Senior Analyst / Project Manager

Title: Senior Analyst/Project Manager

Department: Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs

Community: Iqaluit

Requisition Number: 1074

Type of Employment: Indeterminate

Salary range: $128,392 to $145,662 per year, 37.5 hours/week

Northern Allowance: $16,328 per year

Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is not Available

Union Status: Excluded

Closing date: November 20, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time.

This employment opportunity is open to all applicants. Applicants must be currently eligible to work in Canada.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Nunavut Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Senior Analyst/Project Manager (Manager) will help the NBS, as well as other Government of Nunavut departments, to provide more statistical information on Nunavut and its communities to a variety of data users. The Manager will also be responsible for assist in directing and monitoring the output of the support staff by contributing to capacity building through directed feedback.

The key responsibilities of the Manager are but are not limited to:

• Planning, implementing and managing the development, collection, processing, analysis, marketing and dissemination of statistical information;
• Planning, conducting and managing research studies and analytical and other complex statistical projects to create or improve existing statistical information and to develop new survey methods, concepts and definitions;
• Overseeing a project team involved in statistical projects or studies, establishes goals, priorities and milestones, and planning and scheduling the work;
• Overseeing NBS staff assignments and providing training, expertise and mentorship to junior staff on methods of socio-economic analysis or on statistical techniques and systems;
• Playing a major role in fulfilling the NBS's responsibilities as the Nunavut focal point for Statistics Canada;
• Providing advisory and consultative services to policy and program decision makers at all levels of government and to users from the public and private sectors on the practical application and interpretation of statistical data and information.

Qualifications

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through a recognized:

• Undergraduate degree in statistics, economics, demography, or social sciences with specialty in statistics and quantitative research methods
• Three (3) years' experience working in statistical agency or in research position using statistical data.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages. Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered. Applicants who possess equivalent education and/or experience that meets the requirements outlined above are encouraged to apply.