Health and Human Resources Specialist, Senior

Nature of Work

This role provides vital oversight and coordination of social services by safeguarding data quality in PATH, ensuring the accuracy of federal reporting, and verifying that state and federal program requirements are strictly met by the system. Key Responsibilities Include:

• Business & Systems Analysis: Analyze system data, evaluate the impact of proposed system or data changes, establish system logic, analyze data structures, and draft or map functional and technical documentation.

• Data Management & Audit Support: Perform sensitive intake data overrides and data corrections. Compile case data to satisfy litigation requests, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, and legislative audits.

• Testing & Quality Assurance: Lead and execute unit, system, acceptance, and regression testing prior to end-user deployment to evaluate system effectiveness, performance, and functionality.

• Vendor Collaboration & Implementation: Represent the agency in vendor and inter-departmental meetings to design, develop, and implement system functionality changes, data migrations, security configurations, and reporting tools.

• User Support & Consultation: Provide technical assistance, consultation, and guidance to front-end users, internal staff, and external entities regarding system functionality, overrides, and specialized reporting requests.

Minimum Qualifications

Training: Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

Experience: Four years full-time, equivalent part-time paid or volunteer experience in a technical or program area that is related to the area of employment.
Special Requirement for the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing:
In addition to the above minimum requirements, one year of basic sign language classes.

Special Requirement for the West Virginia Cancer Registry:
Certification: For West Virginia Cancer Registry cancer surveillance, data quality, and registrar education positions, applicant must hold the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) credential, OR have five (5) years of cancer registry work experience.

Areas of Assignment:
Behavioral Health
Community Health
Emergency Medical Services
Environmental Health
Health
Health Facilities Licensure and Certification
Health Planning
Health Promotion
Interpreter for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Investigation
Legal
Rural Health
Social Services
Volunteer Services
Cancer Registry

Other Information

PG:  15     $41,194 - $71,789

Market Rate: $63,870

H&HR Spec Sr: Three (3) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in the Health and Human Resources series may substitute for the required training and experience. 

 

 

 

 

Benefits

State employment offers a variety of benefits.  Click HERE to visit the Division of Personnel's Benefits Page.

Agency Information

EmployerWest VirginiaAddress 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Building 3 Suite 500
Charleston, West Virginia, 25305 Phone(304) 558-3950
Website http://personnel.wv.gov