Reporting to the Registry Manager within the Governance and Registry Branch, Teaching and Leadership Excellence Sector, System Excellence Division.
Lead initiatives to improve operational efficiency and statistical reporting through scheduled releases and projects.
Support a wide range of activities across TLE, including teacher certification, practice assurance, teaching excellence, and leadership excellence.
Contribute to long-term planning by identifying enhancements to business and system processes.
Collaborate closely with sector staff to document current programs and practices.
Identify opportunities for process and technical improvements, gather and validate requirements, explore solution options, and confirm effectiveness of implemented solutions.
Ensure system changes are thoroughly tested by developing, coordinating, and executing test plans, and by supporting User Acceptance Testing throughout the project lifecycle.
Requirements
University graduation in Business Administration, Computer Science or in a related field plus 2 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.
Knowledge of various phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) process, business analysis, requirement gathering, gap analysis, and functional specification preparation.
Good understanding of ministry and sector business structures, processes, and information flow.
Experience in system development/maintenance/testing, change management, project management and business processes.
Knowledge and experience preparing and using test strategies, plans, scenarios/cases, and test data for a variety of testing including functional testing, system integration, regression, system and user acceptance testing.
Knowledge of agile development approach to system change.
An understanding of the education system in Alberta and nationally.
Knowledge of business issues and processes as well as IT resources and enabling technologies in a business analysis role or related experience, preferably in a large organization.
Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on customer service.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including strong training and presentation skills.
Strong analytical ability, data interpretation, deductive, and problem-solving skills.
Strong organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.
Planning and coordination skills.
Strong MS office software skills including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook including Visual Basic macro development.
File management experience.
Experience in requirement analysis, business re-engineering, and software development processes.
Experience in planning, coordination, and execution of acceptance test plans, preferably in a web-based environment.
Ability to research issues accurately to identify and solve problems.