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Workforce Intelligence Council
NORTH DAKOTA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
WORKFORCE INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL
CHARTER
Purpose
The Workforce Intelligence Council is established by the Planning Committee of the North Dakota Workforce Development Council and the North Dakota Department of Commerce Workforce Development Division.
The Council will be responsible for developing a Workforce Intelligence Strategic Coordination System to meet the workforce intelligence needs of partner agencies, organizations, communities, education, business and industry, students, parents and policy makers. The Council will identify the workforce intelligence needs of the system partners and stakeholders, identify what workforce intelligence currently exists and where it is located, identify gaps in existing workforce intelligence, identify methods to fill these gaps, and develop a method to disseminate to all partners and stakeholders qualitative and quantitative workforce intelligence.
The Council will generate recommendations to improve the Workforce Intelligence coordination to insure that it is responsive in addressing the needs of policy leaders, state agencies and institution and program administrators of workforce development workforce training and talent attraction programs of the State.
The Council will help develop a new system that will augment and analyze traditional numerical data with primary research that will include research into root causes of specific occupational shortages, talent stream pipeline mapping; career mapping, resource mapping, industry skill crosswalks, and incorporate current events (such as new plan construction) into workforce intelligence and employment projections.
Sponsor
The North Dakota Workforce Development Council and the North Dakota Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Development.
Members
Members of the Workforce Intelligence Strategic System Workgroup will include representation from
key partner and stakeholders:
North Dakota Workforce Development Council;
North Dakota Department of Commerce;
Workforce Development Division
Economic Development and Finance;
North Dakota University System;
North Dakota Workforce Training;
Follow up Information on North Dakota Employment & Training
North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education;
North Dakota Career Resource Network
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction;
North Dakota Department of Human Services;
North Dakota Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Service North Dakota;
North Dakota Manufacturing Extension Partnerships;
Representatives from utilities and the private sector;
Economic Development Association of North Dakota; and
Where appropriate, representation from tribal and private colleges and training providers.
The Chairperson of the Council will be the Chair of the Planning Committee of the North Dakota Workforce Development Council; the vice-chairperson will be the Director of the Workforce Development Division of the ND Department of Commerce.
Goal(s)
1. Identify the current and future workforce intelligence needs of key partners and stakeholders who deliver or benefit from workforce development, workforce training, and talent attraction services.
2. Identify what workforce intelligences currently exists and where it is located.
3. Identify gaps in existing workforce intelligence and strategies for filling these gaps.
4. Identify a system for disseminating quantitative and qualitative workforce intelligence to all partners and stakeholders, including parents, teachers, job seekers, trade associations, and the private sector.
5. Develop Talent Mapping Streams for North Dakota Target Industries.
6. Provide feedback and make recommendations for improvement of the Workforce Intelligence Strategic System and methods to insure information is distributed.
7. Develop the capabilities of the FINDET System as one of the primary sources for workforce intelligence and review potential capabilities and capacity to provide appropriate planning and program administration reports to support continues program improvement and benchmarks on progress toward planning objectives.
8. Identify through research "root causes" for occupational shortages;
9. Incorporate current events into workforce intelligence information; and
10. Coordinate development of the biennial "State of the North Dakota Workforce Report".
Meeting Schedule:
The Council will form a 5 member working committee who will meet monthly to carry out the business of the Council. The full Council will be convened as necessary but will meet a minimum of quarterly.
Priority
The Council priority will be to meet the workforce intelligence needs of partner agencies and stakeholders and meet requirements of any North Dakota Legislation specific to development of a Workforce Intelligence Strategic System for North Dakota.
Parameters
The Council will make recommendations to the Planning Committee of the North Dakota Workforce Development Council, who will in turn make final recommendations to the North Dakota Workforce Development Council and North Dakota Department of Commerce.
Authority/Empowerment
The North Dakota Workforce Development Council under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 has responsibility for development of the Statewide employment statistics system described in section 15 (e) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. The North Dakota Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Development under HB 1018 of the 2007 Legislative Session is responsible for development of a statewide workforce intelligence coordination system.
The Planning Committee is charged with development of recommended policy and procedure for consideration by the Executive Committee for review and action by the full Council. The Planning Committee is empowered to create ad hoc workgroups to assist them in their work.
Key dependencies
o Workforce Intelligence needs of partner agencies and stakeholders
o House Bill 1018
o Other North Dakota specific Legislation
Signed this 11th day of January 2007.
Jim Walker, Chair,
North Dakota Workforce Development Council Planning Committee
James Hirsch, Director, Division of Workforce Development
North Dakota Workforce Development Council
1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2, P.O. Box 2057, Bismarck, ND 58502-2057
Phone: 701-328-5345 Fax: 701-328-5320 Email: jhirsch@nd.gov
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