PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYST - EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT (HOMELESSNESS)

JOB
Type of RecruitmentOpen Competitive - EmergencyFiling DatesApplications will be accepted from Monday, May 18, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. (PT) until Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 5:00 p.m. (PT). All applications must be received before 5:00 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, to be accepted. Exam NumberHH1762A-EAThe LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.The Department of Homeless Services and Housing is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Predictive Data Analyst vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.During your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Predictive Data Analyst.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Assists department stakeholders to define data needs and requirements to ensure data science projects meet business needs at the community, regional, divisional, departmental, or county-wide level.Collaborates with other department subject matter experts to understand, identify, and select available and relevant sources of data for use cases, including internal and external data sources.Collaborates with data administrators and other IT staff to develop data pipelines and ensure the availability of quality data.Uses statistical programming languages and packages, computer scripting languages, and/or domain-specific languages to digest, manipulate, prepare, augment, evaluate, analyze, summarize, and visualize data.Conducts end-to-end predictive data modeling projects that include basic exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model selection, deployment of models into production environments, and visualization of findings.Uses advanced data visualization techniques to create data dashboards and reports to be used by varying levels of the enterprise and business managers.Uses supervised machine learning techniques on less complex business problems, with an understanding of algorithms, feature selection, variable importance, hyper parameter tuning, and optimization.Performs data management and manipulation, including the writing of data queries of departmental databases and data marts, data cleaning, and joining of multiple and disparate data sets.Extracts and organizes data and applies quality-control techniques to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all data; researches source documents and coordinates with others to resolve missing or conflicting data and other anomalies.Assists in planning, designing, and managing experiments, consumer surveys, and other data collection projects to augment existing sources of data as necessary to solve business problems.Works with program staff to understand the implications of analyses and to ensure that findings are actionable and support data-driven program, policy, and operational decision-making.Assists in coordinating with various functional teams to develop and implement products, services, tools, or business process changes resulting from the analysis.Accesses ongoing training and professional development to maintain familiarity with current industry and academic research to apply the latest and most useful statistical learning techniques to help extract patterns and trends from data.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Exam ContentDuring your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.Application and Filing Information Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add EStranger@hr.lacounty.gov, as well as noreply@governmentjobs.com, and info@governmentjobs.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices.Plan to submit your online application well in advance of the deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.Social Security NumberPlease include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.Computer and Internet Access at Public LibrariesFor candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI)The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.Department Contact Name: Emily StrangerDepartment Contact Email: EStranger@hr.lacounty.govTeletype Phone: (800) 735-2929