Salary : $5,023.00 - $9,856.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number:
Department: DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services
Opening Date: 07/08/2026
Closing Date: 7/22/2026 11:59 PM Central

This position with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is in the Office of Management and Finance (OMF), Digital Services System Integration and Data Analytics sections. This position is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and analyzing complex data sets to support data-driven decision-making across the agency.

Minimum Qualifications
Six years of experience in accounting, budgeting, contracts, economics, engineering, finance, financial auditing, grants, human resources, information technology, management analysis, operational auditing, policy planning, procurement, social services, statistical analysis, tax collections, or tax enforcement; OR

Six years of experience in any field plus three years of experience in accounting, budgeting, contracts, economics, engineering, finance, financial auditing, grants, human resources, information technology, management analysis, operational auditing, policy planning, procurement, social services, statistical analysis, tax collections, or tax enforcement; OR

A bachelor's degree plus three years of experience in accounting, budgeting, contracts, economics, engineering, finance, financial auditing, grants, human resources, information technology, management analysis, operational auditing, policy planning, procurement, social services, statistical analysis, tax collections, or tax enforcement; OR

An advanced degree plus two years of experience in accounting, budgeting, contracts, economics, engineering, finance, financial auditing, grants, human resources, information technology, management analysis, operational auditing, policy planning, procurement, social services, statistical analysis, tax collections, or tax enforcement.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties and Other Information :

Job Duties:

• Incumbent is responsible for daily activities of the Systems Integration and Data team by obtaining, maintaining, reviewing and analyzing data concerning programs and/or operations; scope and goal; and the policies, practices, methods and procedures used to implement and maintain programs.
• The incumbent is tasked in collecting, cleaning and analyzing complex data sets to identify trends, patterns and insights.
• The role will work closely with DCFS program staff and other departments to obtain well defined data requirements and understand the data needs and provide relevant analytics support that align with the agency's objectives.
• Incumbent will create dashboards, reports and visualization using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Salesforce, Excel or any other data analysis/reporting tools
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal vendor requirements to deliver use cases, screen and interface design, as well as acceptance criteria.
• Ensures problem solutions, appropriate risk reductions, and business unit satisfactions.
• The incumbent is responsible for reviewing, managing and monitoring personal services contracts, Data Sharing Agreements (DSA) and Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) as related to DCFS projects.
• Incumbent must establish and maintain engagement and approval by Office of Technology Services (OTS) that include technology to include service strategy, service design, service operations, information technology contracts, budget preparation and invoicing.
• Performs any other duties as assigned in support of the mission of OMF and DCFS as directed by Digital Service management.

Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment
Work Schedule: Typically, work hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.
Flexible work schedules are available after meeting certain criteria and is dependent upon the position you are applying for. Some positions require working shifts.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service Test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.

Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in this application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Sharon Williams

Sharon.Williams
01

Do you have any experience within Information Technology support?

• Yes
• No

02

Can you write queries in SQL code or another query language?

• Yes
• No

03

If yes, what language(s)?
04

If yes, please explain.
05

Do you have experience in Power Business Intelligence (BI)?

• Yes
• No

06

If yes, please explain.
07

Do you have any immediate family members or relatives who are currently employed with DCFS? Immediate family member is defined as children (blood, step, adopted), spouse, brother, sister, father, mother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law. Relative includes immediate family members previously defined and also includes grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, uncle, aunt, niece and nephew.

• Yes
• No

08

If you answered "yes" to the above question, please list the name of your immediate family member and/or relatives currently employed by DCFS. If you answered "no" to the above question, enter N/A.
Required Question