Municipal Information Anaylst

Role Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update municipal boundary, land, and municipal data records to ensure accuracy and compliance with legislation and standards.
• Interpret land descriptions, validate geospatial data, and produce maps and other information products.
• Analyze municipal datasets, identify data quality issues, and support reporting, dashboards, and decision-making tools.
• Respond to routine information requests and provide data, mapping, and land inventory support to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support municipal land disposition activities through database maintenance and background research.
• Assist with stakeholder engagement, user support, communications, and documentation related to divisional data systems.
• Collaborate with senior analysts to improve data processes, systems, and information management practices.

The Job Description is provided for Further details on 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.

• Drive for Results: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes. Uses variety of resources to monitor own performance standards. Holds themselves accountable for maintaining data quality. Acknowledges even indirect responsibility. Commits to what is good for Albertans even if not immediately accepted.  Reaches goals consistent with APS direction.
• Agility: Works in a changing environment and takes initiative to change. Takes opportunities to improve work processes.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict. Encourages broad thinking on projects and works to eliminate barriers to progress. Facilitates communication and collaboration. Anticipates and reduces conflict at the outset. Credits others and gets talent recognized. Promotes collaboration and commitment.
• Creative Problem Solving: Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues. Seeks to understand impact of complaint resolution on future assessments.

Qualifications

Required:  A University degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geomatics or a related field; plus 2 years of related operational experience, or a two-year technical Diploma in GIS Technology, Geomatics, or Data Management, plus 4 years of related operational 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.

Assets: 

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Experience working with geospatial data, GIS applications, or mapping tools.
• Knowledge of municipal governance, land administration, or local government operations.
• Experience analyzing, validating, and reporting on complex datasets.
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, and data visualization tools.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and quality.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder service skills.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, maps, or other information products.
• Knowledge of Alberta municipal legislation and administrative boundaries is considered an asset.

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

Notes

Term of Employment: Permanent

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week.

Location: Edmonton.

Cover Letter: Please provide a cover letter outlining your skills, knowledge and experience as they relate to the role.

Written Assessments: Candidates selected for an interview will be required to submit a sample of their work and complete a written examination as part of the assessment process.

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 we have to offer:

• 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.