Job Description

Competition # : 46710
Department: Service Nova Scotia
Location: HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 15-Aug-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
At Service Nova Scotia, we impact every citizen, business, and municipality in Nova Scotia. Our mandate is to design and deliver programs and services to meet the needs of our clients and the public good through a culture of excellence. Service Nova Scotia's vision is to be recognized as a leader in service and public protection that delivers trusted, accessible, modern programs, and contributes to Nova Scotia as a safe and desirable place to live, work and do business. To learn more about our department, please click here:
GeoNOVA is the provincial mapping program, providing geomatics solutions for departments and agencies across provincial government. GeoNOVA's vision is to ensure geographic information supports the Government of Nova Scotia in achieving excellence in decision making and service delivery.
Find more about GeoNOVA here:
About Our Opportunity
This client-focused role offers an exciting opportunity to grow your technical and analytical skills in a collaborative geomatics environment. As a GIS Officer (GIS 1-2), you will play a key role in supporting Nova Scotia's land management systems by maintaining and enhancing the province's parcel fabric and cadastral datasets. Working alongside a dedicated team of GIS professionals, you will help ensure the accuracy, integrity, and accessibility of spatial data that supports land administration, planning, and public services.
Reporting to the Geomatics Program Administrator on the Geomatics Partnerships and Policy team, you'll be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and maintaining spatial data, supporting land-based initiatives, and documenting technical processes.
Primary Accountabilities
The GIS Officer is responsible for:

• Edit and maintain the Esri Parcel Fabric using ArcGIS Pro.
• Perform parcel splits, merges, and adjustments based on legal documents.
• Interpret survey plans, deeds, and legal descriptions to update parcel boundaries.
• Conduct quality assurance and control to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Integrate COGO data, CAD drawings, and control points into the parcel fabric.
• Collaborate with surveyors, planners, and assessors to support land administration workflows.
• Maintain metadata and documentation for parcel editing procedures.
• Document workflows and contribute to quality control initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience
To be considered for this opportunity, you have successfully graduated from an approved technical institution with a specialization in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
In addition, the following are required skills/knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), spatial data, and geospatial principles
• Proficiency with ArcGIS Pro and familiarity with ArcGIS Online and Esri Enterprise/Portal
• Hands-on experience using GIS software
• A collaborative, team-oriented mindset with a commitment to continuous learning
• Solid understanding of cartographic design and spatial analysis tools
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of geographic data standards and data management best practices
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly document technical processes
• Strong attention to detail and effective time management skills

The following training and/or experience will be considered an asset:

• Experience with parcel editing tools, like ArcGIS Parcel Fabric
• Understanding of legal land records (e.g., deeds, plans, legal descriptions) and their application in parcel boundary editing
• Training in coordinate geometry (COGO) workflows and their application in parcel boundary adjustments
• Familiarity with integrating survey control networks and CAD-based datasets into Parcel Fabric environments

Equivalency
Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.
Benefits
Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a , Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: .
What We Offer

• Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
• Engaging workplace. Our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in. We have forward-thinking policies and strategies.
• Countless career paths.
• Department Specific Flexible working schedules.

Pay Grade: PR 01 - PR 10
Salary Range: $1,587.24 - $2,760.42 Bi-Weekly
Employment Equity Statement:
Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.
Accommodation Statement:
We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please contact us at competitions@novascotia.ca.
This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:
Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.
External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.
Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.