LABOR MARKET RESEARCH MANAGER

Position Title : LABOR MARKET RESEARCH MANAGER

Department : Policy and Research

Reports to : Senior Director, Policy and Data

FLSA Status : Full Time , Exempt

Hiring range : $55,000 - $60,000

Benefits Include : Hybrid work model, flexible work schedule, generous paid time off, 401(K) match,

healthcare, dental and vision insurance, health savings account and life

insurance.

Location : Centre City Tower, 650 Smithfield Street, Suite 2400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Partner4Work (TRWIB, Inc.) values diversity and strives for our team to reflect the wide range of people and perspectives that form our region.

We provide equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, culture, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

Partner4Work is an EEO employer.

About Us

As the leader of Pittsburgh / Allegheny County’s public workforce system, Partner4Work ensures that the current and future needs of businesses and job seekers are met.

Through innovative initiatives and programs spanning every facet of the workforce, we bridge the gap between people looking for work and companies in need of talent.

Partner4Work connects funding, expertise, and opportunities to develop a thriving workforce in the Pittsburgh region.

About this Position

This position manages labor market data analysis, reporting, research, and mapping to help position Partner4Work as a regional thought leader and support data-driven decision-making for workforce development programs.

This position initiates, champions, and drives new analytical projects across teams to identify workforce challenges and provide insights to key stakeholders to fuel improvement of the public workforce system in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

The right candidate will be curious, bring economics and data analytics expertise, and have experience creating clear reports for multiple stakeholder groups.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement labor market information reporting portfolios that serve internal and external stakeholders and meet the goals of the Policy and Data Team.
• Proactively communicate across teams, functions, and roles to increase shared understanding of project developments and responsibilities.
• Ensure analyses produced by the Policy and Data Team provide actionable insights for end users.
• Collaborate with Policy staff to provide tailored, high quality data products to legislators and partners as evidence for policy and advocacy efforts.
• Support the Communications team’s efforts to promote Partner4Work’s data and research capabilities as well as evidence-based reporting for use in special initiatives.
• Collaborate with Data and Program Team staff to provide actionable labor market analysis and contextualize Partner4Work workforce development program data within the broader context of the regional labor market
• Lead the planning and implementation of a regularly scheduled LMI webinar for internal and external audiences.
• Ensure polished delivery of reporting, prioritizing end user experience.

P4W Ambassador

• Contributes to the development of a supportive and collaborative work environment through active participation in internal collaborations, team, and activities.
• Provides a high level of customer service for existing and prospective program partners through transparent, accessible, and open dialogue about the organization’s strategy and prospective projects.

Skills and Qualifications

• Knowledge of research methodologies, basic inferential statistics and spatial statistics, and programming.
• Knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS) is preferred.
• Ability to drive projects across teams, amidst competing priorities.
• Ability to identify challenges and propose both short-term and long-term solutions.
• Excellent verbal, written, analytical and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be detail oriented and highly organized with strong analytical skills.
• Able and open to learn new systems and technical processes quickly.
• Advanced in Microsoft Excel.
• Must be able to meet deadlines and work on multiple projects on tight timelines.
• Ability to relate to people of diverse educational and cultural backgrounds as well as government agencies, public officials and all levels of management.

Education / Professional Experience

Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s degree preferred) from an accredited college or university in Social Sciences, Statistics, Economics or a related field with 3 or more years of experience in analytical roles.

Or, any combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable.

ADA Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be used to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit;

use hands to write and / or type; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and bend. The employee may occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds.

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters in an office environment.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only job duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position.

Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

To apply

Send to : [email protected]

• cover letter
• resume
• writing sample
• three professional references
• salary requirements

No phone calls, please.

Flexible work from home options available.