Teacher Registry Business Analyst

Job Information
Job Title: Teacher Registry Business Analyst
Job Requisition ID: 64586
Ministry: Education
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: ​​​​​​​Open Competition
Closing Date: December 5th 2024
Classification: Program Services 3 Market Adjustment
Salary: $2,626.89 to $3,448.73 Bi-weekly ($68,561 to $90,011 / 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 supports students, parents, teachers and administrators from Early Childhood Service (ECS) through Grade 12. Through safe and caring schools for all students, Alberta’s Government is making life better by investing in education, one of the most important investments we can make in our future. The Ministry has the following responsibilities: develop curriculum and set standards; evaluate curriculum and assess outcomes; teacher development and certification; supports students with diverse learning needs.

System Excellence Division
System Excellence is responsible for the areas of teaching and leadership excellence and provincial assessment. This includes certification of all teachers, principals and superintendents in the province; developing and implementing professional practice standards; and conducting practice assurance in relation to the teaching profession. System Excellence division also develops, administers, marks and continually improves Alberta’s provincial assessments, including the Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs), Diploma Exams (DIPS), and Literacy/Numeracy Assessments.
For more information on the Ministry of Education, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/education.aspx.

Role Responsibilities

The Teacher Registry Analyst will lead initiatives within the sector to improve operational efficiencies and statistical reporting through scheduled releases and projects,and will be a liaison with Service Alberta to ensure the solution adheres to policy and that system stakeholder requirements are met. The position ensures system changes are validated by working with Sector staff throughout the project lifecycle, including developing, maintaining, coordinating, and executing test plans to ensure appropriate test coverage is achieved prior to recommending User Acceptance Test signoff on deliverables.

We will offer you the opportunity to utilize and expand your skills. In this role, the Teacher Registry Business Analyst will be responsible for:

• Leading process and system change to meet Ministry requirements and to improve efficiencies, accuracy, reliability, serviceability, privacy, and security of stakeholder information.
• Analyzing current practices and processes for current and future projects to develop, enhance, and maintain Sector systems and processes, ensuring internal and external clients are working with secure, stable, and effective tools to complete operational activities.
• Providing expertise and support of ongoing Sector operations to ensure system availability and assisting staff in their ongoing work to efficiently carry out the duties of the Registrar. Providing timely second-level support to Sector staff for system errors and outages, escalating incidents to the Service Alberta service desk when necessary for resolution. Identifying areas of instability in system functionality as well as potential enhancements, prioritizing and drafting business cases for recommending system improvements.
• Providing expertise and support to Ministry and external users accessing the Registry System and Sector processes, ensuring effective service to stakeholders. Analyzing and performing maintenance on teacher data such as reconciling financial data, data cleansing and data correction. Working with System Excellence, Service Alberta (Corporate Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence) to ensure maximum value of a shared data collection solution is maintained
  

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.

In this role, you will contribute to our team by demonstrating the following behavioral competencies:

• Creative Problem Solving: Strong analytical ability, data interpretation, deductive and problem-solving skills. Ability to research issues accurately to identify and solve problems.
• Systems Thinking: This position will need to analyze, evaluate and enhance existing programs and develop new frameworks, strategies and guidelines as appropriate for stakeholders.
• Agility: This position requires working on various projects, initiatives in response to changing legislative and other requirements. Adapt to the changing trends and technology
  

Qualifications

University Degree in business administration or computer science and two years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Assets:

• Knowledge of Sector's systems and processes to support teacher and leadership certification, and practice assurance.
• Knowledge and understanding of the applications, interfaces and supporting technologies used by Teaching and Leadership Excellence Sector.
• Knowledge and experience preparing and using test strategies, plans, scenarios/cases and test data for a variety of testing including Unit, Performance, Stress/Load, Integration, Regression, System and User Acceptance Testing.
• Knowledge of the governing legislation, policies and related business applications that support the Sector's activities.

Job Specific experience, technical competencies, Certification and or training:

• Knowledge of various phases of Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) process, business analysis, requirement gathering, gap analysis and Functional specification preparation.
• Good understanding of Ministry and Sector business structures, processes and information flow.
• Experience in system development/maintenance/testing, change management, project management and business processes.
• Knowledge and experience preparing and using test strategies, plans, scenarios/cases and test data for a variety of testing including functional testing, System Integration, Regression, System and User Acceptance Testing.
• Knowledge of Agile development approach to system change.
• An understanding of the education sector and system in Alberta and nationally. Knowledge of business issues and processes as well as IT resources and enabling technologies in a business analysis role or related experience, preferably in a large organization.

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 a position based in Edmonton, offering a work schedule of Monday to Friday, totaling 36.25 hours per week.

Candidates are required to submit resume and cover letter that succinctly demonstrate their qualifications against the job requirements, including education, experience, and relevant competencies. It's important for applicants to ensure their resume and cover letter clearly articulate how their past work experiences align with the role's qualifications and needs.

Resumes must include precise employment dates (month and year) to assist in assessing written communication skills and attention to detail.

The final candidates for this position will be asked to undergo an academic check, references, provide a suitable security screening and may be asked to complete a written exercise and/or assessment.

Final candidates may require to undergo a security screening.

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies across the government of Alberta, at equal or 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
• 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.

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 Rashi Vaktania at [email protected].