Data Product Delivery Analyst

Job Information
Job Title: Data Product Delivery Analyst 
Job Requisition ID: 58889
Ministry: Technology and Innovation
Location: Alberta (Remote)
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: June 10, 2024
Classification: Systems Analyst Level 3 
Salary: ​$3,106.31 - $4,114.41 bi-weekly ($81,074 - $107,386 / year)

The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx

The Technology and Innovation (T&I) Ministry supports Government of Alberta (GoA) departments with information management and technology (IMT) leadership and expertise in IMT services delivery, security, and corporate investment management that enable the GoA to meet business goals and objectives.

The Data and Content Management Division uses a one-government approach to data and content governance, decision-making, and service delivery across the Government of Alberta (GoA) balanced with individual client needs. This facilitates enhanced data access, collaboration, reduction in data duplication, and innovation to ensure effective and efficient services across the government to provide better services to Albertans.

To learn more about us, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/technology-and-innovation. 

The passionate and solutions focused people that we hire help us to drive vital programs and services that affect Albertans. Whatever your position is here, you will be a part of something great. Join us!

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager, Data Product Delivery, the Data Product Delivery Analyst is responsible for supporting a data centre of excellence that delivers services to enable data access, analytics and economy to support data-informed decision making. This role works with other individuals within the Data Unit, across the organization and with external technical partners to effectively delivery data products as the organization's data assets. The role focuses on delivering data products with agility, focus on business outcomes, innovation, and transformation to ensure data is treated as a corporate asset. This role supports the Data Product Delivery team in identification, evaluation and recommendation, and delivery of data products and product opportunities for the GoA and its external partners (as needed).

The efforts of this role improve access to and informed use of GoA data assets both within and outside of government in support of policy analysis, program planning, and decision-making. This role requires the ability to think and work critically across the organization, as well as diving deeper on both data and information topics related to data access, data governance, and the data economy. Doing this work requires the role to work closely with other Analysts and Managers (and above) across the department to design, provide advice, and prepare recommendations for data product delivery.

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.

Systems Thinking: you will maintain up-to-date knowledge of technical industry trends and GoA's strategic objectives for data; and, advises on potential risk that different choices for data management and product development may on delivery and how to mitigate them through change in processes and behaviours.

Creative Problem Solving: you will hear and appreciate different perspectives on and approaches to work at hand to identify outcomes that benefit clients and GoA.

Agility: you will need to be responsive to changing business needs and priorities, and takes time to share knowledge about data management domains as it applies to specific deliverables.

Build Collaborative Environments: you will facilitate communication regarding different perspectives for delivering products with positive outcome as the primary objective.

Develop Self and Others: you will stay in tune with industry developments and with evolving GoA business goals.

Qualifications

Required:

• A related university degree in computer science or a related discipline supplemented by at least four (4) years of related experience
• Strong business analysis and product analytic skills
• Experience working with agile project management processes, methodologies, principles and techniques

Assets:

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master, Product Owner Certification or other related training/certificates in Agile Methodologies
• Training or certification in business analysis and product analytics
• Experience working with Azure DevOps and Microsoft Azure services like Azure databricks and Azure data factory
• Experience in establishing and developing frameworks at enterprise level

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. 

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 is a permanent, full-time role with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday (8:15 am – 4:30 pm).

Pre-Employment Checks will be completed to assess the candidate’s suitability for a role. These checks may include (but are not limited to): references, criminal record check, academic verification, driver’s abstract, and et cetera.

Location: Remote within Alberta
        - While this position is eligible for remote work, the successful candidate must reside in Alberta to work remotely.

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary.

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 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
• 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
• Christmas closure directive – https://www.alberta.ca/christmas-closure-directive.aspx 
• Special leave directive – https://www.alberta.ca/special-leave-directive
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Leadership and mentorship programs

How To Apply

Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.

Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.

It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).

It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

Closing Statement
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.

We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

If you require any further information on this job posting or require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Sam Thomas Mathew at Sam.Thomasmathew@gov.ab.ca.