CDE is in the planning stage for returning to the office. Currently, most employees are working from remote locations. During this time, the contractor is not required to work at an onsite CDE location. However, if a local candidate is chosen, there may be times when the contractor will be asked to come to the office for specific meetings or events. Also, they will be required to follow the same return to the office plan as the CDE project team when it is implemented. For this reason, a local candidate is preferred. However, the right candidate is crucial, so we are not limiting this role to local only. This should be discussed prior to being engaged. The Department does not pay for travel or expenses. The CDE project team and The Department of Education’s main office is located at 201 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203.
SECTION 3.0
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AGREEMENT:
3.1. The Student Data Transparency and Security Act ( §§22-16-101 et al.) governing the privacy of Personally Identifiable Information requires a confidentiality contract between CDE and the Senior Business Analyst.
3.2. The Senior Business Analyst may have access to confidential information or Personally Identifiable Information. As such, the Senior Business Analyst will be required to sign a Confidentiality agreement upon starting their work as a Contractor with CDE.
SECTION 4.0
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:
4.1. The Contractor shall collaborate with all necessary project stakeholders, to execute and deliver all requests which include but are not limited to:
of current state
of process diagrams as required
4.1.3. Current State
4.1.4. Future State
4.1.5. Data Sharing process(es)
4.1.6. Other – as needed
4.1.7. Gather Requirements
4.1.8. Provide recommendations for improved processes
4.1.9. Detailed Use Case Development
4.1.10. Adult Education: Effectiveness of Adult Education
4.1.11. Adult Education: Multigenerational Use Case, literacy of kids that parents are in AE
4.1.12. Dual Enrollment: Effectiveness of Dual Enrollment
4.1.13. Career Development Incentive Program (CDIP)
4.1.14. Create documentation to automation of manual processes
4.1.15. Document data exchange requirements tied to data governance processes
4.1.16. Detailed documentation of data fields for data to be shared with multiple vendors and other state agencies
4.1.17. The Contractor will read and assimilate the current project documentation, including but not limited to the contract statement of work and requirements; project documentation created by the project team; client and vendor communications; and any project assessment documentation. The Contractor will interview the project stakeholders to gather project information and status.
4.1.18. Collaboration and relationship building is a requirement throughout. As always, there is a political component to this project. It will be essential that the Contractor listen carefully and follow the guidelines for communicating with the client and the SLDS Senior Project Manager. This is a high stakes project with high visibility and the potential for enterprise-wide impact.
4.1.19. This position will work closely with all levels: executives, managers, and individual contributors. In this role, he/she must lead without direct authority over the members of project teams and must be comfortable facilitating meetings. He/she must have the ability to prepare and present information about the project and processes to all levels. Additionally, with all levels, he/she will need to negotiate deadlines and provide status updates. Diplomacy and professionalism are critical to the success of this role.
4.1.20. May be asked to assist creating test plans and user acceptance documents that map to defined requirements.
4.1.21. Submit weekly detailed status reports to the project team members, the SLDS Senior Project manager, and the Project Management Office manager.
4.1.22. Schedule and facilitate meetings.