WestEd

Research Associate, Labor Market and Educational Data

WestEd

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Salary

💰 $80,000 - $125,000 per year

About the role

  • Conduct population, economic, labor market, and education and training data analysis that supports the growing body of work led by CEM focused on leveraging labor market, economic, demographic, workforce training and educational data sets to support local, regional, and systems level educational and workforce planning, demonstration initiatives, systems change, research, and evaluation.
  • Aggregation, data analysis, and comparison of anomalous data sets focused on the intersection of learner population, economic and labor market information, and education and training systems to support regional and statewide strategies that increase outcomes for low-income individuals, families, and communities.
  • Support work across CEM’s lines of work in K16, postsecondary, workforce, and adult education systems, including CEM’s expanding portfolio of work related to increasing economic mobility for communities of need, intersegmental systems development, and use of data to inform equity and student outcomes.
  • Create products intended for non-technical audiences, such as handouts, reports, graphs, social media posts, and presentations.
  • Coordinate project management of projects of moderate complexity with multiple partners and deliverables. Demonstrated ability to lead subtasks on project teams with clarity and purpose in the development and implementation of large scale multi-system and multi-partner initiatives.
  • Support implementation of local, regional and statewide practitioner technical assistance for stakeholders from different educational segments and public systems.
  • Support the use of LMI, economic, and other data sets in the field to support change conversations with educational and workforce practitioners.
  • Develop training and technical assistance models that are responsive to practitioner needs to use data for program improvement, improving equity, and systems change.

Requirements

  • A minimum of a Bachelors Degree in economics, planning, public policy or related field with a strong emphasis on quantitative methods and analysis (the need for a degree specific to this field is less important should the candidate demonstrate sufficient experience and a track record of successful projects)
  • 3-5 years related experience in the use of population, labor market, economic, education, and training data to inform educational, workforce, or economic development policy and practice
  • Familiarity and direct experience with a wide range of data and analytic tools related to labor market, economic, educational, and demographic data aggregation and analysis, in particular how such tools have been used by the applicant to inform policy and practice in workforce, economic development, or education
  • Experience using data for professional development and technical assistance for local institutions, regional consortia, or state systems, in particular to inform changes in policy and practice that increase low wage communities’ access to living wage jobs
  • Knowledge of legislation and policy relevant to this position including initiatives operating under the Department of Labor (WIOA), Department of Commerce, Department of Education or state level workforce, economic development, or education agencies
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate in a collaborative manner with colleagues and partners at all levels, from frontline employees to executives and external representatives
  • Ability to communicate complex information to diverse audiences
  • Strong marketing skills including experience with writing, developing PowerPoints, and visualizing information for a diverse audience with clarity, brevity, and understanding.
  • Demonstrated ability to ensure that one's own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate, especially under tight timelines
  • An abiding commitment to excellence and economic mobility for low wage communities and individuals with barriers to education and employment.
  • Ability to travel – requires 25% travel time. For staff working remotely or from a home office, travel time may be occasionally as much as 50% depending on the demands of the project.
Benefits
  • 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested
  • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option
  • All health/welfare benefits are effective the first of the month following the hire date
  • PTO: 19 days (increases to 21 days beginning the third year of employment), 12 paid holidays
  • Life Insurance: value of 3x gross salary, max of 500k
  • Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases + annual incentives
  • Professional development opportunities & mentorship program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisquantitative methodsdata aggregationdata visualizationpolicy analysiseconomic developmentworkforce developmenteducational data analysistechnical assistanceproject management
Soft Skills
collaborative communicationability to communicate complex informationmarketing skillsattention to detailcommitment to excellenceability to lead project teamsadaptabilityproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsorganizational skills