The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is the State Education Agency for the District of Columbia charged with raising the quality of education for all DC residents. OSSE is focused on sustaining, accelerating, and deepening the progress being made for the District’s 90,000+ students. OSSE serves as the District’s liaison to the U.S. Department of Education and works closely with the District’s 470+ early childhood facilities, 250+ schools, 60+ local education agencies (including DCPS and charter organizations), and community-based organizations to provide critical programming and resources to our stakeholders. 

This position is located in the Division of Early Learning. The incumbent is assigned to the District of Columbia Early Intervention Program (DC EIP) for Infants and Toddlers with Development Delays, which is federally funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C, P.L. 101-110, as amended. The program is responsible for implementation of a state-wide system of coordinated interdisciplinary, interagency programs to ensure the provision of appropriate early intervention services to infants and toddlers with delays or disabilities who meet the District of Columbia definition of "developmental delay" and their families.  

The primary role of the Program Analyst is to support the implementation of a District-wide system of coordinated developmental screening for children from two (2) to sixty (60) months of age. Specific objectives are to (1) expand developmental screenings by bringing all child development centers that participate in the District of Columbia child care subsidy system into the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) online initiative; (2) expand utilization of online ASQ screenings through developmental screening partnerships;  and (3) share screening and evaluation data aimed at improving health outcomes for children in the DC Health Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program and other DC Health Home Visiting programs.  

Specific functions of the Program Analyst include: 

• Plans, develops, and conducts program analyzes of substantial scale and impact concerning all aspects of current or projected operating programs for actual or potential effectiveness in achieving planned goals and objectives. 
• Develops, maintains, and monitors projects, and integrated reporting system(s) affecting program(s) throughout the activity. Communicates information to supervisor for effective evaluation of program operations and milestones. 
• Analyzes, extracts, summarizes, and identifies significant trends and issues. Forecasts and estimates program requirements and prepares programmatic reports, justifications, charts, graphs, statistical and narrative data, etc., for presentations and briefings. 
• Program study assignments involve organizations, operations, and functions of significant complexity with extensively interrelated program(s) throughout a complex activity. 
• Oversees execution of programs of broad scope and mission impact. Reviews and interprets new and established directives, instructions, regulations, and delegations of authority for potential impact on major program objectives, operating policies, work operations, and progress. Assures program goals, objectives, and operations. 
• Prepares internal instructions, reports, operating policies, procedures, and guidelines concerning assigned program(s) and recommends required changes and adjustments to assure proper and adequate accomplishment of program goals and objectives. 
• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

Key qualifications for the role include: 

• Thorough knowledge of a wide range of program management policies, concepts, practices, and principles in order to analyze and develop recommendations for improvement in program operations and objectives. 
• Knowledge of extensive operating programs and the interrelationships among such programs to perform program analysis by developing and evaluating the effectiveness of new or modified program objectives and operations. 
• Skill in oral and written communication to prepare and present recommendations and solutions regarding complex issues based on analysis and evaluation, including the preparation and presentation of reports, proposals, charts, and graphs. 

Our ideal candidate will also have: 

• Familiarity with IDEA, Part C (Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities) and Part B (Special Education) statutes, regulations and federal policy directives  
• Knowledge of intervention, screening and evaluation techniques. 
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. 
• Ability to obtain cooperation from professionals in other disciplines and other organizations. 

Interested applicants should register for the OSSE Hiring Fair.