Job Description

Department: Service Nova Scotia


Location: Flexible


Type of Employment: Permanent


Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG


Closing Date: 28-Feb-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)


About Us
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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 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
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Do you want to make a huge impact and help deliver exciting geomatics solutions to partners? If you do, we are looking for someone like you to join our team. We are looking to strengthen our team with the addition of a Geomatics Programming Analyst.


Primary Accountabilities
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We are looking for a geomatics programming professional to work with team members to develop, support and improve geomatics software that is critical to delivering government programs and services.




• Translate business needs into technical requirements.


• Design, configure, and maintain custom geomatics applications and software.


• Develop secure custom applications, reusable components and integrate with internal and external services and APIs.


• Assist in the development of geomatics application architecture strategies, policies, and guidelines.


• Assist with client need assessments/evaluations for geomatics websites, applications, and data models, ensuring optimization, and efficiency.


• Read, write, and debug code written for geomatics software, applications, and utilities.


• Test applications for/with clients and partners.




Qualifications and Experience
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To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field plus a minimum of three (3) years' experience or graduation from a recognized technology program plus three (3) years and six (6) months of experience (or the equivalent combination of training and experience).




• Skilled using programming languages relevant to designing and building custom software. in an Esri based geomatics environment including .NET, JavaScript, and Python.


• Experience developing custom applications.


• Understanding of Geographic Information Systems, geographic data, and related principals.


• Understanding of relational database technology and how to integrate with Geographic Information Systems.


• Strong inter-personal skills to maintain positive and trusted partner relationships.


• Understanding of municipal utility mapping would be an asset.


Equivalency
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Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.


Benefits
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Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, 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: Benefits for government employees.


Working Conditions
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• Normal work week is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day.


• May be required to work overtime on occasion.


• Majority of time spent in an office environment.


• Travel within communities across Nova Scotia may occasionally be required.


Additional Information
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This is a permanent, full-time employment opportunity. This position may be based in either Amherst OR Halifax, Nova Scotia.


What We Offer
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• 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.


• Flexible working schedules.



Pay Grade: PR 14


Salary Range: $2,653.85 - $3,231.58 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.




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.