[Hiring] Geospatial Supervisor @The Government of Nova Scotia

Role Description

The Program Lead is responsible for providing advanced specialized program administrative or management work for programs with province-wide impacts. Responsibilities include overall program administration and coordination of programs. The incumbent will be responsible for identifying and designing future programs as well as developing, reviewing and evaluating proposals requiring government support.

• Supervises GIS staff.
• Manages and delivers required outcomes for one or more programs.
• Administers Act(s) and/or its regulations in the province, and may perform and exercise any of the powers, privileges, duties, and functions of the Minister as specified in the legislation and the designation.
• Identifies and designs programs to assist with the evaluation and planning for future direction of programs and policies for municipal and provincial organizations.
• Acts as a consultant within government and with provincial and national organizations through the development of training programs and developing, reviewing and evaluating proposals requiring government support.
• Develops and/or delivers a plan for significant aspects of internal and external communications with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures.
• Delivers a prescribed budget for the program and conducts complex analyses on budget progress.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control.
• Delivers on the established outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with clients, contract service providers, and team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with six years of related experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Experience supervising or providing technical leadership to GIS, geospatial, modelling, or other technical professionals.
• Experience applying geospatial information to natural resource management.
• Previous experience managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time, and quality parameters.
• Strong analytical skills to synthesize data from multiple sources.
• Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with a high degree of independent judgement and initiative.
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal) with industry, government, and the community.
• Engagement and influencing skills to deliver results.

Requirements

• Assets include experience with advanced geospatial analysis and spatial modelling.
• Experience with remote sensing, LiDAR, geospatial data management, automation or scripting.
• Development or implementation of enterprise GIS tools and solutions.

Benefits

• Defined Benefit Pension Plan.
• Health, Dental, Life Insurance.
• General illness, Short and Long Term Disability.
• Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.