About this role
Competition # : 49592 Department: Service Nova Scotia Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Term Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG Closing Date: ¿21-Aug-26 ¿ (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) About Us
At Service Nova Scotia, we impact every citizen, business and municipality and business in Nova Scotia. Our mandate is to design and deliver programs and services to meet the needs of our clients and the public good through a culture of excellence. Our vision is to be a recognized leader in service and public protection that delivers trusted, accessible, modern programs, and contributes to Nova Scotia as a safe and desirable place to live, work and do business.
About Our Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager, Vital Statistics, the Research and Statistical Officer 3 leads specialized and complex statistical research and program analysis resulting in the development of outcome evaluation frameworks, and policy and program options. The position ensures the department has reliable and relevant data, research and evaluation information to inform the department's strategic policy and program objectives.
Primary Accountabilities
• Formulates policy and program recommendations and solutions based on research and analysis. Determines and designs research approach, including methodologies, stakeholder consultations and surveys. • Provides analysis of policy options and presents summaries, analysis, recommendations and reports on a variety of complex issues, programs, and services. Prepares reports, presentations, briefing materials for senior leadership. • Determines data requirements and design collection procedures to gather and analyze data, ensuring accurate and privacy compliant collection, storage, access and retrieval. Supports policy and program review through statistical analysis. • Leads the design of performance and system outcome measures, accountability reports and key performance indicators. • <span style="font-family