Labor Market Specialist 1/2/3
About The Position
The Labor Market Specialist 1/2/3 plays a key role in preparing, collecting, and analyzing survey data for the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program. This position reviews returned reports for accuracy, completeness, and content and analyzes returned data to assign appropriate occupational codes and evaluate wage data for accuracy. Some travel for training may be required. The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) is a key division of Louisiana Works managing programs in workforce training, job placement, apprenticeships, and business engagement. Through collaboration with local boards, educational institutions, and industry partners, OWD aims to improve economic mobility for job seekers and ensure Louisiana employers have the skilled talent they need, contributing to the state’s economic growth.
Requirements
- Six semester hours in economics with an additional six semester hours in economics, math, computer science, statistics, or marketing plus one of the following:
- Three years of experience in accounting, financial auditing, or statistical analysis; OR
- Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR
- A bachelor's degree.
Nice To Haves
- Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
- Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
- Using Data: The ability to collect, analyze, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.
Responsibilities
- Exercise judgement and leverage professional knowledge of industry and occupation characteristics to ensure the data produced by the OEWS unit is statistically reliable.
- Process completed surveys in accordance with guidance provided by federal agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Assign proper occupation codes based on the Office of Management and Budget’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System and analyze reported occupation codes against standard industry patterns.
- Assist in the address refinement efforts for every OEWS sample, including a thorough analysis of each designated sample unit to ensure the solvency of the business, correct industry classification, and the accuracy of all contact information.
- Communicate with employers included in the OEWS sample through email and phone calls, as needed.
- Conduct a quality assurance process to uncover possible errors in the reported data.
- Assist in the analysis of the final estimates based on the collected data by using statistical tools as well as local labor market knowledge to suppress estimates based on incorrect or incomplete information.
- Publish OEWS estimates to the Louisiana Works website.
- The specialist will analyze occupations and/or industry compositions for publication.
- Support other Research & Statistics programs and units as needed, including the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program; the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program; the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program; the Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, and the Labor Market Information (LMI) unit.
- Other Duties as assigned, Travel maybe required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
