Data Analyst - Planning & Development Analytics

Regional-Municipality-of-Wood-Buffal; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is seeking a Data Analyst to support Planning and Development Services with data extraction, transformation, and analysis of KPIs and permitting/licensing activities. The role includes researching demographic trends and providing insights for municipal projects and statutory plans.

The incumbent will produce scheduled and ad-hoc reports, maintain dashboards, and support data quality initiatives while collaborating across departments and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in Geography, Economics, CS, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering or related field.
• Three years of data analysis, GIS, or data science experience.
• Experience with GIS tools (ArcMap/ArcGIS Pro) is an asset.
• Policy analysis and project management experience is an asset.
• Experience with third-party data sources (Statistics Canada) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and release scheduled or ad-hoc reports by analyzing permit and licensing data.
• Support department data strategies to reduce input errors in Accela database.
• Process internal/external data requests from stakeholders.
• Extract and transform data from the Accela permitting database.
• Create and maintain an interactive dashboard for real-time permitting data insights.
• Collaborate on Accela functionality improvements through best practices.

Skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Research & reporting

Data entry accuracy

Learning new tech

Analytic problem solving

Data visualization tools

Education

Related-field degree

Tools

SQL

R

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is seeking a Data Analyst to support Planning and Development Services with data extraction, transformation, and analysis of KPIs and permitting/licensing activities. The role includes researching demographic trends and providing insights for municipal projects and statutory plans.

The incumbent will produce scheduled and ad-hoc reports, maintain dashboards, and support data quality initiatives while collaborating across departments and stakeholders.