Job Description

Would you like to be part of a team that seeks to catalyze system change ensuring racial equity and increased prosperity for all? Do you love to use data to tell a story and help advance a mission? We are looking for someone like you! Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County seeking a grant-funded Workforce Development Management Analyst to contribute to the mission of system transformation and racial equity in workforce development by creating trend, demographic, and process analysis reports; developing and maintaining project performance reports; and developing, planning, and conducting research projects to analyze the impact of the regional workforce development system. Reporting directly to the Director of Performance and Sector Partnerships, the Workforce Development Management Analyst will perform data research, analysis, interpretation and reporting related to the functions of the organization, the regional workforce development system, and the local labor market, ensuring that stakeholders have current information to enhance decision-making. The Workforce Development Management Analyst will be a highly resourceful team-player who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, and efficient. The individual will have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain strategic balance among multiple priorities. This position is primarily remote with occasional on-site work required in our Seattle office. The Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County (WDC) aspires to lead transformative change that will evolve our region's workforce development efforts into an innovative industry, community, and outcome-driven system with racial equity at its core. As a nonprofit, grant-making organization, the WDC collaborates with a diverse set of partners to elevate job quality, economic growth, and prosperity for adults and youth throughout the Seattle-King County region. Some of the Key Responsibilities of the Management Analyst : * Provide data and technical assistance on organizational and local/regional labor market and economic performance through data mining and reports; recommend course of action based on findings. * Perform trend analysis, develop reports and make recommendations to WDC leadership team and Board for decision-making. * Participate in project planning discussions and make recommendations for use of technology and development of tools; provide support in evaluation of projects. * Participate in the design, development, testing and implementation of data models/resources used to analyze the WorkSource system and the regional labor market, and to deliver high quality, accurate labor market information; provide stakeholder user trainings and technical assistance as needed. * Determine how data-driven project outcomes, deliverables and performance measures will impact the regional workforce system and economy; develop and run reports to identify strengths and areas of concern. * Ensure data integrity for assigned projects; collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify data rules, procedures and policy; work with other staff to gather data and develop meaningful reporting. * Participate in external workgroups; may include state-level topic groups, regional system and program development, evaluation, and/or review working groups, and economic and workforce development working groups. What the successful Management Analyst will have: * Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, specializing in data/management analysis. * Five (5) years' demonstrated experience working with data and/or process management analysis, preferably in a non-profit or government organization. * Statistics, economics and associated data sources and tools. * Report development and presentation processes, especially in a collaborative environment. * Program analysis, process improvement, and evaluation tools. * Workforce program policies and regulations, including WIOA and associated Washington State Employment Security Department and U.S. Department of Labor requirements. * Research techniques for analyzing the local labor market, communities, and the regional economy. * Ability to research, analyze, interpret and present data related to systemic barriers to economic and workforce development in the local labor market and its diverse communities. Compensation Range * $78,000 to $109,800 annually, DOE Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County has outstanding benefits including: * Medical and Dental Plan, employee premiums paid at 100% * Life Insurance Plan, employee premiums paid at 100% * Disability Insurance Plan, employee premiums paid at 50% * Retirement Plan available after 90 days * Thirteen (13) paid holidays including two (2) floating holidays * Vacation and sick pa