Job Description

Requisition No: 886736

Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration

Working Title: 68900498 - OPS GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II

Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 68900498

Salary: $21.66 - $35.10 Hourly

Posting Closing Date: 11/06/2026

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The OPS Government Operations Consultant II acts as the System Project Consultant (working title: RHTP Data Analyst).

The System Project Consultant serves as a mid-level data analyst for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), a five-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) cooperative agreement funding rural health initiatives across Florida’s four Super Regions.

This position reviews, validates, analyzes, and compiles sub-awardee data so that program leadership has accurate, timely information to monitor performance, support grant oversight, and meet federal reporting requirements.

This position reports directly to the RHTP Deputy Director and receives assignments from both the Deputy Director and the Data Base Consultant.

The Data Base Consultant serves as the program’s data lead: assigns data tasks, establishes data methodologies, metrics, definitions, and validation rules, and performs quality assurance review of analytic products before release.

The incumbent applies these established methodologies and standards and submits compiled summaries and reports to the Data Base Consultant; the position does not set program data policy or final analytic methodology.

Sub-Awardee Data Review and Validation

• Review sub-awardee data submissions, including performance measure reports, progress reports, and deliverable documentation, for completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and conformance with the RHTP data dictionary and reporting templates.
• Review sub-awardee quarterly and annual reports, including performance measure data, progress narratives, milestone and deliverable status, expenditure-related data elements, and supporting documentation, against grant agreement requirements, approved work plans, and prior reporting periods.
• Meet the following review timeliness standards, unless otherwise directed by the Deputy Director: complete the initial review of each quarterly report within ten (10) business days of receipt; complete the initial review of each annual report within fifteen (15) business days of receipt; verify corrected resubmissions within five (5) business days of receipt; and submit review results and compiled summaries to the Data Base Consultant within these same timeframes.
• Apply validation rules and business rules established by the Data Base Consultant to identify missing values, duplicate records, outliers, out-of-range values, calculation errors, and inconsistencies across reporting periods.
• Reconcile reported data against source documentation, prior submissions, grant agreement performance targets, and approved work plans.
• Maintain a data issues log; issue correction requests to sub-awardees and Regional Leads, track each issue to resolution, and verify resubmitted data before acceptance.
• Track sub-awardee compliance with the reporting calendar and notify the Data Base Consultant and Regional Leads of late or incomplete submissions.
• Escalate recurring, systemic, or unresolved data quality issues to the Data Base Consultant and, as appropriate, the Deputy Director, with supporting documentation and recommended corrections.

Data Analysis, Compilation, and Reporting

• Extract, clean, merge, and transform datasets using Structured Query Language (SQL), SAS, R, Microsoft Excel, or similar tools.
• Compile data summaries at the sub-awardee, initiative, Super Region, and statewide levels using metrics and methodologies established by the Data Base Consultant.
• Calculate descriptive statistics, including counts, rates, percentages, averages, and baseline-to-current and period-over-period comparisons.
• Monitor sub-awardee progress toward performance targets and milestones; identify and flag sub-awardees that are not on track.
• Prepare draft reports, tables, charts, and plain-language narrative summaries and submit them to the Data Base Consultant for quality assurance review.
• Compile data to support CMS reporting, Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) applications, external evaluation data requests, and leadership briefings.

Dashboards, Visualizations, and Mapping

• Refresh and maintain program dashboards in Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools on the established update schedule, using designs approved by the Data Base Consultant.
• Produce standard charts, tables, and county- and region-level maps using geographic information system (GIS) tools such as ArcGIS.
• Verify dashboard and visualization figures against source data before publication.

Data Management, Documentation, and Systems Support

• Maintain organized, version-controlled datasets, analytic files, submission trackers, and report archives.
• Document the steps, queries, and data sources used to produce each recurring report so that results are reproducible.
• Assist the Data Base Consultant in updating the data dictionary, reporting templates, and data standard operating procedures.
• Enter, upload, and validate data in the program’s grants management system; perform user acceptance testing of data fields, validation rules, and reports as directed.
• Safeguard confidential and sensitive data in accordance with Agency data security policies, applicable state and federal privacy requirements, and public records retention schedules.

Ad Hoc Requests and Technical Assistance

• Complete ad hoc data requests and assignments from the Deputy Director and the Data Base Consultant, including legislative requests, public records requests, media inquiries, and leadership briefing data, within required deadlines.
• Provide responses to specific data questions arising from the Data Analyst’s analyses and reviews of the datasets for which the position is responsible.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

A good attendance record is essential for any individual in this position as the work involved occurs daily and is time critical.

The individual in this position is expected to report to work daily and on time.

Leave must be requested in advance except in emergency circumstances not under the control of the employee.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck.

The State's total compensation package for Other Personal Services (OPS) employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• No state income tax for residents of Florida;
• State Group Insurance coverage options (must meet eligibility requirements), including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Savings & Spending Accounts;
• 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan administered through VALIC (tax deferred Retirement Savings Plan);
• Participation in the Florida Deferred Compensation Plan (457b)

For a more complete list of benefits, please visit https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/

What is OPS employment?

OPS employment is a temporary employer/employee relationship used for accomplishing short term or intermittent tasks. OPS employees are at-will employees and are subject to actions such as pay changes, changes to work assignment, and terminations at the pleasure of the agency head or designee.

OPS employees do not serve probationary periods or become permanent in their positions because they serve at the pleasure of the agency head.

This is an Other Personal Services (OPS) position is 100% grant-funded under the Rural Health Transformation Program with funding from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Funding is currently approved for five years (2026-2031); continuation of this position is contingent upon renewal or extension of grant funding.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of data analysis methods, descriptive statistics, and data validation and quality control techniques.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, formulas, and Power Query; working knowledge of Microsoft Access.
• Working knowledge of SQL, SAS, R, or similar software for querying, cleaning, and analyzing data.
• Experience producing dashboards and data visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with GIS mapping tools such as ArcGIS preferred.
• Ability to detect errors, inconsistencies, and anomalies in data with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to apply established data definitions, business rules, and procedures consistently.
• Ability to write clear, concise data summaries for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to communicate professionally with sub-awardees and external partners to resolve data issues.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, prioritize work, and meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to take direction, incorporate quality assurance feedback, and work both independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of data confidentiality and data security practices.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

• Two years of professional experience using Microsoft Excel, SQL, SAS, R, or similar software to clean, validate, analyze, and summarize data.
• One year of professional experience preparing data reports, summaries, or presentations.

Preference will be given to candidates with:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in statistics, mathematics, public health, health administration, information systems, economics, or a related field;
• Experience analyzing health care, public health, or grant-funded program data;
• Experience reviewing and validating data submitted by external reporting entities;
• Experience using Power BI, Tableau, or GIS software;
• Experience with grants management or performance reporting systems.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

N/A

CONTACT: DAPHNIE LORISTON 850-273-3968

BACKGROUND SCREENING

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.