Labour Market Information Specialist

About the role 

Location: Remote - Canada

Travel Expectations: Within Canada as required 

Additional Requirements: Please provide a link to your portfolio or work samples along with your application. 

Like WCG, you believe in the power of work. As a Labour Market Information (LMI) Specialist , you’ll be responsible for the collection, research, analysis, and effective dissemination of labour market information, research, and policies internally and to WCG's external collaborators to support the organization's operational performance and growth. 

What you'll do

• Collect, understand, analyze and interpret labour market information on a national, provincial and community level that provides value to various internal and external stakeholders in our company (e.g., for operational performance, business development, marketing, and strategic planning)
• Identify and keep current on activities, policies and key personnel connected to WCG’s current and prospective funders/customers, including through media releases, social media and RSS Feeds
• Work closely with the Employment Services, Contract Manager team to support in the evaluation of the Service Provider Network to support performance
• Support the development of research projects (eg. WCG Employment Index) within WCG or with third party collaborators 
• Lead and participate in localization to meet Bid localization needs by catchment and/or community/neighbourhood level
• Disseminate industry knowledge and labour market information to WCG stakeholders through an effective and efficient communication strategy (including graphs, interactive maps, Resource Spotlight)
• Maintain and regularly update WCG’s Resource Library as well as summaries of best practices for serving specific Inclusion Groups. Report out on inclusion groups within catchments (e.g. population stats by community and neighbourhood)
• Provide labour market information and data for funder/customer required Annual Business Plans and other reports, including social and economic profiles of delivery/catchment areas