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SUMMARY: The Workforce Development Consultant is pivotal in developing and implementing strategic initiatives for the Healthcare Sector of the Center of Excellence (COE), a crucial part of the Los Angeles County American Job Center of California system. The Center of Excellence promotes the value of the workforce system as an asset to healthcare sector businesses as they address their long-term, strategic talent needs and introduces innovative practices that can be replicated by AJCCs and other public workforce system stakeholders across Los Angeles County to support healthcare sector businesses. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of labor market trends within the healthcare sector, and the ability to effectively communicate insights to various stakeholders such as, industry sector groups, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and the AJCC network.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gather and analyze labor market data in the healthcare sector, including employment trends, industry demands, skill requirements, and demographic information.
• Utilize various data sources, including government reports, industry publications, and surveys, to compile comprehensive labor market assessments.
• Prepare detailed reports, presentations, and visualizations that summarize labor market findings and trends.
• Share insights and recommendations with the local workforce board, businesses, and other stakeholders to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with local workforce development partners, businesses, and educational institutions toidentifyworkforce needs and skill gaps.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops to discuss labor market trends, workforce challenges, and potential solutions.
• Assist in the development and evaluation of workforce development programs based on labor market analysis.
• Provide ongoing support to businesses in understanding labor market dynamics and leveraging data for workforce planning.
• Stay current on labor market trends, economic changes, and policy developments that may impact workforce development efforts.
• Recommend improvements to data collection methods and analysis processes to enhance the quality of labor market information provided.
• Represent KRA at conferences, community events, board meetings, podcasts and social media.

• Orchestrate communications and marketing efforts to optimize the results from public outreach to established partnerships.
• Support public relations activities, including media relations and press releases. Build and maintain relationships with journalists, influencers, and media outlets to secure positive coverage related to LMI and other industry trends.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Core Competencies:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skillsrequired, including strength in persuasive writing, editing, and presentation design
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritize tasks and meet deadlines,benchmarksand goals.
• Ability to foster a positive work environment, building strong working relationships, and effective leading a team.
• Entrepreneurial approach, flexible attitude, and ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Abilityto analyze market/industry data and create clear strategies.
• Ability to cultivate and manage high quality stakeholder relationships and demonstrated ability to work with a diverse workforce.
• Ability to function at a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
• Must be a self-starter and committed to completing taskstimely, which may include workingadditionalhours and/ orover the weekend as needed.
• Local travel40%, other travel10% of the time.
• Bilingual; fluency in Spanish preferred.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social work, Criminal Justice, Psychology, or a related field from an accredited college or university. The degree requirement may be substituted for eight (8) years of professional work experience.
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in a role that required analyzing local and regional economic conditions and workforce development policies.
• Experienced working with adults in the workforce system and those disconnected from services highly preferred.
• Experienced with analyzing labor market trends within the healthcare industry highly preferred.
• Experienced with Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other workforce related programs highly preferred.
• Familiarity with labor market information, business intelligence systems and data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, GIS software) highly preferred.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Personal computer literacy required, including effective use of the Internet, e-mail, video conferencing (Zoom, Teams) and other Microsoft Office Products (Word, PowerPoint and Outlook). Ability to learn workforce related case management software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.