Business Data Analyst

Business Data Analyst
Full-time, 35 Hours/Week
Nova Scotia College of Nursing

About NSCN

The Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) is the safeguard that ensures the public that all nurses in Nova Scotia have the education and skills they need to care for people safely, competently, ethically, and compassionately. The public trusts us to regulate the nursing profession in the public’s interest and our staff are empowered to ensure public protection is our top priority. As an organization built on trust, we offer a supportive, professional and collaborative workplace for you to learn and lead.

As part of the NSCN team, you will contribute to our purpose of leading to inspire excellence to uphold public confidence. Excellence is at the core of all we do. Together, we will support our nurses to provide safe, competent and compassionate care in the communities we live and work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures we inspire excellence both publicly and within our organization. We are looking for an individual who will settle for nothing less than excellence in their role.

Job Summary

We are looking for a passionate Business Data Analyst who will turn data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions. Working closely with NSCN Service areas leads, the incumbent will actively contribute to meeting the NSCN vision, mission, values and strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will have an inquisitive mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. They will have a drive to learn and master new technologies and have the ability to leverage information assets to support business goals and delivery of NSCN’s strategic objectives. They will also have demonstrated ability to translate analytics insights into clear recommendations to align with business goals.

The Business Data Analyst will deliver services to both internal and external clients through effective systems analysis and design, modelling, programming, and business data analysis. They will have solid programming and analytical skills and have the ability to quickly understand client needs and translate this into useful data and reporting mechanisms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand analytical needs, including critical metrics and KPIs and deliver actionable insight to NSCN and its stakeholders
• Centralize data for the organization and provide regular reporting
• Explore various sources of data information to uncover opportunities for efficiencies and effectiveness
• Identify, analyze, forecast and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
• Present findings, conclusions and recommendations in a clear and understandable way using visualizations
• Track, monitor and forecast trends in the external environment ie., nursing, regulation etc.
• Create reports for NSCN Board, staff, government and other stakeholders to be used both internally and externally
• Create and use evaluation frameworks to measure and report on the effectiveness of key NSCN projects and initiatives
• Perform programming and quantitative analysis services on research or policy issues by accessing internal and external data sources, integrating, and reconciling data from alternate sources, analyzing and disseminating results in order to respond to requests.

Skills & Qualifications

• Five or more years experience as a Business Data Analyst or Data Analyst
• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Microsoft Power BI), Ddatabases (SQL etc) and programming (excel, SPSS, SAS etc.)
• In depth knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings in a clear and useable manner
• Minimum of BSc in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics

Knowledge & Competencies

• Demonstrated excellent analytical, oral, written and presentation skills
• Knowledge or expertise in healthcare management, information technology, finance and human resources
• Ability to strategically align corporate business objectives with the organization’s vision, mission and strategic objectives
• Demonstrated self-starter and problem solver and able to work with minimum supervision

Visit us at www.nscn.ca to learn more about the Nova Scotia College of Nursing. If you are interested in exploring this opportunity, we invite you to apply with your cover letter and resume via email to: hr@nscn.ca.

Applications will be received until 4 pm on Thursday, December 21. Only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

The Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) is committed to creating a diverse environment. Qualified individuals from underrepresented groups who would contribute to the diversification and shared vision of our organization are encouraged to apply. NSCN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is representative of the communities we support. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at hr@nscn.ca.