Budget Analyst Job at Department of Public Health, Contra Costa County, CA

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  • Department of Public Health
  • Contra Costa County, CA

Job Description

Job Description and Duties

In July 2025, the State of California implemented the Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2025. This program temporarily reduces employees’ monthly base pay in exchange for paid leave credits. This position is subject to PLP 2025 and will have a monthly base pay reduction of 3% in exchange for 5 hours of leave credits through June 2027. The salary ranges shown on this job posting do not reflect the salary reduction.

The incumbent works under the direction of the Health Program Manager II (HPM II), Chief, Special Projects and Program Support Section (SPPS), in the Occupational Health Branch (OHB). The Associate Governmental Program Analyst (AGPA) independently performs the more responsible, varied, and complex consultative, technical, and analytical staff services assignments. The AGPA creates reports, makes recommendations to management, and responds to communication from internal and external stakeholders. The AGPA also develops, manages, and analyzes allocation and expenditure tracking for OHB, including preparing monthly budget expenditure and projection tracking reports, and making recommendations regarding budgetary planning and expenditures. Occasional travel to Sacramento for meetings or trainings may be required. This position requires up to 5% travel with periodic overnight travel within California.

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Working Conditions

Telework Information     

This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework permitted is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change, consistent with CDPH’s Telework Program. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.

Travel may be required for this position. Reimbursement for travel takes into consideration an employee’s designated headquarters, as reflected in the duty statement, and is subject to regulations and bargaining unit contract provisions. All commute expenses to the designated headquarters office will be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

The headquarters office location for this position is identified in the attached duty statement.

Special Requirements

For experience/education to qualify during the application screening process, and to ensure that minimum qualifications can be determined, applicants should include all employment history on the Employment Application (STD 678) and/or Resume, including detailed job descriptions,  hours worked per week , and  start/end dates (MM/DD/YYYY) . Application packages without this information will experience delayed processing times and your eligibility for this position may be impacted.

A completed State application (STD. 678) and any other relevant documents (e.g. unofficial transcript, copy of degree, resume, etc.) should be submitted electronically via your CalCareers Account. Please reference Job Control #(494925)  and indicate the basis of your eligibility in the Examination(s) or Job Title(s) section. SROA and surplus candidates should submit a copy of their letter with their application . Please remove any confidential information (i.e. social security number, date of birth) from your documents prior to submission.

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareers Account at Submitting an electronic application through your CalCareers account is strongly recommended since electronic applications will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing. Please submit only one application.

If you are unable to submit your application electronically through your CalCareers account, please email  apply@cdph.ca.gov  for assistance and a CDPH Human Resources Division staff member will contact you to assist with the online application process or,  a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method as explained in the How to Apply section below. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:


  • Training and/or experience in budgeting and expenditure projections.
  • Proficiency in Excel including pivot tables for large sets of expenditure data.
  • Ability to use office systems and computer applications such as Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams
  • Technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
  • A professional, courteous, and positive demeanor
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team setting and to establish effective working relationships.
  • Outstanding organizational skills.
  • Experience working with diverse audiences.
  • Familiarity with safe and healthy workplaces.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Supplemental Questionnaire

1) Describe why you are interested in this position, and details how your qualifications and previous job experiences have prepared you for the duties and responsibilities of this position

2) Describe prior experience to develop, manage, and analyze allocations and expenditure tracking for a multifaceted program, including preparing monthly budget expenditure and projection tracking reports, and making recommendations regarding budgetary planning and expenditures.

3) Describe in detail your analytical experience within your previous positions. For each, please include the position(s) in which you performed these duties and the start and end date (month and year) of each position.

4) Include examples of your performing administrative support for a State/local program, including oversight of day-to-day administrative support functions in budgeting, contracting, personnel, procurement, and timely responses to critical information needs of program and upper management, as well as employee development, training, and performance.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

  • Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
  • Resume is required and must be included.
  • Other -

    Please see Supplemental Questionnaire (SQ)  instructions below at end of posting . Applications received without a written response to the SQ may be rejected.

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Contract work, Work at office, Local area, Remote work, Night shift,

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