Land Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Tenure Branch is looking for talented individual(s) to join our team as Land Analyst(s).
 
The position(s) report to the Team Lead within each unit and will fulfill the responsibilities associated with the unit position. The various responsibilities consist of the following:

• Administers the posting and sale of Alberta’s crown mineral resources, along with the issuance of geothermal and pore space agreements. 
• Research and interpret complex legal, corporate, and Alberta Court of Kings Bench court documents to process corporate status changes, including revivals, dissolutions, amalgamations, continuances, name changes, bankruptcies, and receiverships.
• Works with Alberta Court of Kings Bench, appointed Insolvency Managers/Monitors, in conjunction with Energy’s Legal Services team to co-manage an insolvent company’s assets.
• Administers the registration, amendment and discharge of builders' liens and security notices against Crown mineral agreements 
• Ensures that all debts associated with all aspects of the tenure administrative processes are collected
• Serves notices of corporate ineligibility to companies, who have lost their corporate registration and are therefore, no longer eligible to do business in Alberta and therefore, with the department.
• Review and process continuation and validation applications. Continue, cancel and amend mineral agreements.
• Process the surrender of mineral agreements no longer required by industry.
• Issue notices of non-productivity under the appropriate legislation. 
• Well administration reviews and assesses well licence data and associates the well to the mineral agreement, referring wells without coverage to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) compliance team. Reviews productive well data to assign the ownership splits between Crown and freehold, used to assess appropriate royalty and tax assessments.  Additionally, well administration issues well declaration packages on lease expiries and manages responses referring wells being elected or otherwise needing abandonment, to the AER’s resource compliance group. 
• Administers and negotiates unitization contracts, in which multiple leases are combined for development purposes.
• Reviews business case, technical advice and policy to grant Crown mineral activity authorizations in support of Alberta Energy Sector resource development.
• Reviews freehold wells with offsetting Crown zones to evaluate drainage of Crown rights. Serves offset notices obligating the Crown lessee to elect; drill and produce, pay compensation in lieu of drilling a well, surrender leased lands/rights, unitize the rights, or prove non-drainage. Manages a monthly billing cycle for the compensation.
• Reviews and assesses trespass against the Crown, collecting penalties and damages for unauthorized activities. Supports industry through email and telephone help desk.
• Compiles and provides statistics to the team lead to support the day-to-day operations of the unit.
• Registration of all companies wishing to do business with the Alberta Energy and Minerals for both the Electronic Transfer and Petrinex systems.

Role Responsibilites cont.

The Land Analyst must be detail oriented, analytical, collaborative and highly organized. The Land Analyst administers PNG, Pore Space and Geothermal agreements using the applicable legislation, following department policy and procedures. They will provide analytical advice and expertise for the review and analysis of agreements processed by the unit. The Land Analyst will also process select financial transactions relating to such agreements.  

These position(s) are also responsible for making decisions that have a direct impact Albertas Oil and Gas industry sector and their development of oil and gas resources within the province of Alberta. The primary responsibility is to review, analyze and respond to industry requests and process applications using their analytical skills and knowledge. 

When initiating or recommending changes, you will be required to interpret and apply various legislation and regulations. You must also have a comprehensive understanding of legal documents relating to land, mineral rights, and agreements. You will interpret and amend agreements and analyze and resolve agreement related queries brought forward by Alberta’s energy sector and other departmental staff.  

To be successful in this role, you must have the following skills: 

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication to efficiently work with Alberta’s energy industry, department’s legal services division, the Alberta Energy Regulator and Auditor General staff and accurately draft correspondence to the industry sector in response to submitted inquiries or applications.  
• Analytical skills to assess options and risk implications
• Demonstrate good judgment and creative approaches to problem-solving and decision-making. 
• Ability to interpret and apply appropriate legislation and policy directives to routine / non-routine situations. 
• Strong analytical skills to decipher information on maps, reports and geological notations. 
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills.
• Proven high integrity to maintain confidential information and manage multiple financial transactions. 
• Proficient knowledge and ability to use Excel for creating statistical analysis used by the Branch in various reporting documents and performing calculations.

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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.

• Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities. 
• Drive for Results: You will demonstrate a strong focus on achieving daily tasks and anticipate outcomes and how they align with the goals of the branch. 
• Build Collaborative Environment: Contributes and discuss ideas with the team and works collaboratively and maintain open and respectful communication
• Systems Thinking: Demonstrate the ability to think broadly while developing and creating processes. 
• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum two-year diploma in either Land Administration / Petroleum Land Administration, Legal Administration, or Business Administration and minimum one year progressively responsible related experience.

Related experience may include interpreting and applying legislation; client service/business administration in the Energy sector; and/or land and geological experience.

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one-for-one basis.

The following will be considered assets:

• Familiarity with the Mines and Minerals Act, PNG Tenure Regulation, Mines and Minerals Administration Regulation and other related legislation.
• Hands-on experience using systems such as AMI, LAMAS, ETS, Petrinex, SPIN2, and GeoScout to manage mineral rights and land data.
• Ability to interpret technical maps, well data, and geological formations to support decision-making and approvals, as well as accuracy in mathematical calculations.
• Strong Excel skills, Power BI.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

Additional Position Details:

• Term of Employment:     
  • One permanent position and one temporary position are available, with the temporary positions ending March 31, 2027
  • This competition may also be used for future permanent and/or temporary full-time positions within the Branch.
• Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Location: Petroleum Plaza Plaza, North Tower, Edmonton.

Recruitment Process:

• Final candidates will be required to undergo an academic credentials verification.
• Successful candidates will be required to disclose any business or financial interests, including the owning of shares or financial investments in the energy sector, to comply with the Department of Energy & Minerals’ Supplementary Code of Conduct.
• 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 
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)  
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information 
• Professional learning and development
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool 
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.