Position
Specifics
Position: Senior Research Analyst Salary Range: $52,000 - $60,000
Business Unit: Research, Policy & Innovation Department: Research, Policy & Innovation
Reports To: Chief Research Officer Posted: May 31, 2016 – June 14, 2016
Role Summary
The
Senior Research Analyst provides support for research, data and analytic
projects in the Department and support to flexible teams across the
organization. This team-based position does in-depth reporting from program
data, builds databases combining government and program sources, creates ad hoc
reports and writes memos to answer research questions, provides analyses of
data and data inputs for performance management, tracks and oversees the
progress of pilot programs, automates data collection where possible and writes
reports. Other responsibilities include
reporting and adding expert technical assistance in meetings and data
visualization.
This position will be responsible for the following duties:
- Ensure effective use of labor market information by maintaining current labor market information for strategic planning, informing the delivery services, and making it available to internal and external audiences. Make data actionable for programs.
- Compile and report PA CareerLink®/Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Performance metrics.
- Support all internal teams with data and other information as needed.
- Complete population, industry and occupational analyses in support of Board Committees and external partners in analyzing the needs of special populations and industries.
- Participate on evaluation research teams; gathering and analyzing program data, and writing evaluation reports.
- Work with community-based organizations with workforce- related programming to support their work.
- Provide Geographic Information Systems mapping and analysis of data to enhance the use of labor market information, analyze the demographic and industry composition of the region, and assist in the planning of service delivery.
- Complete detail-oriented analysis of data for accuracy.
- Track program progress along a timeline in relation to other benchmarks
- Negotiate websites to capture data and other information in different formats
- Automate data collection and reporting in a SQL environment
- Build, combine and maintain databases as required
- Write reports and memos as assigned
- Perform other job related duties as assigned.
Education/Professional Experience
Bachelor’s
Degree from an accredited college or university in
Social Sciences, Statistics, Planning or Business
Administration or a related field with 5 or more years of experience
in data analysis, 1-2
years supervisory experience, and 3 or more years external relations/customer
service. (Master’s degree preferred).
Or, any
combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable.
Additional
Eligibility Qualifications
·
Knowledge
of research methodologies, basic inferential statistics, and application
programming
·
Intermediate
knowledge of SPSS or similar statistical software
·
Comfortable
with management of large data sets
·
Customer
service oriented
·
Ability to create queries in a SQL environment
·
Ability
to work independently and as a team member
·
Must be
able to meet deadlines
·
Strong critical thinking and
analytical skills
·
Intermediate
skills in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, ACCESS and Power Point
·
Adherence
to all guidelines for confidential and
secure data
·
Ability to effectively relate to people of diverse
educational and cultural backgrounds, government agencies, public officials,
and all levels of management and staff
·
Knowledge
of CWDS and Ad Hoc reporting (preferred)
·
Knowledge
of GIS, especially ArcView (preferred)
Contact
Information
Interested applicants should apply online at
www.philaworks.org and click on
“About Us”
and then “Careers at Philadelphia Works”
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program
Alternate Formats, Auxiliary Aides and Services are available upon request
Alternate Formats, Auxiliary Aides and Services are available upon request
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