The Workforce Development Department (also known as Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas) is seeking a Workforce Insights Analyst to join the Workforce Development team of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The Workforce Insights Analyst supports Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas (WSNCT) by leading key workforce data, research, and analytics functions. This role is responsible for managing the annual Target Occupations List (TOL) process and administering the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), including related workflows. The position also serves as a steward of workforce data quality, ensuring that analytical products used for policy, planning, and public communication are accurate, reliable, and well‑documented.

Responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:

Lead workforce data initiatives. Manage and refine processes to identify high-demand occupations and critical skills gaps. Use data analysis and stakeholder input to ensure regional training providers align directly with current and future workforce needs.
Oversee the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) system, managing the onboarding, review, and compliance processes for training providers and their programs. Ensure all related information on WSNCT channels is accurate.
Oversee labor market, workforce, and demographic dashboards and reports. Utilize data visualization tools to design and develop compelling, decision‑ready visualizations, dashboards and reports for internal and external stakeholders. Perform data validation, quality assurance, and troubleshooting to ensure analytical outputs accurately represent underlying data.
Design lightweight digital tools to improve data accessibility, including data portals, automation scripts, and solutions that streamline access to labor market data and performance metrics.
Support stakeholder engagement. Present complex information clearly and compellingly to diverse audiences. Monitor local, state, and federal workforce and economic trends, and develop updates on their implications for WSNCT partners and the North Central Texas region.
Collaborate on cross‑functional projects involving workforce data. Serve as a technical and analytical lead on initiatives such as the annual Target Occupations List, ensuring data sources, assumptions, and methodologies are documented and defensible. Coach team members on data literacy, analysis tools, and appropriate use of workforce data.
Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability. Identify, document, and manage the data required to support workforce reporting, analytics, and visualization. Implement appropriate data quality controls, normalization processes, validation checks, and documentation to ensure data is accurate, consistent, current, and fit for decision‑making purposes.

Desired Skills:

Ability to effectively work with a wide range of people
Ability to interpret policy and rule and develop policies and procedures
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Analytical capabilities and attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to multi-task
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Ability to identify, monitor, report and track key metrics

Required Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree
Minimum of 3 years of related experience

Compensation:

Starting Salary Range: $59,493.45 - $77,000.00 depending on skills, qualifications and experience.
FLSA: Exempt

Benefits:

We offer a highly competitive package of many desirable benefits to our full-time employees including:

Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
We provide an outstanding package of health, dental, vision and life benefits for employees, with the monthly premium paid by NCTCOG 100%. Coverage available for their families and those monthly premiums are shared with NCTCOG. We provide employees with life insurance coverage that is employer paid with a benefit of 2 times the employee’s annual salary.
Paid Leave
Paid vacation, sick leave, and personal days are provided as part of the benefit plan, as well as specified holidays. This position also includes a phone allowance.
Retirement
NCTCOG participates in a defined contribution plan as an alternative to Social Security. The defined contribution retirement plan provides retirement benefits for all eligible employees. NCTCOG contributes twelve percent (12%) of permanent full-time employees' gross salaries. Participating employees contribute six percent (6%) of gross salary. An employee becomes forty percent (40%) vested in NCTCOG's contributions after three full years of employment. An additional fifteen percent {15%) is vested for each additional year of employment. An employee becomes fully vested after seven years of employment.
Work/Life Balance Programs
To help employees and their families meet personal and professional challenges, NCTCOG provides an employee assistance program, prepaid legal services, lunch and learn seminars, alternate work schedules, alternate commute programs, and an on-site gym.
Professional Development
NCTCOG is committed to professional development and provides a wide range of training opportunities-both online and traditional classroom sessions. It covers applicable professional development expenses, professional memberships, and licenses, as well as tuition reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

NCTCOG is an equal opportunity employer/program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other classifications covered under federal, state, or local laws. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Background Check & Drug Testing:

All selected candidates must undergo a pre-employment background check and drug screening. Background checks include national criminal background check, employment history, motor vehicle record check, social security verification, education verification, and other elements as needed. NCTCOG is committed to a safe and drug free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing. All new hires are required to undergo a drug test which detects the presence of illegal drugs for months prior to testing. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping NCTCOG safe and drug free. In order to receive an offer of employment from NCTCOG, selected candidates must successfully pass the pre-employment background check and drug screening.

E-Verify:

The North Central Texas Council of Governments participates in the federal E-Verify program in order to verify a new employee's authorization to work in the United States. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.

Job postings are kept open for a minimum of 10 calendar days and may close anytime thereafter at the discretion of the hiring manager.

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