Bilingual Outreach Program Analyst (Program Analyst 1)

Job Description :

Candidates must be bilingual in English and Spanish. This position will receive a 5% differential pay based on passing the required language test.

In Paid Leave Oregon, we are focused on designing a program where people with diverse backgrounds and experiences have full access to paid leave benefits when they need them the most.

Our goal is to provide service using a trauma-informed and person-centered approach for an excellent customer experience.

Our mission and vision is to support a workforce that is representative of the people we serve including people from a different race, gender, gender identity, ability, culture, geographic location, and justice system involvement.

At the Oregon Employment Department, we actively support a workforce that is representative of the people we serve including people from various races, genders, abilities, cultures, language skills, geographic locations, and justice system involvement.

We value your life experiences and encourage everyone to apply with your transferable skills and qualifications from your work, school, and volunteer experiences.

What You Will be Doing :

Under the direction of management, this position supports the development, implementation and evaluation of Outreach and Engagement within the Paid Leave Oregon program.

Uses marketing, liaison and project management skills to engage with businesses, employees and community organizations to integrate effective communication across the broader community.

Acts autonomously and exhibit critical and independent thinking skills with little direct supervision.

The person in this position presents program information, explains program rules and guidelines to internal and external customers to ensure that they understand and comply with program requirements.

To accomplish that, the person in this position has regular contact with other staff and the public in person or virtual platforms.

They also promote services by organizing and attending conferences, tabling at resource fairs, hosting virtual and in-person town halls or community conversations, contacting business owners and community organizations.

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What We Are Looking For (Desired Attributes) :

• Commitment to advancing equitable outcomes with valuing diversity and promoting inclusion.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement an outreach plan to meet the Paid Leave Oregon's strategic objectives.
• Identify training needs and opportunities that will reinforce communications messaging to the broader community.
• Excellent communication skills with diverse communities that include those from historically under-resourced and under-represented groups, business partners, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to exhibit critical and independent thinking skills with minimal direct supervision; adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.

Required Minimum Qualifications :

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, or a degree related to the agency program that demonstrates the capacity for the knowledge and skills; OR

Any combination of experience or education equivalent to three years technical-level experience that typically supports the knowledge and skill requirements listed for the classification.

This position is bilingual English / Spanish . You must be fluent (read, speak, and write) in English and Spanish to meet the special qualifications of this position.

The successful candidates for the bilingual position will demonstrate language competency in the Spanish language by demonstrating :

• The ability to communicate at informal and some formal level
• The ability to converse with more detail about familiar topics
• The ability to comment on unfamiliar topics with some difficulty but still be able to express the main idea
• The ability to form long sentences with sufficient vocabulary but tending to maintain native language syntax
• Intelligible pronunciation, which does not interfere with understanding
• The ability to sustain a fluent conversation

Bilingual Pay Differential : Employees assigned to use Spanish bilingual skills in the regular performance of their duties will receive a monthly pay differential of 5% over their base salary pay.

What’s in it for You?

• A workplace that balances productivity with enjoyment and encourages learning and mentoring.
• Rewarding work in a fast-paced, creative environment with colleagues who are passionate about public service.
• A workplace that fosters fairness, equity, and inclusion to maintain a workplace environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, veteran status, disability, or status as a victim of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, or stalking.

This policy applies to every aspect of our employment practices, including recruitment, hiring, retention, promotion, and training.

• Work / life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, and a
• If you have federal student loan debt or are thinking of going back to school, then you may benefit from the (PSLF) . PSLF allows you to make 120 qualifying payments on your student loan while working full-time for a qualifying employer.

PSLF student loan debt may be forgiven. OED positions may qualify for PSLF, please visit the website for more information and / or verification.