Statistical Research Specialist

Job Title: Statistical Research Specialist

Agency: 290 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION

Supervisory Organization: Economic Research & Analysis - OESC

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part-Time: Full time

Compensation: Annual Salary
- Up to $50,000.00 (based on education and experience)

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Primary

Working Hours:

M-F; 8:00am - 5:00pm

FLSA Status: Level I – Non-Exempt;
Level II & III – Exempt

Travel: Occasionally but not frequent

• Full-time
• Vacancies:
  One
• Salary:
  Up to $50,000.00 annually (based on education and experience)
• Primary
  
  Working Hours:
  
  M-F; 8:00am - 5:00pm
• FLSA Status:
  Level I – Non-Exempt;
  Level II & III – Exempt
• Location:
  
  Oklahoma City, OK
• Supervisory:
  Not Applicable
• Training:
  On-the-job
• Travel:
  Occasionally but not frequent

• The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Packet, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

• Receives, reviews and compiles complex statistical data to produce estimates of labor market information following guidelines from the United States Department of Labor (US-DOL) and the Bureau of Labor & Statistics (BLS).
• Produce industry and occupation projections.
• Apply statistical procedures and tabulations in analysis of the economic data collected.
• Prepares and arranges statistical tables and charts to compile in manuals, handbooks and reports.
• Participate in the required OESC and Economic Research & Analysis Division security protocols.

• Ensure the federal and state mandates are met as they relate to the US-DOL WI grant requirements populating various federal and state databases.
• Adhere to QCEW, OEWS, LAUS, CES, and LMI program procedures.
• Identify, analyze, and correct (if needed) questionable data.
• Consult with stakeholders across the state to obtain economic data.
• Proactively ensure quality data collection by timely follow-up and resolution of all survey data problems.
• Ensure program deliverables are completed on a date no later than set forth within the BLS and DOL grant guidelines.
• Utilize excellent customer-service skills to provide the best results for the multiple activities involved in the division’s various programs.
• Utilize outreach methods to obtain employer / business / industry, economic information to meet the US-DOL WI and BLS grant requirements.
• Work special assignments & tasks as assigned by division management.
• Participate in the required Economic Research & Analysis Division training regimen.
• Follow the required security protocols of the division, agency and state.
• On-site attendance is an essential function of the position, as the role requires direct interaction with staff, clients, and on-site office resources.

These job functions, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Maintenance of complex records
• Business communications, including English grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Modern office procedures and practices
• Business mathematics
• Major policies and procedures governing assigned programs
• Statistical and research theory and methods
• Sources of data
• Probability and sampling
• Data processing applications to data management problems
• Visual representation of data
• Inferential statistics
• Data-collection techniques and labor market statistics
• A wide range of analytical principles and practices
• Methods and techniques of disseminating public information
• Macro and Microeconomics concepts

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, expressing ideas clearly and concisely

• Produce and maintain accurate data
• Communicate statistical results
• Plan and organize programmatic research projects
• Conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Write technical reports using statistical software programs
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Perform highly independent work
• Work with others as a contributing team member
• Multi-task
• Handle confidential work
• Interpret and handle routine matters in accordance with agency policy
• Follow oral and written instructions