RESEARCH ANLYST,PRIN

$58,240 - $58,240/Yr

State of Idaho - Boise, ID

Full-time - Principal

Boise, ID

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Idaho Department of Labor is seeking a Research Analyst, Principal, to join its Research and Analysis team. This role is pivotal in supporting the data needs of the department and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will manage various labor market research projects and studies, overseeing the entire process from inception to analysis. This includes developing a comprehensive scope of work that outlines the budget, research goals, objectives, and clearly defined research questions. The role also involves survey design, data collection, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that the research aligns with the State Workforce Development Plan and meets federal reporting requirements for workforce program participant performance and evaluation. In addition to managing research projects, the Research Analyst will be responsible for conducting labor market analysis and disseminating labor market information to job seekers, researchers, and economic development professionals. This includes creating visual dashboards and online products to assist local offices in providing valuable information to job seekers, enabling them to make informed career decisions. The position also entails data support for Unemployment Insurance reporting, including evaluating Re-Employment Assessments conducted by local offices. The ideal candidate will possess a strong analytical background with experience in statistics, allowing them to develop and lead complex research projects. They will analyze large datasets, identify patterns and trends, and create data visualization dashboards and reports tailored to customer needs. Effective communication of findings through various means, including charts, graphs, and descriptive statistics, is essential for this role. Additionally, the Research Analyst will support the development and maintenance of the U.S. Workforce Information Database and other business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform statistical analysis, interpret trends, develop conclusions, and summarize results.
• Design and develop research projects, including defining the issue and research question, developing a research plan and budget, designing the survey instrument, leading the data collection phase, analyzing the data, and producing reports and presentations.
• Develop reports using unemployment insurance claims and transactional data available through department data.
• Familiarity with querying databases using data extraction tools such as SQL and creating data dashboards using web-based tools like Tableau.
• Generate, compile, and submit reports as required.
• Review and confirm accuracy for all federal and state labor market reports.
• Communicate results of data extractions and internal analysis as needed.
• Perform multivariate statistical analysis and develop models for prediction and forecasting.
• Sustain methods for data quality and security.

Requirements

• Experience in statistical analysis and modeling techniques, typically met by at least two semesters of college-level statistics and two years of relevant practical experience or four years of related work experience.
• Experience in planning, developing, and implementing complex research and statistical projects, typically met by at least one year of work experience in this area.
• Experience using and interpreting output from a statistical analysis software package, typically met by at least one year of experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience defining, planning, developing, budgeting, and implementing complete research projects from start to finish, including writing reports and delivering results.
• Experience analyzing labor market data, typically gained through coursework or related work experience.
• Experience working with relational databases and integrating data into a database.
• Experience in a multi-data source and multi-schema environment.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• PERSI retirement benefits
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation
• Parental leave
• 11 paid holidays per year