Workforce Analyst

This position is located in the United Stated Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Workforce Investment (OWI) in Washington D.C.

This position is inside the bargaining unit.

Qualifications:

You must meet the Basic Requirements listed below and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Workforce Analyst, as described below.

Basic Requirement: All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

A. Degree that included at least 30 semester hours in one or a combination of the following: sociology, psychology, economics, political science, or allied social science subjects that are especially pertinent to knowledge and understanding of employment and training programs.

OR

B. Courses in a college or university consisting of 30 semester hours as described in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5 or equivalent) Professional experience in studying, analyzing, and/or advising on the economic, social and/or psychological factors affecting employment and training problems. This experience must have required knowledge of one or more of the following:

• Labor force dynamics, e.g., the population, economic, cultural, and political factors affecting employment and training problems; problems relating to labor force adjustment to automation and other technological change; the effects of collective bargaining agreements; and the impact on job content and educational and training requirements of a rapidly changing industrial environment.
• The cultural, environmental, political, or sociological factors related to employability or employment, e.g., employment and training problems concerning specific ethnic groups, group imbalances, skill imbalances, patterns of discrimination, rural community life, etc.
• The psychological aspects of employability such as individual differences, attitude formation, motivation, and factors affecting learning.

For GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-13 includes all of the following:

• Experience providing technical assistance as it relates to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
• Experience researching and analyzing workforce data and/or labor market information for specific industries and/or occupational trends.

WHEN DOCUMENTING EXPERIENCE IN YOUR RESUME, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. NO ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE MADE ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE.

There is no educational substitution at the GS-13 grade level.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and/or carries out analyses of policy and program issues which may include such work activities as the preparation of reports on economic and labor market trends applicable to concerns and issues concerning workforce development programs; the development or refinement of legislative proposals, policy materials such as analytical papers, and/or programmatic materials describing initiatives, plans for research, demonstration and/or evaluation agendas or projects relating to specialized workforce development content specialties such as performance measurement, skills standards, skills attainment and assessment.
• Prepares technical analyses of the economic and labor market situation.
• Conducts in-depth policy review of ETA programs to determine the need for modification in light of program performance and the future economic, labor market, political, and social environment.
• Prepares policy analyses on workforce development programs and issues which have short-and long-term implications for improving the quality and effectiveness of training and employment services. Analyses are based on an assessment of program experience, academic research, government reports, technological developments, and may include implementation strategies to accomplish recommended options.
• Prepares legislative analyses that are used to prepare positions on legislation and develop Department of Labor legislative initiatives.
• Prepares or develops replies, reports and analyses regarding policy and guidance on workforce development matters directed to the Office by the Office of the Assistant Secretary, the Department of Labor and other Federal agencies, other ETA program offices and State, local and private agencies, including national associations representative of specific workforce development interests and jurisdictions.
• Organizes, arranges for facilitates conferences/meetings to provide expert information and guidance to contractors, which supports and promotes the goals and objectives of the project.
• Analyzes findings to develop recommendations and options for research applications and new initiatives and participates as a recognized expert in work groups and in making professional presentations on the subject(s) areas.
• Assignments include a broad range of projects involving complex variables and numerous interrelationships in the workforce research and analysis field.
• Identifying, developing, planning, implementing, monitoring and maintaining either individual (often high profile) and/or multi-site projects, research initiatives, strategic research plans, budgetary analysis, statistical and economic analysis with inferences upon workforce development programs and activities; or one or more subject or client- specific areas including but not limited to areas such as performance evaluation, adult employment and training assistance (including welfare recipients), and youth-related employment and training assistance; occupational information, labor shortages, and occupational skills and assessment.

Salary : $121,785