We're looking for a dynamic team member ready to contribute to our vision of being a community of communities where all people belong. We're excited about this role and the opportunity it presents for the successful applicants, our organization, and our community.
Our commitment is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce representative of the communities we serve at all job levels. If you are ready to take on the challenge, we invite you to consider joining us in our mission of providing municipal services to residents, businesses, and organizations in a friendly, effective, and innovative manner.
We encourage applications from Indigenous People, Persons of African Descent, and other Racially Visible Persons, Persons Living with Disabilities, Gender Diverse Persons, and members of other historically underrepresented communities. While we recognize the inherent difficulty of doing so, if you are a member of a traditionally excluded or marginalized community, you are encouraged to self-identify in your cover letter or your resume.
Primary Responsibilities
- Transform datasets as required for analysis and reporting.
- Perform statistical analysis of datasets using off-the-shelf software and custom code.
- Perform quality assurance to ensure the accuracy of data analysis.
- Working with the Database Administrator and Geoinformatics Specialist, ensure the integrity of all internal data sources.
- Source, maintain and serve as custodian for additional datasets as required to augment analysis and reporting.
- Produce written summaries, tables, charts and graphs for consumption by staff and Municipal Council.
- Run standardized reports, publish data, identify and interpret trends and patterns in reports.
- Working with the Manager of IT, propose and implement changes to the Municipal Open Data Strategy and related policies as required.
- Develop and maintain processes required for publishing of municipal open data as identified by the strategy.
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that Municipal open data sources are meeting identified needs.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Math, Statistics, Data Analytics or equivalent.
- 2 or more years of professional experience in a related role.
- Professional experience and training with data analytics software, such as Power BI, Tableau, SAS, or similar.
- Professional experience or training with Statistics Canada datasets.
- Experience in a municipal government setting is considered an asset.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Advanced knowledge of statistical methods, SQL and databases.
- Microsoft SQL Server experience and experience working with spatial datasets are considered assets.
- Knowledge of coding languages such as Python or R is considered an asset.
- Strong organizational, analytical, research, troubleshooting, decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office applications
This is a full-time unionized position that is governed in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the Municipality of the County of Kings and CUPE, Local 2618-01. Compensation includes a competitive salary and a benefits plan - including a pension plan (8% employer & 8% employee match)! Salary will be Level 7 ($33.46/hr - $39.91/hr) of the Municipal Pay Band. Hours of work will be Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm (35 hours per week).
In order to provide an equitable experience for all candidates, the Municipality is happy to offer accommodation, adjustments and changes throughout our recruitment process. Persons who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the recruitment process may contact, in confidence, workhere@countyofkings.ca.
We thank all applicants for their time and effort in applying however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
