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Direct State Client Hire :::: Business Analyst / Child Welfare Expert (Product Owner/Product Manager) at Remote, Remote, USA
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Business Analyst / Child Welfare Expert
(Product Owner/Product Manager)

Hartford, CT 06106 ( Hybrid ) 
Local candidates only--must be within a 2-hour drive from Hartford, CT.  

12+ Months

Client
: STATE OF CONNECTICUT
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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Candidate must be a US Citizen or a Permanent
Resident

PROJECT/SYSTEM/PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Department of Children and Families is in the process of
replacing their current system, LINK, in order to comply with the federal rules
for a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) herein referred to
as CT-KIND (Kids Information Network Database), federal reimbursement, and to
update the technology used by agency staff to promote efficiency and improve
family outcomes. The CT-KIND Project Team is a collaboration of Business,
technical and vendor staff who are in the process of system planning, design,
development, testing, conversion, implementation, and initial maintenance
related to the replacement of LINK with CT-KIND.
  This
work will allow Connecticut to continue work associated with the states
expansion of the human services modernization effort of leveraging technical
infrastructure and existing enterprise service infrastructure for integration
with CT-KIND, and the sun-setting of LINK.
  The
agency is currently committed to developing the next generation CCWIS and has
invested significant resources to ensure that Connecticut has efficient,
economic and effective tools to aid our Child Welfare Staff, Providers and the
children and families of CT.

The
agency exited a federal consent decree in 2022 and there are currently a number
of initiatives that will help support sustaining the progress and achievements
made by DCF. DCF is shifting to a prevention framework under the Family First
Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and has also developed a CT Child Safety
Practice Model. The project is using a hybrid version of the Scaled Agile
Framework for enterprises (SAFe) agile methodology for development efforts.

DCF
works in collaboration with the Department of Administrative Services (DAS),
Bureau of Information Technology Solutions (BITS) who provide technical
expertise and services as well as an information systems infrastructure to the
agency and its roughly 3,000 employees.
  DCF
IS strives to improve continually improving technology services that are
cost-effective and of the highest effectiveness and quality.

SCOPE
OF WORK

The candidate will serve in the capacity of
a Product Owner/Product Manager (Business Analyst/Child Welfare Expert),
collaborating with the technical and business staff on the CT-KIND Project in
support of business processes for CT-KIND.
  This
will require the candidate to analyze and complete documentation for CT-KIND in
the area of child welfare; work collaboratively with the technical staff,
regional and central office staff, and community partners, including the
Judicial System; participate in LEAN events to map out business processes to
streamline and reduce inefficiencies; assess business readiness and participate
in organizational change management activities; coordinate with social work
staff for system development and design; assistance with training plans for new
development; coordinate closely with internal and external users;
  and, may assist in testing, 
 training plans, communications and
business readiness plans.

The candidate may also be required to
analyze and document policy/practice changes and work with the policy and/or
change management division at DCF; participate in time studies in preparation
for caseload weighting changes in the new system; and, assist in documentation
for vendor procurement and federal compliance/reimbursement.

Specifically,
the candidate will be responsible for working with the team to ensure any new
development meets the business needs and criteria necessary for Child Welfare
staff including but not limited to:

1.

The analysis of business processes and change
management and business organizational readiness initiatives to support the
development and design of CT-KIND.

2.

Working with the project team and sprint teams
to fully engage the business partners to ensure a proper business functionality
in the new system as a Product Owner/Product Manager.

3.

Facilitation of meetings, presentations and/or
design sessions.

4.

Outreach to community partners/providers
including data exchanges/interfaces.

Specific Services
Required
:

In the
role of the Child Welfare Expert, the following services are required:

Assistance
in the preparation and facilitation of LEAN Events, business process
mapping and requirements gathering.

Assistance
in developing project documents.

Excellent
communication, presentation, collaboration, writing and interpersonal
skills.

Demonstrated
ability to work collaboratively to deliver business and technical value,
including collaboration with community partners/agencies.

Must
be very organized, pro-active and self-directed. Must be able to perform
with minimal supervision.

Must
have very strong abstract thinking and problem-solving skills.

Provide
guidance and training to agency staff as needed.

Coordinates with the other project team
members on issues dealing with matters that cross domains and have
dependencies, and helps define, document and communicate with the entire
team.

Interface with the user(s) and sponsor(s)
and other stakeholders in order to determine their (evolving) needs.

Reviews documentation and collaborates with
development group, Product Owners, System Teams, and stakeholders to
ensure best overall documentation is always available.

Generates products such as business cases,
feature/requirement documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, lean
notes, meeting notes, decisions, action items, risks, presentations, and
training materials.

Identifies business trends and needs
utilizing real data and staff feedback.

Constantly be on the lookout for ways to
improve monitoring, discover issues and deliver better value to the
customer.

Communicates key insights and findings to
team members.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE

For
this position, the candidate shares experience and intelligence in the field of
child welfare/human services with the team to plan and accomplish goals, elicit
customer/business feedback, as well as a participation in trainings. In
addition, the agency requires an experienced professional demonstrating the
following knowledge and skills:

5+ Years Experience in Child
Welfare or related field

Product Owner and/or Product
Manager certification a plus

Knowledge of DCFs mission,
policy, practice, state agencies and community partners/service providers

Knowledge of agile development
methodologies, including developing acceptance criteria

Knowledge of case management
systems and modern web-based capabilities/applications

Knowledge of Business Process
Mapping, requirements gathering and documentation processes

Experience in facilitating
large groups for presentations, LEAN Events and trainings a plus

Experience in analyzing data to draw
business-relevant conclusions

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9. Open to Relocate ( Yes / No ) :

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Thanks & Regards,

Shekhar

Talent Acquisition Group

197 Route 18 South  #3000 East Wing, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 

Email: [email protected]

Web : www.transreach.com 

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