POLICY PLANNER 4

AS619 $56,326 - $110,531
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 01/01/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To provide administrative consultation relative to operational policies, procedures, strategic planning, performance standards and program objectives for agency activities.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Administrative direction from a higher level executive of the agency served.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Functional and/or staff, as required by specific assignments, over any agency employee.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from the Policy Planner 3 by the presence of project management responsibilities.

Differs from the Policy Planner 5 by the absence of directing and managing all policy planning, research, and analysis functions of a major state agency.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Performs major administrative functions for agency.

Formulates internal policy and procedures.

Designs work programs to obtain and carry out federal grants, to meet requirements of agency's enabling legislation, and to respond to directives from the governor and legislature.

Coordinates agency internal activities to ensure response to section needs and maximum utilization of agency resources; provides administrative direction to all agency sections.

Reviews and approves agency reports, technical plans, and publications.

Presents expert testimony, agency reports, and recommendations to the Executive Director, state officials, the governor and the Legislature.

Represents agency on or before state and national commissions, task forces, and organizations.

Makes presentations on behalf of the agency at public meetings, legislative committee meetings, special commission meetings, and association meetings.

Determines needs, goals, and plans for division; sets standards for research and planning.

Works with program managers to prepare and monitor division budget.

Monitors division work loads.

Delegates specific programs or program functions to subordinates and holds them accountable for timely and accurate completion and attainment of projects, plans, programs, and goals.

Oversees training of all policy planning personnel.

Maintains awareness of current issues, events, and professional planning and management techniques.

Works with university graduate program administrators to place graduate student interns in agency for practicum project periods.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Seven years of experience in policy planning; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus four years of experience in policy planning; OR

A bachelor's degree plus four years of experience in policy planning; OR

An advanced degree plus three years of experience in policy planning.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.