Senior Analyst

Government of Alberta; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 71,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government of Alberta is seeking a Senior Analyst to lead capital partnerships for educational projects in Edmonton. This permanent full-time role involves complex decision-making on property governance and requires a degree in a relevant field with significant analytical skills. With responsibilities including stakeholder liaison and property evaluations, the position offers a chance to impact Alberta's educational infrastructure planning.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Leadership and mentorship programs

Positive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in facility design or capital planning.
• Knowledge of school infrastructure and public sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Developing standard operating procedures for partnership agreements.
• Conducting technical and feasibility analysis of educational sites.
• Collaborating with stakeholders on capital project proposals.

Skills

Knowledge of planning, engineering and construction

Research and analysis

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

University graduation degree in a related field

Job description

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Job Information
Job Title:Senior Analyst
Job Requisition ID:69734
Ministry:Education
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time:Full Time
Hours of Work:36.25hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date:June 20, 2025
Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment
Salary: $2757.39-$3604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967-$94,068/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 .

Alberta Education, with technical input from Alberta Infrastructure, reviews submissions from school boards for new building and building renovation projects to determine priorities for capital funding decisions as part of the Alberta Government's capital plan. In addition to developing the provincial school capital plan, Alberta Education develops policies and procedures for the effective planning of the school facilities capital program.

Capital Planning is an integral part of the Financial Services and Capital Planning Division, providing leadership to school boards, francophone authorities and Charter school societies to provide new facilities and upgrade supported capital infrastructure. Capital Planning representatives are required to liaise with school jurisdictions and other stakeholders to review, recommend and provide direction all aspects of capital planning.

For more information on the Ministry of Education, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/education.aspx

Reporting to the Stakeholder Manager, the Senior Analyst is the ministry lead for developing capital partnerships with school jurisdictions. In this capacity, the Senior Analyst is responsible for identifying millions of dollars worth of potential capital partnerships, developing capital funding agreements, and tracking progress of their inclusion in capital projects. Additionally, as the Education lead on disposition of property and real property governance, this position is responsible for identifying sites of potential educational interest throughout the province, conducting technical and feasibility analysis of these sites, and matching them with the capital needs of school jurisdictions. The position is required to make field-level decisions which have a direct impact on the investment of multi-million dollar capital budgets. This position requires excellent written and personal communication skills as the Senior Analyst will collaborate and liaise with a variety of stakeholders across the province.

The position is responsible for execution of the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Developing and formalizing standard operating procedures to manage the planning, execution, and monitoring of partnership agreements.
• Developing and implementing processes and procedures to evaluate potential properties for educational use, recommending sites for acquisition, identifying the school infrastructure needs of school jurisdictions, and making recommendations to senior leadership on real property opportunities.
• Monitoring disposition of property applications, evaluating all real property available to government for possible educational use, and tracking disposition of property deadlines and approvals.
• Working directly with school jurisdictions, ministry staff, cross-ministry partners, and external stakeholders.
• Collaborating with Capital Planning staff to establish schedules that incorporate critical events, the operational requirements of the ministry, cross-ministry partners, school jurisdictions, and external stakeholders, and legislated deadlines.
• Preparing comprehensive, accurate, and well-written action request responses, correspondence, reports, and financial analyses.
• Providing advice and recommendations relating to issues, opportunities, risks, and challenges relating to partnership agreements, disposition of property applications, site investigations, three-year capital plans, and capital project proposals.
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships within Capital Planning, Education, Infrastructure, school jurisdictions, municipalities, and other and internal and external stakeholders.
• Participating in committees as assigned.
• Representing the ministry on cross-government working groups, promoting the ministry's interests, and sharing information.

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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.

Note: Add additional position specific competencies here

• Systems Thinking- Considers the impact of strategies and changes on the work of clients, stakeholders, and team members and support organization vision and goals through strategic planning of tasks and considering relationships between different work approaches and their impact on different programs, divisions and ministries.
  
  
• Creative Problem Solving- Facilitates the creation of a work environment for generating and finding newer ideas to solve existing and potential problems.
  
  
• Agility- Possesses an ability to create an adaptable environment and overcome barriers through proactive and flexible approach to work.

Qualifications

University graduation degree (preferably in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Infrastructure, etc.) in a related field plus at least two years' experience working in an environment related to facility design and/or capital planning for public infrastructure, or equivalent as described below.

For application consideration, you must attach a cover letter explaining your qualification and suitability for this role.

Equivalency:
Related education or experience considered:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
  
  

Required:

• Knowledge of broad range of planning, engineering and construction, topics, particularly with relation to school buildings.
• Experience working in a public sector enterprise (preferably in a municipality, city, provincial government or federal government) would be a strong asset.
• Knowledge of broad range of Infrastructure life cycle management and/or asset management.
• Knowledge of government strategic and policy directions and business plan goals relating to the ministry mandate.
• Knowledge of relevant legislative and policy documents, including School Capital Manual, Education Act, Disposition of Property Regulation, relevant sections of the Municipal Government
• Act, and the Real Property Governance Act.
• Ability to research and analyze site plans and floor plans.
• Ability to synthesize data and develop associated recommendations, briefings or reports utilizing relevant information systems and business productivity software (e.g., Microsoft Word,

There is one permanent, full-time positions, working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

This position is located in Edmonton.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part time or full time.

The final candidate may undergo pre-employment checks and reference checks.

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 have to offer to prospective employees.

• 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.

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 contactTAS Administrator Rashi Vaktania at [e-mail]