Staff Analyst

POSITION OVERVIEW

Applications accepted from: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED Department/Section: Director’s Office / Chief of Staff Office Reporting Location: 611 Walker St, Houston, TX 77002, USA* Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.* *Subject to Change

ABOUT HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS (HPW) Houston Public Works (HPW) plays a vital role in building, maintaining, and enhancing the infrastructure that keeps Houston moving and supports the quality of life of its residents, businesses, and communities. As one of the City of Houston’s largest departments, HPW is responsible for the planning, operation, maintenance, construction management, and technical engineering of the city’s essential public infrastructure. With a workforce of approximately 4,900 employees, HPW oversees a broad and complex portfolio of critical services and assets, including water and wastewater systems, roadways, bridges, traffic and mobility systems, stormwater drainage, permitting, solid waste, and other infrastructure and public services. HPW is at the forefront of Houston’s continued growth and its efforts to build a more resilient, sustainable, and connected city. Through long-term planning, strategic investment, innovation, and responsible stewardship of public resources, the department works to ensure that Houston’s infrastructure can meet the needs of a growing and dynamic community. With a commitment to excellence, accountability, and service, Houston Public Works helps lay the foundation for Houston’s future—delivering the infrastructure and essential services that enable the city to thrive today and for generations to come. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provides professional analytical, administrative, and management systems support to the Houston Public Works (HPW) Chief of Staff Office and senior leadership in monitoring organizational priorities. The position supports a range of high-priority initiatives and operational projects across the Director and Chief of Staff’s office. This includes analysis of operational data and decision-support reporting through the development and maintenance of datasets, contribution to Power BI dashboards, and preparation of reports to identify trends, track progress, and inform leadership decisions. Responsibilities include coordinating with Houston Public Works divisions to collect and validate information, maintaining structured tracking of priority processes and initiatives, developing and maintaining datasets, dashboards, and reports to support leadership visibility and decision-making. The role emphasizes translating data into actionable insights, tracking progress against key priorities, and identifying risks and opportunities for improvement. The Staff Analyst also supports cross-functional projects, event coordination, and external partnership activities, contributes to process improvements and reporting standardization, and enhances workflow efficiency. This position works collaboratively with city departments to support aligned initiatives while maintaining a primary focus on operational tracking, reporting, and project execution for the Chief of Staff and Director’s offices. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Operational tracking and coordination: Maintains structured tracking of active initiatives and priority processes, including status, key milestones, and required actions; monitors timelines and follows up with divisions and stakeholders to ensure timely progress; provides regular status updates to the Director’s Office.
• Data collection and analysis: Coordinates with divisions to gather, validate, and analyze operational data; identifies trends, risks, and performance gaps; prepares clear, actionable reports to support leadership decision-making and track progress against priorities.
• Data QA/QC and dataset management: Performs quality assurance on datasets, including reconciliation of source data, validation of metric definitions, and documentation of assumptions and business rules to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Dashboard development and reporting: Develops, updates, and maintains dashboards and standardized reports that provide visibility into key initiatives, operational metrics, and performance trends; uses reporting tools to highlight bottlenecks and support executive-level decision-making.
• Process documentation and improvement: Develops and maintains process documentation, trackers, templates, and reporting tools; identifies opportunities to improve data collection, reporting workflows, and coordination across teams.
• Project and initiative support: Supports and may independently execute high-priority projects, including research, benchmarking, analysis, reporting, and coordination across divisions; contributes to workflow improvements and implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Stakeholder and event coordination: Coordinates with internal divisions and external partners to support meetings, events, and collaborative initiatives; assists with logistics, tracking deliverables, and follow-up activities.
• Confidential information: Handles sensitive and confidential information related to organizational priorities with discretion and appropriate controls.
• Cross-departmental collaboration: Works with other city departments to support aligned initiatives, data coordination, and reporting needs.
• Analytical and project support: Prepares summaries, briefings, and status reports for leadership; maintains organized documentation for projects and initiatives.
• Analysis and recommendations: Investigates operational issues, evaluates current processes, and develops recommendations to improve performance, efficiency, and coordination.
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS Work is substantially complex and varied and requires interpretation of technical and detailed guidelines, policies, and procedures. Strong analytic ability is needed to gather, interpret and develop recommendations based on analysis of multiple factors. Some assignments may be non-routine and require the exercise of independent judgment under general guidance. Essentially normal office environment; physically comfortable work with discretion about walking/standing; ability to make simple gross motor responses within large tolerances. This is a Department of Houston Public Works position at the Tier III Level.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS Requires a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration or a field directly related to the type of work being performed.

Substitution: Graduate degrees related to the type of work to be performed may substitute for the experience requirement on a year-for-year basis.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Three (3) years of professional administrative, financial or analytical experience related to the type of work being performed are required.

Substitution: Professional experience related to the type of work to be performed may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

LICENSE REQUIREMENTS None

PREFERENCES

• Demonstrated experience developing, report publishing, and maintaining Power BI dashboards.
• Experience performing QA/QC on datasets, including reconciliation, anomaly detection and validation checks.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, Power Pivot, Power Query, formulas, data validation).
• Experience contributing to KPI definitions, data dictionaries, standardized templates, and/or process documentation to support consistent reporting and continuous improvement.
• Experience coordinating projects across multiple stakeholders and supporting external partnerships (universities, community colleges, trade schools, workforce organizations).
• Demonstrated initiative and proactive problem-solving skills, including the ability to independently identify emerging issues, conduct research and analysis, anticipate operational needs, and recommend solutions or process improvements with minimal direction.

Preference shall be given to eligible veteran applicants provided such persons possess the qualifications necessary for competent discharge of the duties involved in the position applied for, such persons are among the most qualified candidates for the position, and all other factors in accordance with Executive Order 1-6.

GENERAL INFORMATION

SELECTION/SKILLS TESTS REQUIRED None However, the department may administer a skill assessment evaluation.

SAFETY IMPACT POSITION Yes If yes, this position is subject to random drug testing and if a promotional position, candidate must pass an assignment drug test.

SALARY INFORMATION Factors used in determining the salary offered include the candidate's qualifications as well as the pay rates of other employees in this classification.

Pay Grade 26

APPLICATION PROCEDURES Only online applications will be accepted for this City of Houston job and must be received by the Human Resources Department during active posting period. Applications must be submitted online at: www.houstontx.gov.

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Due to the high volume of applications received, the Hiring Department will contact you directly, should you be selected to advance in our recruitment process.

All new and rehires must pass a pre-employment drug test and are subject to a physical examination and verification of information provided.

EOE Equal Opportunity Employer The City of Houston is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.