About the City of St. Albert

Working at the City of St. Albert means joining a dedicated team that aims to deliver outstanding service to our vibrant community. We pride ourselves on employing a diverse group of employees who each bring unique skills and contribute to delivering exceptional services to our residents. We value collaboration, accountability, respect, and enjoyment in our work each day.

Job Details

The City of St. Albert is recruiting an individual to join our Information Technology department as a Spatial Data & Applications Team Lead. Reporting to the Data and Application Services Manager, this position is responsible for leading the Corporate Spatial Data and Application team and stewarding the City's Enterprise GIS environment. This position also provides operational and strategic guidance for the Spatial Data and Application program and subject matter expertise in geospatial technologies, data, and processes for multiple organizational-wide priority projects.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Geographic Information Systems, Computer Science, Geography, Engineering, or related discipline with 5 years of progressive experience providing location intelligence GIS services, preferably in a municipal government setting. A College Diploma with 7 years of experience will be considered.
• Experience supervising and mentoring staff, including developing, monitoring and assessing work plans and conducting performance assessments.
• Significant experience with Esri ArcGIS products (Enterprise Database, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Image Server) with a focus on administration of an ArcGIS Enterprise on-prem multimachine deployment.
• Practical experience with spatial data modelling, validating, transforming, publishing, and visualizing.
• Hands-on experience administering FME Server, including creating, maintaining, and scheduling tasks. Experience automating workflows and troubleshooting scripts in Python.
• Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) designations would be an asset.
• Equivalent combinations of experience and education may be considered.

Hours of Work

• We offer a compressed bi-weekly work schedule of 72 hours, Monday - Friday, 8:00 – 5:00, with a biweekly regular day off (RDO).
• Benefit from flexible work hours by adjusting your start and end times by 30 or 60 minutes around our core hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Compensation

• The salary ranges from $96,878.86 - $119,233.92 per year including a comprehensive benefits package and accrued paid vacation starting at 3 weeks per year.
• Learn more about our benefits here: Employee Benefit Guide.
• Candidates not meeting the full qualifications may be considered for a development opportunity at a lower classification and salary.

Application Information

• If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a cover letter and resume via our City of St. Albert employment opportunities site stalbert.ca/employment. Applications will only be accepted to 10:00 p.m. (Mountain Time Zone) on closing date.
• This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, at the same or lower classification level.

Closing Statement

We thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

The City of St. Albert is committed to creating and fostering a diverse workforce where all are welcome and we find a common purpose and strength in our differences. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, including those from members of groups that are historically or continue to be underrepresented.

We respectfully acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 territory, traditional lands of First Nations and Métis peoples. As treaty People, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, we share the responsibility for stewardship of this beautiful land.