Job prospects Education Program Planner in Northwest Territories

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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41405) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 150 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 56%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 36%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 86% of education policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 14% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 50 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 25% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 75% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 6% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 38% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 38% compared to 9% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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