Housed within the City Manager’s Office, the Office of Economic Development & Cultural Affairs (OEDCA) leads the implementation of San Jose’s Economic Strategy by working with other City departments, stakeholders, private businesses, and community partners. OEDCA fulfills a critical role in strengthening the City’s long-term fiscal resilience.

OEDCA has four divisions: Business Development, focused on business attraction, expansion, and retention; Business Operations and Real Estate, focused on revenue generation, management of City-owned property, and Department administrative support; Cultural Affairs, responsible for arts and cultural development; and work2future, which administers City- and federally funded workforce development programs.

The work2future division staffs the work2future Local Workforce Development Board to support the success of employers and job seekers in eight cities—San Jose, Campbell, Gilroy, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Saratoga—and the unincorporated communities of Santa Clara County. For more information, visit www.work2future.org.

Per the City’s COVID19 Mandatory Vaccination Policy, the City requires all employees starting on or after February 11, 2022 to provide proof of vaccination as a condition of employment absent a documented medical and/or religious exemption. Proof of vaccination means that employees are required to be “up-to-date” with regards to the COVID-19 vaccine. Consistent with the Santa Clara County Public Health Order issued on December 28, 2021, "up-to-date" means that employees are required to be vaccinated with the entire recommended initial series of a COVID-19 vaccine (two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna or Novavax COVID-19 vaccine or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine).

The Labor Market & Business Engagement Analyst is an integral member of work2future’s Strategic Engagement team, which is responsible for business services, sector partnerships, regional labor market analysis, administrative support for the work2future Board, and a variety of special projects. Under the supervision of, and working closely with the Strategic Engagement Manager, the Analyst will help to ensure that work2future and its partners are well informed about the region’s labor market, support data-driven improvements in strategy and service development for both business and job-seeker stakeholders, and work with the team on business engagement generally.

Duties Include:

• Researching and tracking employment, unemployment, and related data using a variety of tools and sources, and analyzing trends across all and selected industries
• Engaging with employers and other first-party sources to research and analyze employers’ workforce needs and challenges and identify ways to help meet them
• Identifying opportunities for layoff aversion and other business services
• Analyzing occupation and skills demand and producing a report on quality in-demand occupations, in-demand skills, and high-road career pathways at least semi-annually
• Working with labor market consultants and other outside resources
• Preparing monthly labor market presentations and a monthly blog
• Participating in the planning and execution of career fairs and specialized recruitment events/activities
• Informing the development and planning of services and programs
• Other duties as assigned.

Desirable Skills include:

• Labor market and business economics research and analysis
• Design and conduct of surveys and interviews
• Use of labor market data aggregators/tools such as Lightcast Developer and/or Chmura JobsEQ
• Use of data visualization tools such as MS Power BI and/or Tableau
• Project coordination/management
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Strong writing and oral communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Minimum Qualifications

Analyst I

A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.

Analyst II

A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university AND two (2) years of increasingly responsible professional staff analytic or administrative experience conducting studies, organizing and analyzing data, and preparing reports, recommendations, or conclusions for a functional area in budget, finance, grant administration, organizational analysis, general administration, or human resources.

Acceptable Substitution

Additional years of experience in a position comparable to the Staff Specialist with the City of San José in areas such as budget, finance, grant administration, organizational analysis, general administration or human resources may be substituted for the education requirement on a year for year basis.

Licenses or Certificates: Possession of a valid California Driver’s License may be required.

Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will not prepare or file a labor condition application with the Department of Labor.

Competencies

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies as demonstrated from past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:

Job Expertise: Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/ technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies, and federal and state rules and regulations.

Collaboration: Develops networks and builds alliances; engages in cross-functional activities

Creativity: Addresses objectives and problems while questioning traditional assumptions/ solutions in order to generate creative ideas and new ways of doing business; exhibits creativity and innovation when contributing to organizational and individual objectives.

Problem-Solving: Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of the problem; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.

Initiative: Exhibits resourceful behaviors toward meeting job objectives; anticipates problems, is proactive and avoids difficulties by planning ahead.

Overall Communication Skills: Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other people’s ideas and thoughts.

Selection Process

The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application, resume, and responses to the Job Specific Questions. Only the candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.

Please note that there is a 4,000-character limit including spaces for each text response. You MUST answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Supplemental Questions

You will be prompted to answer the following questions in the online application process:

1. Please describe your experience gathering, making sense of, and sharing information about labor markets and the workforce needs of business sectors and/or individual businesses. Include an example of a dataset that was particularly difficult to obtain and how you solved the challenge.

2. Please describe the challenge of relying on labor market information—or intelligence data, more broadly—to improve the effectiveness of business decision-making and service development/delivery.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Jonathan Munoz at jonathan.munoz@sanjoseca.gov.

Submission of a resume is required. The Education, History, and Work History sections of the application must be completed, or the application will be considered incomplete and may be withheld from further consideration.

If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided.

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Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third-party job board application system. To apply, please complete an application via the City of San Jose’s website at www.sanjoseca.gov/citycareers. The application deadline is on Monday, May 1, 2023. Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit it before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application. Please contact Human Resources at (408) 535-1285, or Human.Resources@sanjoseca.gov if you have any questions.