Are you passionate about research, engagement and outreach? The Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) is seeking an External Affairs and Partnerships Analyst to support the department’s external affairs work, including stakeholder engagement, partnerships, events, meetings, and outreach activities.
Location: The employee’s workstation is located in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Oakland and/or San Diego. Travel may be required to attend meetings in Sacramento, offsite, conferences, and/or training classes as needed. This position provides telework opportunities in accordance with agency telework policies.
Annual salary: $72,372– $90,564 based on experience and qualifications
Benefits: The state offers many benefits (opens in new window), including pension, health benefits (including after retirement), life insurance, employee assistance program, and much more.
Last day to apply: Final filing date is 11/12/2026.
What you’ll do
- Help coordinate external engagements.
- Support outreach and education campaigns for ODI programs and initiatives.
- Maintain relationships with organizations and partners across government, nonprofit and other sectors relevant to ODI’s work.
- Research prospective partner and stakeholder engagements.
- Monitor relevant events and engagement opportunities, and coordinate meetings.
- Prepare briefing memos, presentations, correspondence, reports, and other materials for department leadership and external audiences.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. (opens in new window)
We have a guide to the civil service application process. It covers:
- How to apply
- Civil service exams
- Interviews
Desirable qualifications
- Knowledge of stakeholder engagement, stakeholder mapping, partnership development, and external affairs practices.
- Knowledge of outreach and public education approaches, including audience identification, engagement planning, and methods for reaching diverse external audiences.
- Experience developing and executing outreach, engagement, or public education campaigns, including identifying target audiences, developing outreach plans and materials, coordinating engagement activities, and tracking results.
- Experience supporting crsector partnerships and stakeholder relationships, including engagement with government, nonprofit and community-based organizations, higher education, business and technology, philanthropy, or international organizations.
- Experience planning and coordinating external events and convenings, such as briefings, roundtables, conferences, demonstrations, webinars, or stakeholder meetings.
- Experience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems or similar tools to organize stakeholder information, document engagement history, manage outreach, and track follow-up.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing briefing memos, correspondence, presentations, reports, and other materials for leadership and external audiences.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple engagements, projects, deadlines, and competing priorities.
- Ability to translate complex policy, programmatic, data, or technology information into clear and accessible information for a variety of audiences.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, take initiative, work independently, and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
About ODI
We deliver better services to Californians through technology and design. We do so through close partnership with other state departments. Our goal is to create programs and products that are more equitable and effective. We listen to Californians who use a program now or may do so tomorrow and learn about what they need.
We:
- Build tools and products
- Create and enhance digital services
- Conduct research
- Identify data solutions
- Offer training
We are a cross-discipline staff with blended backgrounds in:
- Design
- Engineering
- Product
- Operations
- Data
- Research
- Policy
- Strategy
Learn more about ODI’s vision and mission.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion at ODI
Diversity, equity, and inclusion help us deliver better government services to Californians.
- Fostering diversity inspires better ideas and more innovative thinking.
- Feeling included nurtures a shared sense of community. This drives us to take collective action on challenging problems.
- Prioritizing equity ensures we build solutions for people whose needs are often overlooked.
We acknowledge our history and present of implicit and structural injustice, bias, and discrimination. We see, hear, and accept each other and the lived experiences we bring to our work. We support each other in learning and developing so we can help all Californians thrive.
We understand this work is never done. That’s why we commit to constant improvement.