Deputy Director of Operations & Cabinet Affairs for Statewide Performance

Department Information

Promotional Opportunity

This announcement is open only to eligible individuals currently employed within the Office of Operations and Cabinet Affairs within the Office of the Governor. The announcement is for transparency purposes only to comply with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

Only applications from eligible individuals currently employed within the Office of Operations and Cabinet Affairs within the Office of the Governor will be accepted.

Description of Job

• The operationalization of the Governor’s Bold 5 agenda, by convening cross-agency Cabinet working groups;
• Maintaining the State’s performance management system in compliance with the SMART Act, including:
  • The Governor’s Dashboard (see https://dashboard.colorado.gov/);
  • The State’s performance management guidelines;
  • Coaching State agencies on setting strong performance metrics; and
  • Monitoring goal progress and resolving barriers.
• Helping to oversee the team’s professional development portfolio, including courses offered to state employees, leadership training programs, and employee recognition awards;
• Ensuring that the Operations Director and other senior staff are adequately briefed on all key issues regarding Department performance;
• Managing a team of 2-4 direct reports, including hiring and onboarding processes, team retreats, and professional development;
• Ensuring coordination of key work streams across State agencies and within the Governor’s Office;
• Assisting the Director of Operations in their daily responsibilities, including acting as their representative as needed, and ensuring they are briefed on key state issues;
• Supporting the Director’s and Chief of Staff’s management of the Governor’s Cabinet, including supporting the annual review process, monthly check-in meetings, and coordination of bi-annual cabinet retreats; and
• Serving as a first line of response and troubleshooter from the Governor’s office as certain operational challenges arise within agencies. With the Operations Director, decides when to elevate to the Chief of Staff and the Governor

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

• Strong analytical skills, with a sound understanding of statistics and ability to identify and use data to inform decisions and to make recommendations.
• A skilled project leader, who has a demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate teams around shared goals, to set direction and approach in a complex and ever-changing environment, to make difficult decisions, and to deliver tough messages with grace.
• Strong organizational skills, and self motivation to follow-up on projects, information, and issues until resolved.
• Empathetic and creative problem solver able to listen, understand, and lead various decision makers at all levels of state government in an emotionally intelligent manner.
• Enthusiastic about the power of performance management, data, and information to drive action toward positive outcomes.
• Possesses the political savvy to coach agency leaders, as well as the team of advisors, on how to connect the expectations of the public to the work of government.
• Able to understand employee motivations and concerns, as well as to rally teams around common goals; able to advise senior executives across state government on the same.

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  Graduate degree in public policy, public administration, business administration, economics, or another related field.
• Previous experience in state government.
• A total of at least eight (8) years of combined education and/or relevant work experience in an area closely related to the work areas to be performed by this role, including government administration, strategic planning, goal setting, and/or project management.

Supplemental Information

The State of Colorado/Office of the Governor offers a generous benefits package including:

• Annual leave accrued at 13.33 hours per month (4 weeks a year)
• Sick leave accrued at 6.66 hours a month (10 days a year)
• 12 paid holidays per year
• Medical and dental plans
• State paid life insurance policy of $50,000
• Choice of 2 retirement plans
• 401K and 457 plans
• State paid Short Term Disability coverage
• Additional optional life and disability plans
• Credit Union Membership
• RTD pass
• Training and professional development

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

ADAAA Accommodations

The Office of the Governor is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Staffing Coordinator (the Director of Human Resources) at gov_hr@state.co.us.