Environmental GIS Analyst

Role Responsibilities

Are you passionate about geospatial data and environmental management? Do you want to join a team that maintains and updates the Foundational Geospatial Data for Alberta? If so, you might be interested in the Environmental GIS Analyst position at the Provincial Geospatial Centre (PGC).

As an Environmental GIS Analyst, your work will involve datasets related to ecosystem components such as wetlands, hydrography, landforms, fisheries, aquatic ecology, vegetation and soils. Your focus will be on water-related datasets, which are essential for land-based activities in Alberta. Your responsibilities will include creating, maintaining, and documenting these datasets and making them available for government and public clients. Additionally, you will follow geospatial best practices for products, technologies, procurement, and distribution.

You will also:

• Ensure that the PGC’s foundational biophysical spatial datasets are created and maintained in accordance with applicable legislation, regulations, policies, and standards.
• Support the unit lead in responding to technical inquiries/requests related to biophysical datasets to ensure client needs are met.
• Participate in the development and/or improvement of standards, processes, and products within the program to ensure efficiency and modernization of foundational datasets.
• Apply your knowledge and skills in data capture, scientific analysis and the management of environmental and natural resource information using Geographic Information System (GIS) software such as ESRI ArcGIS.
• Use your experience in understanding and interpretation of specifications, remote sensing datasets, geospatial data formats, geo-referencing, aerial photography, geospatial metadata, digitizing, and mapping.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Please be advised that there will be a competency-based interview for this competition. The behavioral competencies that have been deemed as critical for this role include:

Agility: ability to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing priorities when overseeing day-to-day operations.

Creative Problem Solving: ability to assess, evaluate and make recommendations to enhance operations and programming.

Develop Self and Others: desire and drive to mentor and assist staff and volunteers to understand their roles in the bigger picture of Alberta Environment and Parks, as well as provide training so that they have the tools for effective program delivery.

Build Collaborative Environments: support working groups to meet and develop outcomes to support strategic policy needs.

Develop Networks: build networks, connect and foster trust in relationships with different stakeholders.

Systems Thinking: know that work done in one part of the Alberta Public Service (APS) broadly impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS and affects other connections in government.

Other Relevant Attributes: capable of public speaking and being able to navigate high-volume, fast-paced workloads while managing tight and complex timelines.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• University graduation in a natural science field with a focus on Geographic information systems (GIS).
• Minimum Two (2) years of related experience in geospatial technologies, GIS as applied to natural resource management.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
  
  

Assets:

• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of Geographic Information Systems such as ESRI ArcGIS technology. This includes ability to acquire, manage and analyze geospatial data; create and publish map services; communicate geospatial information to clients, peers and management.
• Demonstrated extensive experience in the use of desktop GIS software, primarily ESRI ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, and ESRI ArcGIS Online or Enterprise Portal environments.
• Experience in working with and the interpretation of aerial and satellite imagery in ArcGIS software.
  Knowledge of and experience in advanced geoprocessing, scripting (i.e., Python, JavaScript and others) and automation of GIS workflows.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

This position works Monday to Friday, 8:15 AM-4:30 PM, 36.25 hours a week.

In your application, please include a cover page detailing your interest in the position, and role related experience. In your resume, include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time, or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

•    Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
•    Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
•    Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca.
•    Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
•    Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
•    Leadership and mentorship programs.