Information & Technology

Parks & Recreation, P&R; Policy & Strategic Planning

Initially based at Metro Hall (55 John St) and will relocate to North York Civic Centre (5100 Yonge St) once the new location is operational - Hybrid in accordance with the City's Hybrid Policy

Full-time, Permanent

Hourly Rate: $L79 Full-time

Posting Period: Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week Are you interested in contributing to the quality of life in Toronto by providing decision makers with sound evidence? As part of the Research and AnalyticsUnit in the Policy and Strategic Planning Branch of P&R;,you'lljoin a team focused on turning data into actionable insights. You are a data analyst with strong statistical foundations and hands-on experience in preparing and analyzing large datasets in distributed environments.

Working closely with stakeholders,you'llingest, clean, analyze, and visualize data.You'llalso design dashboards and queries, automate recurring analyses, andmaintainkey performance indicators that guide strategic priorities.

Data Visualization and Communication: Compiles data/statistical reports based on data analysis including formatting foraudience clarity. Produces data visualizations on a range of different data sources, including structured, unstructured,real-timeand geospatial. Builds out data visualizationsand resulting insightsto inform decision-making or to contribute towards briefing decks.

Updates KPI decks on a regular basis to outline major changes, annotates major research projects, and changes to the system that have impact toKPls. Tracks andmaintainsmajor Key Performance Indicators (KPls) and business impacts. Communicates analysis results to internal and external stakeholders.

Project management forworkassigned, including prioritization, stakeholder communication,timelinesand meeting minutes. Gives presentations at relevant learning networks, meetings and events related to findings and data analytics/science. Provides technicalexpertiseusing data analysis techniques to City divisions in support of data-driven decision making.

Uses data science to formulate solutions and/or recommendations (i.e. includingutilizationof traditional research methods). Uses statistical techniques (e.g. A/B testing, summary statistics on central tendency, etc.)



Performs research on best practices related to data analysis and data visualization.

Contributes to the development of corporate analytical models,dashboardsand databases. Maintains data and recordsin accordance withInformation Management best practices and guidelines (i.e. alignment of data governance best practices). Provides technical support andassistswith performing data cleaning, manipulation,analysisand visualization on data to deliver insights and contribute to evidence informed decision making and solutions.

Connects a variety of business data with location information and analyzes data to gainadditionalinsights. Sets up data queries, builds Extract, Transform and Load (ETLs), data pipelines and automates recurring analysis, and builds reusable scripts to speed up future analysis. Troubleshoots andtakes actions to resolveissues associated to data,interpretationand reporting.

Ensures data quality,identifieserrorsand performs data cleaning to ensure accuracy and statistical significance. Implements changes to existing data measures based on analysis of historical data. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of both current and emerging data analytics and products.

Post-secondary education in Data Analytics, Statistics, GIS/Geomatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Economics, Health Sciences or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Considerable experience with data visualization software such asTableau, PowerBI, ArcGIS, R Shiny, Illustrator and other open-source data visualization tools. mean, standard deviation) and predictive analysis (e.g. regression, time-series analysis, clustering, etc.) Considerable experience with statistical computing, object-orientedprogrammingand database query languages (Python, SQL, R).



Considerable experience in business reporting and synthesizing information from operational systems to produce meaningful reports supporting decision-making.

Considerable experience with databases and data warehousing including organizing, compiling,manipulatingand analyzing large datasets. Ability to create and effectively present information (data storytelling). with the ability to develop andmaintaininter-professional team relationships with multiple stakeholders, including City staff and the public. Ability to travel to various locations within the city, asrequired.

AWS). Familiarity with versioncontrolled,collaborative data workflows (e.g. git, Jupyter notebooks). Understanding of data governance, privacy, and ethical analytics. Ability to comply with the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and its regulations for the safe performance of his/her duties and responsibilities.

Experience with metadata management, data lineagetracingand version control (git). This list will be used to fill current and anyadditionalpermanent and temporary vacancies in the posted job that become available within the posted or a different location in the Parks and Recreation Division. Priority consideration will be given to applicants with Local 79 seniority or aggregate service as of the job posting closing and job offer dates.

Assessment may include an interview, written and/or practical test. If selected for a temporary position, permanent Local 79 employees willretaintheir permanent status. At the end of the temporary assignment, Local 79 employees will return to their permanent base job classification.

If selected for a temporary position, temporary and part-time employees will be reassigned to this temporary position. TheCityis an equal prospect employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness that reflects the diverse residents that we serve. Learn more about the City's commitment toemployment equity .

City of Toronto employees must apply to full-time or part-time employment opportunities posted on the City's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion The City is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness that reflects the diverse residents that we serve. Learn more about the City's commitment to employment equity . #

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