How to hire a project support analyst

How to hire a project support analyst, step by step

Here's a step-by-step project support analyst hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a project support analyst job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new project support analyst
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your project support analyst job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a project support analyst for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect project support analyst also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents project support analyst salaries for various positions.

   Type of Project Support Analyst	Description	Hourly rate
   Project Support Analyst	Management analysts, often called management consultants, propose ways to improve the efficiency of an organization. They advise managers on how to make organizations more profitable through reduced costs and increased revenues.	$15-44
   Business Analyst/Project Manager	A business analyst/project manager is responsible for developing project management procedures, analyzing processes, and ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of project deliverables, following clients' specifications and requirements to meet their highest satisfaction. Business analysts/project managers manage project resources, delegate tasks to project staff, setting deadlines, and coordinating with the clients for regular updates and suggest strategic adjustments as needed... Show more	$34-65
   Analyst Lead	The duties of an analyst lead depend on one's line of work or industry of employment. Typically, their responsibilities revolve around performing research and analysis, coordinating with different departments to gather leads and data, reviewing findings, and producing reports and presentations for the stakeholders and other higher-ranking officials... Show more	$35-58

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Project Management
   • SharePoint
   • Status Updates
   • Support Project
   • PMO
   • Data Entry
   • Data Analysis
   • Application Support
   • SQL
   • Financial Analysis
   • Technical Support
   • Analyze Data
   • Medicaid
   • QA

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   Responsibilities:

   • Develop infrastructure to enable clients to better understand and manage risks associate with their decision environment to capture opportunities.
   • Provide agents with low QA scores with refresher course or tips on what it takes to get higher scores.
   • Support configuration management of programmatic and corporate documentation on the company's internal SharePoint site.
   • Design, plan, and administer projects to improve information accessibility, information storage and access utilizing SharePoint.
   • Deliver an innovative data visualization capability.
   • Assist in the company's annual vehicle acquisition RFP.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your project support analyst job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A project support analyst can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, project support analysts' average salary in arkansas is 52% less than in new jersey.
   • Seniority. Entry-level project support analysts 64% less than senior-level project support analysts.
   • Certifications. A project support analyst with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a project support analyst's salary.

   Average project support analyst salary

   $55,716yearly

   $26.79 hourly rate

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   Entry-level project support analyst salary

   $33,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

   Average project support analyst salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Virginia	$70,404	$34
   2	Connecticut	$63,640	$31
   3	District of Columbia	$62,989	$30
   4	New York	$62,598	$30
   5	Colorado	$56,539	$27
   6	California	$55,341	$27
   7	Florida	$49,707	$24
   8	Missouri	$48,177	$23
   9	Ohio	$46,441	$22

   Average project support analyst salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Nexant	$65,591	$31.53	4
   2	Vencore	$63,268	$30.42
   3	Wsp USA Buildings Inc.	$62,078	$29.85	44
   4	Deloitte	$61,897	$29.76	866
   5	DaVita Kidney Care	$61,714	$29.67	45
   6	Leidos	$61,546	$29.59	250
   7	Logistics Management Institute	$59,725	$28.71	26
   8	Williams Adley	$58,457	$28.10
   9	Peraton	$54,713	$26.30	77
   10	Wastren Inc	$53,753	$25.84
   11	Kimco Facility Services	$52,598	$25.29
   12	State Bar of Michigan	$47,266	$22.72	10
   13	Randstad North America, Inc.	$45,617	$21.93	35

4. Writing a project support analyst job description

   A good project support analyst job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a project support analyst job description:

   Project support analyst job description example

   THIS POSITION MAY BE TELEWORK ELIGIBLE ON A HYBRID BASIS.
   
   THIS POSITION IS INTERMITTENT & IS NOT TO EXCEED 1,000 HOURS IN A STATE FISCAL YEAR.
   
   About Us:
   
   The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) is committed to improving the health of Ohioans and strengthening communities and families through quality care. ODM is implementing the next generation of Ohio Medicaid to fulfill its bold, new vision for Ohio's Medicaid program - focusing on the individual rather than the business of managed care.
   
   The goals of the next generation of Ohio Medicaid are:

   • Emphasize a personalized care experience
   • Improve care for children and adults with complex behavioral health needs
   • Improve wellness and health outcomes
   • Support providers in better patient care
   • Increase program transparency and accountability

   What You Will Do at ODM:
   
   Office: Data Governance & Analysis (DGA)
   
   Classification: Management Analyst (PN 20097736)
   
   Job Overview:
   
   The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) is seeking a professional to be a part of ODM's Data Visualization and Strategic Analytics Team. This position will be critical to facilitating ODM reporting and dashboard production. The team is actively engaged in communicating agency data to a wide variety of stakeholders and looking for an organized, independent worker to provide project management support. As a Project Support Analyst, your responsibilities will include:

   • researching and analyzing data in existing systems (e.g., Enterprise Data Warehouse [EDW]) to identify potential improvements
   • conducting impact analysis of patterns, trends, spikes, and other changes in data
   • maintaining and updating materials in the Dashboard Coordination SharePoint site
   • managing and tracking correspondence inquiries to the ODM Dashboard mailbox
   • updating the dashboard job aids for provisioning access to the requestors and coordinating with business intelligence and privacy teams
   • organizing the dashboard technical and style guidelines, surveys, and training materials
   • providing other project support (e.g., activity coordination, deadline tracking, documentation) to DGA supervisors and analysts as needed

   
   
   Qualifications
   Completion of undergraduate core program in business or public administration or related field of study.
   
   -Or 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in research & analysis & written documentation of findings.
   
   -Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right project support analyst for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your project support analyst job on Zippia to find and recruit project support analyst candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with project support analyst candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new project support analyst

   Once you've selected the best project support analyst candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new project support analyst first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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