Management Analyst I

Serves as clerk to the Planning Commission and oversees all Planning Commission administrative functions. Coordinates and manages the work of all Planning Commission administrative staff. Maintains knowledge of the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance, the comprehensive planning process, Robert's Rules of Order, the Code of Virginia, and Planning Commission bylaws. Prepares electronic board books for each commission meeting. Attends and/or ensures attendance at Planning Commission and committee meetings. Oversees, reviews, and manages production of all commission documents. Acts as legal custodian of commission records. Researches, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and related information. Conducts research and analyses of public hearing and committee information. Researches and analyzes performance indicators and identifies and provides guidance and recommendations to department director. Serves on the department senior management team. Performs other related duties and special projects as assigned.

Schedule: Requires attendance at scheduled night meetings.

Note: The assigned functional areas are logistics, public administration, and/or records management.

(The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list.)

• Basic knowledge of mission, goals and objectives of the organizational unit, program or activities to which incumbent is assigned;
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques governing management, organization, operations and programmatic services;
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques relating to the functional area of business operation (e.g. personnel, budgeting and financial management, contract administration and management);
• Ability to identify possible solutions for solving business problems;
• Ability to perform a variety of fact-finding techniques (e.g., interview, case analysis, observation, research, benchmarking) to gather information in support of programs, projects, studies, assessments and evaluations;
• Ability to aggregate and assimilate data to identify major patterns, trends and themes regarding organizational and program effectiveness and efficiency;
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing;
• Ability to use word processing and presentation software to prepare documents, and to use spreadsheet and statistical analysis software packages to store, manipulate, analyze and present data;
• Ability to train, lead, and/or supervise paraprofessional staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: (Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "
Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to") Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in the field related to the assigned functional area.

BRIDGE CLASS EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:
Four years of increasingly complex technical experience in the assigned functional area, comparable to experience at the Admin Assistant IV, or higher, level. This class can serve as a bridge class enabling individuals who do not meet the educational or professional experience standards listed above to qualify for this class by possessing four years of increasingly complex technical experience in the assigned functional area, comparable to experience at the Admin Assistant IV, or higher, level. The purpose of this bridge class is to promote upward mobility within the Fairfax County workforce. However, persons qualifying for this class on the basis of their technical experience may not substitute this technical experience for education, or for professional experience, in order to qualify for other employment opportunities.

• Experience with the following: using meeting recording equipment, website publishing software, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Publisher);
• Supervising staff;
• Conducting research;
• Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing; working with minimal direct supervision; and conducting multiple projects simultaneously.