Career Opportunity: Boston Resident Jobs Program (BRJP) Monitor position available

Job Title: Sr. Research Analyst (Boston Residents Jobs Program)

Job ID: 346702

Location: ASD-Boston Residents Jobs Policy



Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION (essential functions of the job):
Under the supervision of the Manager of Boston Residents Jobs Program (BRJP), monitors public and privately funded construction projects to ensure contractor compliance with relevant City of Boston policies and Federal and State regulations.

• Conducts kick-off meetings and pre-construction conferences with developers, general contractors and project managers. 
• Conducts on-site monitoring of the participation of minority, women and Boston residents. 
• Verifies reported employment data and wage data. 
• Conducts quarterly review meetings to review contractors' performance goals, and review cases of non-compliance, and statements of recommended corrective actions. 
• Prepares reports and make presentations before the Boston Employment Commission (BEC). 
• Performs related work as required. 

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Must have four (4) years of fulltime, or equivalent part-time, experience in research work including project monitoring and statistics. A bachelor's degree may be substitute for two (2) years of the required experience. Must have computer knowledge of Microsoft software; knowledge of City utilized software and hardware preferred. Excellent written and oral communication skills and willingness to travel to sites throughout the City of Boston on public transportation; writing sample; knowledge of the construction trades and related legislation; ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail as required by the job.

Boston Residency Required

Terms: Union/Salary Plan/Grade: SEIU/RL-18
Hours per week: 35

Please refer to the Salary Information section on the Boston Career Center site for more information on compensation. For each Salary Plan, salaries are listed by Grade and Step.

Visit the City Job Postings webpage for more information.

America's Labor Leaders to Release Major Study on The Associated Builders and Contractors

WHAT: The Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), joined by the AFL-CIO and LIUNA, will release the findings of a first-ever state-by-state comparative analysis of the Associated Builders and Contractors trade association, better known as ABC, and its affiliate organizations. The findings expose ABC's data manipulation and an aggressive disinformation campaign designed to confuse elected officials, the public and the press into supporting policies that produce fewer jobs, lower wages, and minimal workforce training, which have had a detrimental effect on workers, their communities and the US construction industry as a whole.

The report, written by Dr. Thomas J. Kriger, analyzes ABC from a number of different perspectives, including its origins, its membership and density among contractors in the American construction industry, its finances, its formal apprenticeship and craft training programs (along with its affiliate, the National Center for Construction Education and Research, NCCER), and ABC's more recent electronic, ideological issues advocacy.

The findings of the report, "Driving the Low Road in the Construction Industry: An Analysis of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)," will be released at a teleprint conference call.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REPORT

Do Professional Women and Tradeswomen in the South African Construction Industry Share Common Employment Barriers, despite Progressive Government Legislation?

Do Professional Women and Tradeswomen in the South African Construction Industry Share Common Employment Barriers, despite Progressive Government Legislation?

Authors: Jane English , Karen Le Jeune
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 1 50 2011
Published online: 13 August 2011
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000095

The post‐apartheid period in South African history will most likely be recorded as the most positive legislative period for women ever, yet the construction industry appears to exclude women, both professionally and at skills and crafts level. The paper aims to classify, list and discuss the common characteristics and affects of the barriers to women entering construction at all levels, professionally and in trades, or having entered the industry, retaining their employment. Besides cataloguing the barriers, initiatives to overcome or circumvent barriers are also investigated. The research paper reviews the results from four separate studies undertaken in Cape Town between 2005 and 2007, all of which used mixed‐method research design approaches. The conclusions drawn from the research indicate that South African women in professional and trade employment in the Construction Industry have many common barriers and these barriers are the same ones experienced by their counterparts employed in international construction industries. However, due to the paradigm shift in societal values brought on by the move from apartheid to democratic rule in South Africa, a platform for change has been created. This is strongly reinforced by legislation encapsulating the government's drive to include women in all aspects of economic activity. The legislation in question is the South African Construction Sector Broad‐Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Charter, 2006, which purports to bring about substantial change in the gender composition of the construction sector. It is imperative that in the future, the research monitor and plot the continued barrier breakdown progress initiated by government legislation to encourage further and other initiatives.

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Reminder: Unfinished Business: Building Equality for Women in the Construction Trades 4.20.2011 2:30 - 4:30pm

You've marked your calendars, now spread the word!!

http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/cwppp/WomeninConstructionTrades.php

Unfinished Business:

Building Equality for Women in the Construction Trades

30th Women's Research Forum

Why has there been so little progress for women in the construction industry? What keeps women at under 3% of the construction workforce? How can women be assured access to high-paying jobs in the trades? Participate in the public release event for a new report examining what it will take to achieve gender equality in an industry on the rebound.

Join report authors Susan Moir, Director of UMass Boston's Labor Resource Center, and Meryl Thomson, Researcher, Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, as they consider the barriers and opportunities for women in the construction trades.

Date:	Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time:	2:30pm-4:30pm
Location:	Chancellor's Conference Room
	UMass Boston
	Quinn Administration Bldg., 3rd floor

RSVP.

All are welcome. Refreshments provided. Anyone requiring disability-related accommodations, including dietary accommodations, should visitwww.ada.umb.edu before April 14, 2011.

Event sponsored by:

Labor Resource Center, New England Regional Council of Carpenters, and Department of Women's Studies