PRINCIPAL LEGISLATIVE ANALYST 0773
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
An employee in this class is involved in coordinating and performing for
the Suffolk County Legislature complex analyses of the fiscal and programmatic
effects of the Suffolk County Executive’s proposed operating and capital
budgets. Analyses at this level involve
not only specific departments, but the study of the overall impact of
legislative fiscal policy. Supervision
is exercised over supervisory personnel.
Does related work as required.
Analyzes the overall
impact of legislative fiscal policy concerning such all-encompassing issues as
total expenditures, revenue projections, turnover, sales tax, grant
administration, health benefits, retirement estimates and the placement of
expenditures in proper funds;
Coordinates
projects initiated at the request of the Legislature; assigns sections to
subordinate staff;
Reviews
the work of subordinates, provides direction as to necessary changes, additions
or deletions; integrates work into a final project report;
Performs
independent cost benefit analyses of items such as the self-insurance system,
which are broad in scope and complex in the number of variables;
Defines
scope of requested projects, prepares work plans and prepares or oversees the
preparation of final reports.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Thorough knowledge of program evaluation and methods;
thorough knowledge of federal and state grant administration; thorough
knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of public administration,
public finance and budgeting; thorough knowledge of the principles of
cost-benefit analysis; ability to coordinate studies of government operations;
ability to perform fiscal research and to evaluate the overall impact of
changes in fiscal policy; ability to analyze complex data and prepare a
comprehensive report; ability to supervise others in a manner conducive to full
performance and high morale; ability to express oneself clearly and concisely,
both orally and in writing; physical condition commensurate with the demands of
the position.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
OPEN
COMPETITIVE
(a)
Graduation from a New York State or regionally accredited college or university
with a Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Political Science, Economics,
Public Administration, Business Administration, Urban Policy or Social Welfare,
and five (5) years of government agency experience in the analysis of programs,
management, finance, personnel, policy and/or budgets, which has included one
(1) year of responsibility for directing studies and reviewing the work of
others; or,
(b) Graduation
from a New York State or regionally accredited college or university with a
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Political Science, Economics, Public
Administration, Business Administration, Urban Policy or Social Welfare, and
seven (7) years of government agency experience in the analysis of programs,
management, finance, personnel, policy and/or budgets, which has included one
(1) year of responsibility for directing studies and reviewing the work of
others; or,
(c)
An equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits
of (a) and (b), except that no substitution will be accepted for the one (1)
year of specified responsibility for directing studies and reviewing the work
of others.
One
(1) year of permanent competitive status as a Senior Legislative Analyst.
9/14/83
SUFFOLK COUNTY
Competitive
RR 1/28/03