Lead Analyst (#013431) Chief Legal & Compliance Office, Columbia

Job Responsibilities

• Detects and advises management of risks.
• Assists the Assistant Division Director in reviewing data analyses completed by analysts and provide feedback to facilitate improvement of their data analysis skills and to ensure the accurate analysis of data.
• Use Excel and statistical process control software to analyze and present data.
• Establishes and maintains effective intra-agency relationships and serves as subject matter expert for quality improvement work.
• Develops templates for specific quality measures.
• Performs quality improvement assessments, compliance audits (on-site institutional audits and behavioral health, medical, and operations records audits), and evaluation of the agency's programs and services, policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
• Works with the Division Director of Quality Improvement and Risk Management (QIRM) & QIRM Assistant Division Director to develop and execute process improvement strategies to achieve systems changes that align with agency goals, policies, & procedure.
• Conducts regular policy and procedure reviews to ensure compliance and monitors implementation deliverables.
• Reviews and analyzes performance measures and recommends improvements.
• Analyze data using statistical techniques and produce comprehensive reports.
• Assists the Assistant Division Director in editing written reports completed by analysts and provide feedback to facilitate the improvement of their report writing skills and to ensure accuracy of comprehensive compliance reports.
• Develop comprehensive compliance reports based on documentation and institutional audits of systems processes.
• Assists Assistant Division Director in training analysts in assigned areas to ensure understanding of QIRM processes and compliance auditing.
• Assists institutions in learning principles and tools and methods.
• Design’s measurement systems for quality and process improvement, auditing, and compliance initiatives.
• Make oral presentations to institutional and agency staff and leadership based on institutional audits and data analyses.

Questions regarding the application process, this job posting or any other postings with the SCDC should be directed to:

Recruiting and Employment Services
(803) 896-1649
[email protected]
Minimum And Additional Requirements
State of South Carolina Minimum Requirements:
A high school diploma and relevant experience. A bachelor's degree may be substitute for the required work experience.
SCDC Minimum Requirements
(Or an acceptable equivalency as approved by the Division of the State of Human Resources).

• A bachelor's degree in public health, program evaluation, social science, business administration, health administration, statistics and two (2) years’ experience in quality improvement and risk management or compliance auditing.

OR

• An associate's degree in public health, program evaluation, social science, business administration, health administration, statistics and four (4) years in quality improvement and risk management or compliance auditing.

OR

• A high school diploma and six (6) years of experience in quality improvement and risk management or compliance auditing.

Must have excellent writing and oral presentation skills, must be proficient excel and/or statistical process control software and must have extensive data analysis experience. Ability to establish and maintain effective intra-agency relationships and ability to Interpret policy. Resume is strongly encouraged to be attached to application.
Additional Comments
The South Carolina Department of Corrections is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education.