Tribal Behavioral Health Data Collection Coordinator

Tribal Behavioral Health Data Collection Coordinator (MA4/OTA)

Salary

$71,136.00 - $95,676.00 Annually

Location

Thurston County - Olympia, WA

Job Type

Full Time - Permanent

Remote Employment

Remote Optional

Job Number

2026-07278

Department

Health Care Authority

Division

OTA

Location: Olympia United States

Job Description:

This management analyst will focus on the improvement of Tribal behavioral health data collection and management across the Health Care Authority. This work includes regular engagement with Tribes and HCA leadership and program managers to coordinate feedback and implement improvements in Tribal data collection and management systems. The ideal candidate will bring experience and knowledge of working with Tribal communities and governments as well as data collection practices in these communities. If you have a track record of navigating ambiguous projects through completion with a variety of contributors and partners, and specifically Tribes and Indian Health Care Providers, this may be the opportunity for you!

All HCA employees will apply an equity lens to their work, which may include but is not limited to all analyses of core business and processes.

About the division:

The Office of Tribal Affairs (OTA) supports the entire Health Care Authority (HCA) staff in meeting its government-to-government obligations outlined in RCW 43.376 Government-to-government relationship with Tribal governments. OTA operates within the laws of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to ensure the highest quality of health services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals which includes addressing significant health disparities for the AI/AN community including partnering with Tribes to honor Tribal sovereignty, self-determination and increase health resources and funding to Tribal communities to expand their health services to their Tribal members.

About the position:

This position is responsible for supporting and contributing to HCA as a senior level team member in critical behavioral health data collection methods and analysis in collaboration with Tribal and Urban Indian Health Programs for data improvement for the AI/AN population and other individuals served by Indian Health Care Providers (IHCPs). This position will serve as our Tribal behavioral health strategic advisor, providing senior level analyses to management, staff and both internal and external customers regarding issues impacting agency wide behavioral health data from IHCPs for behavioral health services to the AI/AN population.

This position is eligible to telework and is typically not required to report on-site. The default assigned work location of all Health Care Authority (HCA) positions – both on-site and telework eligible positions – is within the State of Washington. This position reports to Olympia, WA. Frequency of onsite work will vary based on business and operational needs. All agency employees are required to report on-site in Olympia on their first and last days of employment to pick up and return state-issued equipment, regardless of telework status or location. 

 

Duties

 

Some of what you will do:

• Provide senior level analysis to management, and coordinate with agency leaders to develop a strategic plan for Tribal behavioral health (BH) and AI/AN data improvement strategies that align with statewide BH data improvement efforts across multiple departments and agencies.
• Develop a multidivisional workgroup to discuss Tribal BH data gaps and needs, making recommendations and providing expert advice and consultation. 
• Develop a strategic plan to improve data with Tribes and IHCPs that are reviewed by internal stakeholders and with Tribal partners in alignment of our Tribal G2G Consultation Policy. 
• Maintain and update Behavioral Health Data Integration (BHDI) Tribal BH Data Collection and Management project charter. 
• Analyze, design, implement, and support complex, enterprise-wide solutions and processes. 
• Communicate and provide regular presentations to internal partners and Tribal partners requesting feedback regarding reporting needs and strategy. 
• Provide training to leadership and program managers across multiple HCA divisions on the data collection and reporting strategy.
• Oversee the implementation and change management plan to move Tribes from the TARGET Data System with multiprong strategies, that includes G2G engagement with Tribes on the TARGET decommission. 
• Oversee the implementation and ongoing program level management of the Behavioral Health Data Store (BHDS) Pilot Project.
• Develop and monitor Sovereign Nation Agreement scopes of work for Tribes as it relates to BH data collection and data sharing agreements.
• Review BH data reports and participate in BH data reporting activities to provide senior level analysis to management on appropriate reporting.
• Research, analyze, and provide recommendations for the development and revisions of new and existing data policies and procedures relevant to data collection.

 

Qualifications

 

Required qualifications:

Qualifying candidates will meet one of the following criteria options:

Option 1: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, law, public health, health administration, or a related field and 
• Five (5) years of demonstrated experience in two or more of the following areas: 
  • conducting research 
  • analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations 
  • conducting business analysis and developing requirements 
  • leading business projects 
  • managing business operations 
  • business policy development 
  • supervising

Option 2:

• Associate degree in business administration, public administration, law, public health, health administration, or a related field and 
• Seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in two or more of the areas identified above.

Option 3: 

• Nine (9) years of demonstrated experience in two or more of the areas identified above.

Option 4:  

• One year as a Management Analyst 3.

Qualifying candidates will also satisfy one of the following criteria:

• One year of experience working in or with an Indian Health Service (IHS)-funded program, including direct service IHS programs and Tribal health programs operating under Title I or Title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, or urban Indian organizations (UIO), including urban Indian health programs receiving IHS funds, or 
• Demonstrate understanding of government-to-government with sovereign nations, and role of the State in working with IHS, including direct services IHS programs and Tribal health programs, or UIOs.

Required competencies:

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Preferred qualifications:

• One year or more years of experience working directly with data collection processes and/or systems.
• One year or more experience working in the field of research and data collection with or within Tribal and AI/AN communities. 
• One year or more experience working in a Tribal epidemiological center. 
• Five years or more experience working in or with an Indian Health Service (IHS)-funded program, including direct service IHS programs and Tribal health programs operating under Title I or Title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, or urban Indian organizations, including urban Indian health programs receiving IHS funds. 
• Personal knowledge and understanding of tribal government operations of Washington state government operations. 
• Managing or implementing government contracts, including managing federal grant awards
• Experience in one or more of the following: 
  • Grants management 
  • Project management 
  • Grant writing