Analyst Trainee

Overview

Job Posting #: 2025-51

Job Description

About the Office of Research and Information (ORI):

We are NJ’s premier source for economic, labor market, and demographic data and analysis. We drive innovation by embracing diversity, creative thinking, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. ORI’s services and solutions help New Jerseyans – students, jobseekers, business owners, and policymakers alike – make informed, data-driven decisions. Our team is responsible for:

• Developing, analyzing, and disseminating labor market and demographic data.

• Preparing reports for the State and Federal government agencies that fund Labor’s workforce and worker benefit programs.

• Providing performance measurements, business intelligence, and evaluation services that promote the continuous

improvement of Labor programs.

• Developing user-centric digital tools to guide New Jerseyans’ career planning activities.

• Overseeing the review and approval of NJ’s private career schools and maintaining the Eligible Training Provider List; and

• Serving as the data backbone for strategic enforcement and compliance activities undertaken by Labor’s worker protection programs.

About the Role:

The Division of Workforce Research and Analytics (WRA) has one vacancy for an Analyst Trainee. This entry-level position offers an opportunity to develop skills in reviewing and analyzing data, preparing reports and dashboards, and supporting the development of business requirements for programming and generating management information and performance reports.

Under the direction of a supervisor within ORI-WRA, the trainee will support multiple program areas within the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL) and partner programs. The analyst trainee will:

• Receive training in identifying information, tools, and research methods required for project completion.

• Learn to review, interpret, and evaluate data or other information to support the development of detailed and statistical

and hoc reports, as well as regular weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

• Assist in the testing of new or revised business intelligence tools and systems.

• Support the development and maintenance of a well-documented, accessible archive of program source code for all reports.

• Facilitate the regular extraction and transfer of data files for program reporting purposes.

• Prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations for improvements.

• Maintain records and files in secure NJDOL storage environment, in support of WRA objectives and data stewardship responsibilities.

Employee Benefit(s)

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) provides many employee benefits to acknowledge, and value, their contribution. Statewide benefits include:

• Alternate Work Week*

• Telework*

• Deferred Compensation

• 100% Tuition Reimbursement*

• Health and Life Insurance

• Flexible and Health Spending Accounts (FSA)/(HSA)

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

• Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF) Programs

Civil Service Commission Requirements (Education/Experience/Licenses)

NOTE: Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester-hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience.

Four (4) years of professional experience relevant to the position.

NOTE: Please refer to the Advancement section located at the bottom of this title specification for a comprehensive list of approved journeyman titles connected to this trainee title. Experience must be related to the journeyman title associated with the position.

OR

Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

NOTE: “Professional experience” refers to work that is analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range of basic knowledge of the profession’s concepts and practices; and is performed with the authority to act and make accurate and informed decisions.

RESUME NOTE: Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other supporting documents. Applicants who possess a degree from a college or university outside the United States must provide an evaluation of the transcripts from a recognized evaluation service at the time of submission. Failure to do so may result in your ineligibility.

LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

VETERANS PREFERENCE: Are you a veteran? If so, proof of your NJ Veterans Preference is required at application. Please provide a copy of your New Jersey Civil Service Commission NOTIFICATION OF VETERANS STATUS along with your cover letter and resume. For information on how to apply for Veterans Preference in the State of NJ, please visit the Civil Service Commission.

SAME APPLICANTS: If you are applying under the NJ “SAME” program, your supporting documents (Schedule A or B letter), must be submitted along with your resume by the closing date indicated above. For more information on the SAME Program visit their Website at: https://nj.gov/csc/same/overview/index.shtml, email: SAME@csc.nj.gov, or call CSC at (609)292-4144, Option 3.

TO APPLY

If you qualify, please submit a letter of interest, transcripts (if applicable), and your resume (including the best contact number and email address) to email address listed below. Your submission must be received by the closing date and include the job posting number.

EMAIL:

Human Capital Strategies – Recruitment Unit

LWDJobPostings@dol.nj.gov

Subject line must include the specific job posting number.