Geospatial Analyst

Role Responsibilities

Are you a curious and capable GIS professional looking to apply your skills to real-world challenges? This is a chance to build your geospatial career while working on high-impact projects that inform decisions, support service delivery, and improve outcomes for Albertans.

As a Geospatial Analyst, you’ll join a collaborative team working with geospatial and tabular data to support analysis, mapping, and insight generation. You’ll help develop tools and products — from maps to dashboards — that support evidence-informed decision making across the emergency management and public safety sectors. Whether you're interested in spatial analysis, data visualization, or just building great maps that make a difference, this role offers the chance to grow your skills while doing work that matters.

The main responsibilities for of the Geospatial Analyst include, but are not limited to:

• Building Geospatial Insights: Develop clear and engaging spatial products - including static and interactive maps, dashboards, and web applications -that integrate geospatial and tabular data to support decision-making across the ministry.
• Supporting Spatial Analysis: Perform geospatial analysis using tools such as ArcGIS Pro, FME or Python-based workflows to identify trends, patterns, and spatial relationships related to public safety and community outcomes.
• Integrating Diverse Datasets: Assist in cleaning, transforming, and maintaining geospatial datasets from various sources (e.g., municipal, provincial, open data, and operational systems), ensuring spatial accuracy, metadata completeness, and alignment with data governance standards.
• Creating Intuitive Visualizations: Support the design and development of geospatial resources and user interfaces that emphasize usability, accessibility, and effective data visualization for technical and non-technical users.
• Collaborating Across Teams: Work with GIS leads, data scientists, and subject matter experts to gather requirements, build prototypes, and iterate on solutions that meet analytical and operational needs.
• Developing and Expanding Skills: Explore and apply new tools, methods, and design approaches in GIS, spatial analytics, and data visualization to continuously enhance the quality and impact of geospatial products.

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.

The successful candidate will display the following competencies:

• Creative problem solving – You will engage with others to generate ideas, find ways to improve or solve complex problems. 
• Agility – You will be proactive in developing solutions and plans within multiple projects. You will be able to work in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities, while aligning your deadlines.
• Systems Thinking – You will have a sound strategic orientation to conceptualize and develop a common vision/direction while integrating a geospatial understanding of ministry and system data.
• Develop Networks -  You will develop and maintain relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the government and ministry subject mater experts.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standard: 

• Two-year technical diploma in geomatics, cartography, GIS or geography plus six (6) years related. Related experience must be clearly demonstrated through your resume and cover letter.
• Degrees and Technical diplomas in Geography, GIS, Geomatics, Computer Science or related fields are preferred in combination with directly related work experience.

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

Experience or knowledge that will be considered and asset:

• Established experience in developing GIS for public safety and emergency management.
• Extensive experience using ESRI software including ArcPro and the Portal for ArcGIS environment to create maps, geospatial datasets, visualizations, and complete analysis.
• Knowledge of scripting and programming for GIS in Python, Arcade, R, or other languages to facilitate data modeling, scraping, transformation, analysis, and automation.
• Knowledge of the public service, government geospatial data including the Dominion Land Survey and applicable administrative boundaries, standards, and analytical methodologies is required to perform the duties of this position.
• Keen eye for intuitive design and visualization, project management, research, and recommending options for unique issue analysis.
• Experience with developing dashboards, applying models for data analysis, assessing existing data sources for project suitability, and an interest and awareness of the goals of the ministry.

 
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

• Office at the John E Brownlee Building, Edmonton, Alberta 
• Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week (permanent full time)
• Monday to Friday (8:15 am to 4:30 pm)

Other Application Information:

• Final candidates may be required to undergo a written test demonstrating writing skills and abilities pre or post interviews.
• A cover letter is required with your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 
• Please indicate employment duration for all roles listed on your resume and whether you worked part-time or full-time.  For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).
• This position may require final candidates to undergo a security clearance.
• 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
• 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.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.