Business Solutions Specialist - Internal Cupe Applicants Only

The Municipality of North Cowichan (population 31,900) is located in the beautiful Cowichan Valley on Southern Vancouver Island, between Nanaimo and Victoria. Our communities of Chemainus, Crofton, Maple Bay and the South End are home to a multitude of artistic, cultural and outdoor recreational activities. The Municipality provides a stable and varied work environment, competitive pay and benefits.

We are inviting applications from candidates with the proven skills, qualifications and abilities for the position of Senior Business Solutions Specialist. If you are self-motivated, looking to take on a new challenge where you can make a difference, enjoy both responsibility and accountability with one of British Columbia's most inclusive and environmentally conscious municipalities, we look forward to receiving your application!

Reporting to the Manager, Business Solutions, this role is responsible for performing a variety of assignments, with a concentration in supporting and maintaining the Municipality's business systems, project management, business analysis, corporate reporting and visualizations. This position is required to:

• Perform information analysis and create visualizations and reports
• Perform testing and troubleshooting
• Manage client interactions including first and second tier client support
• Plan, build and maintain Business Solutions
• Plan, build and maintain integrations between existing and new systems
• Provide project management, business analysis, and change management for medium to large projects
• Plan and perform implementations and upgrades
• Plan the long-term sustainment and improvement of business applications and services

Deployment to other duties may be required from time to time.

This position may include shift work and weekends per the collective agreement 18.01(h)(13). This position may be eligible for remote work and will be determined in consultation with the successful candidate.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Abilities:

• Completion of a post-secondary degree in computer science, information systems or similar field and a minimum 5 years of recent and relevant experience. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience leading and working within an interdisciplinary team-based environment to improve corporate service delivery.
• Advanced skills and recent experience with managing databases, queries, producing reports and visualizations.
• Advanced skills with integration and ETL tools including SQL.
• Knowledge of the security requirements of the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and information best practices including custody and control.
• Knowledge of modern application development practices, at a minimum sufficient to engage and manage consulting services, coordinate change management activities, and ideally with hands-on development experience.
• Strong business acumen in project management, business analysis, and change management.
• Advanced skills with designing and implementing solutions.
• Good organizational and prioritizing ability.
• Ability to keep accurate records and notes.
• Demonstrated helpful "can do" attitude while providing realistic and sustainable options.
• Independence of judgment and capability of working with minimal supervision.
• Experience with knowledge of relational database design.
• Experience with modern application development practices.
• Experience with database development, data dictionaries, SQL, database analysis/modeling, data migration, and reporting.
• Experience with database administration, including data refresh, configuration, maintenance, and performance tuning.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This is a unionized position (CUPE Local 358) and the collective agreement may be viewed on our website.

Candidates being considered will be required to undergo a comprehensive evaluation of skills, qualifications, and abilities. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a police information check.

Possession and maintenance of a valid Class 5 B.C. Driver's Licence; a satisfactory current driver's abstract is required for applicable positions.