Regulatory Data Specialist

Role Responsibilities

The Regulatory Data Specialist is responsible for the collection, validation, integration, mobilization, and stewardship of regulatory data, including but not limited to industrial and municipal wastewater, air quality and soil data submitted to the ministry by regulated facilities operating within parameters set out in the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA).

In this role, you will ensure regulatory data is well-governed, highly reliable, and effective in meeting business and regulatory needs, readily accessible and trusted. You will oversee this process, providing regulated facilities with essential information, tools, training and trouble-shooting support necessary to ensure high quality data is submitted to the ministry, partners, stakeholders and citizens in a timely manner.

The Regulatory Data Specialist is frequently called upon to provide standard and custom information products, training, expert advice and consultative services. In this role, you will lead and participate in cross-ministry committees, initiatives and projects designed to improve the process as well as the underlying systems and supporting technical infrastructure, working closely with information technology (IT) service providers to maintain, improve and replace existing systems.

Responsibilities include: 
•    Overseeing and coordinating the collection, validation, integration and mobilization of regulatory data.
•    Ensuring high quality regulatory data and information is readily available to multiple stakeholders. 
•    Coordinating the quality control process for regulatory data programs.
•    Leading and participating in business development and enhancement projects to improve access to water quality monitoring information. 

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.

How Competencies will apply to this role:

Drive for Results: Ensure data are current, reliable and of premium quality, as this information forms the basis for critical water management decisions in Alberta and beyond. The maintenance of timely and high quality data acquisition processes is one of the central responsibilities of this position

Creative Problem Solving: Respond to multiple complex and specialized telemetry problems and data requests, recommend system revisions and updates to applications, pre-empt problems that threaten the functionality of the data acquisition process and troubleshoot data communications processes.

Build Collaborative Environments: This position requires effective communication and collaborative skills in order to facilitate interactions with the public, industry, consultants and departmental staff. 

Agility: Take a lead role in addressing telemetry problem/data requests and maintaining the water supply system during critical and urgent situations such as floor periods, ice jams and drought, as well as detect and pre-empt problems.

Develop Networks: Collaborate with other stakeholders on projects to enhance, develop, or revise water data systems to achieve higher efficiency on performance, reliability, and accessibility for the data.

Qualifications

Required: 
•    Two-year technical diploma in a scientific field. 
•    Minimum of four years related experience in data management, water chemistry, or computing science/engineering.

Equivalences will be considered: Additional related education considered in lieu of experience on a one-for-one basis. 
•    For example: Related university degree plus two years of related work experience.

Assets:
•    Knowledge of department business functions related to water assessment, water program design, water quality project implementation methods, water quality objectives and data interpretation processes.
•    Strong understanding of EPEA, Water Act and associated Regulations. 
•    Extensive knowledge of wastewater and drinking water sample collection methods and scientific standards is highly desired. 
•    Working knowledge of SQL, Microsoft 365, PowerBI and programming languages.

The goal of this recruitment is to fill this position at a Technologies 5 level. However, candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary. 

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 competition is for 1 temporary position located in Edmonton. 
•    Monday – Friday, 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week.

About Your Work Environment:
You will primarily be working in an office setting located in Edmonton. You will have regular and on-going contact with industry, consultants, other government staff and the general public. Occasional travel may be required to support the priority work of the Branch.

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

Applicants are required to include a COVER LETTER with clear and concise specific examples that demonstrate how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements and competencies.

Instructions for your Resume:
For Employment Experience:
Please indicate duration of employment (month, year)
Please specify employment status (i.e. casual, part-time or full-time)
Ex: Youth Worker, Jan 2006 - June 2009, Part-time (three, 8 hour shifts/week)

For any Post-Secondary Education:
Please specify your major and length of program
Please specify the year you graduated
Ex: Bachelor of Social Work, 4-year Degree (Graduated 2017)

Links and information on what the GoA has 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.