Washington State Employment Security Department

Position Title/Short Description

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The Washington State Employment Security invites applicants who have experience designing and conducting program and policy evaluations to inform service delivery to large diverse populations, to apply for this Program Evaluation Specialist opportunity.

The Evaluation Specialist position conducts comprehensive program and policy evaluations, delivering products and services at the local and state level, providing technical support to clients, and operating as the informational and communications link between the department, the customers, and the general public. Specifically, the incumbent supports the organization’s mission by evaluating Washington state’s Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program to improve jobseekers’ outcomes.

Duties:
• Direct and oversee quantitative evaluations to improve workforce programs, policies, and delivery
of workforce services in the state of Washington.
• Carry responsibility for final reports, conclusions and recommendations; and for all technical
and/or supervisory decisions related to their assigned evaluation projects.
• Communicate with and support unit and division coworkers.
• As a subject matter expert in program evaluation, engage in customer service and stakeholder
management.

Required Qualifications:
A Master’s degree in Operations Research, Management Science, Statistics, Science (including Social Sciences with strong quantitative analysis, for example, Economics), Mathematics and/or Computer Science, or related field; and three years' demonstrated experience in one of the above areas; A Ph.D. may substitute for two years of the desired experience.
Or a combination of education and/or relevant experience.

Desired Qualifications:
A Ph.D. degree in Operations Research, Management Science, Statistics, Science (including Social Sciences with strong quantitative analysis, for example, Economics), Mathematics and/or Computer Science, or related field with strong quantitative skills.
Familiarity with labor economic theories including but not limited to Human Capital theory, Wage Theory, Signaling model, and Moral Hazard.
Demonstrated ability to create tables, queries and other objects using tools such as SQL.
Demonstrated ability to understand and apply algorithms using computer programming logic and languages such as R, and Python.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

To apply: https://tinyurl.com/25t3ak86

Additional Requirement of Employment:
• Must be able to pass an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claim & Benefit Information Review.
• Per Gov. Inslee’s Directive 22-13.1, employees and volunteers of the Washington State Employment

Security Department (ESD) must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine series. As a condition of employment, ESD employees and volunteers are required to provide proof of vaccination before starting work. A medical or religious exemption may be requested for accommodation.

Opportunity for All
The Employment Security Department is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, people over 40 years of age, people with religious beliefs, veterans or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.