Job Description

Competition # : 41747

Department: Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Term

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: \xe2\x80\x8b21-Feb-24 \xe2\x80\x8b (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

The Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage supports communities across the province to be welcoming, inclusive and accessible, providing a great quality of life for Nova Scotians and a memorable experience for visitors. We value the collective diversity of our heritage and our people and believe in the transformative nature of culture to help create healthy, active, growing communities.

About Our Opportunity

As the Grants System Coordinator you will provide independent, specialized, professional expertise focused on the grant application lifecycle by managing, maintaining, and enhancing the Grants Management System, an SAP web-based CRM System. You will be responsible for providing technical guidance, investigating, advising, and troubleshooting complaints and incidences regarding the system. As well you will plan, develop, evaluate, test, promote and monitor new initiatives/enhancements of the system for users. You will work closely within a team environment, supporting junior staff, as well as working with industry partners and championing innovative technical solutions.

Primary Accountabilities

• Working strategically with industry partners with a continuous improvement mindset to enhance our Grants Management System for user experience and reporting capabilities
• lead quality audits within the Grants Management System and produce related financial reports for senior leadership and program managers
• complete service requests, incident reports, security onboarding/offboarding and annual system upgrades including regular user acceptance testing
• troubleshoot between all integrated systems
• Facilitate training to end-users
• Review client history and profile reports, year-end processing, accountability reporting, briefing materials and other ad-hoc requests

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role, you have a post-secondary degree in a related field plus five (5) years of related experience. An acceptable equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

You have technical experience working within financial software and/or grants management software as well as a strong demonstrated skillset using Microsoft Office programs with a focus on Excel. You have experience in a client-orientated environment applying the concepts of equity, diversity, and inclusion to all areas of your work and support your colleagues to do the same.
You have experience partnering and building productive relationships supporting your colleagues, senior management, and industry partners. You have a strong demonstrated focus on attention to details and accuracy with the ability to handle large quantities of financial data. You have a strong problem solving, troubleshooting and research skillset using both analytical and conceptional thinking as it relates to applications, systems development, and financial analysis. You have demonstrated presentation and/or facilitation skills.

Assets considered for this position:

• Technical experience working with SAP CRM/Grants Management System and SAP financial software (ECC)
• Demonstrated experience with application-based lifecycles

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

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 Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Click to learn more about our various benefits offering and eligibility criteria.

Additional Information

This is a TERM employment opportunity with anticipated end date of March 31, 2025. The appointment status (\'term\', \'temporary\' or \'casual\') is dependent on the start date of the successful candidate.

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 13

Salary Range: $2,543.38 - $3,091.70 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.

Government of Nova Scotia