Analyst, Early Years Provincial Assessment

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 66121
Ministry: Education
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: January 30, 2025
Classification: Subsidiary 02B 3625 Program Services 3 Market Adjustment

**Salary**: $2,626.89 to $3,448.73 bi-weekly ($68,561 - $90,118/year)

Alberta Education supports students, parents, teachers, and administrators from Early Childhood Service (ECS) through Grade 12. Through safe and caring schools for all students, Alberta’s Government is making life better by investing in education - one of the most important investments we can make in our future. The Ministry has the following responsibilities: develop curriculum and set standards; evaluate curriculum and assess outcomes; teacher development and certification; supports students with diverse learning needs; fund and support school boards; First Nations, Métis and Inuit and Francophone education; and oversees basic education policy and regulations.

**System Excellence Division**

System Excellence is responsible for the areas of teaching and leadership excellence and provincial assessment. This includes certification of all teachers, principals and superintendents in the province; developing and implementing professional practice standards; and conducting practice assurance in relation to the teaching profession. System Excellence division also develops, administers, marks and continually improves Alberta’s provincial assessments, including the Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs), Diploma Exams (DIPS), and Literacy/Numeracy Screening Assessments.

**Provincial Assessment Branch**

Provincial Assessment develops provincial assessments for students in the early years education (kindergarten, grades 1 to 6, grade 9 and grade 12. Provincial Assessment Sector designs, develops, produces, field tests, and administers Alberta’s Provincial Achievement Tests and Diploma Exams; is responsible for the early years literacy and numeracy screening assessment program, and implementing the Canadian Adult Education Credential Program in Alberta and in partnering provinces/territories across Canada.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Early Years Assessment Manager, the Early Years (EY) Provincial Assessment Analyst provides a broad range of analysis and support services to the Provincial Assessment team comprised of management, professional and administrative support staff. This position conducts environmental scans and collects and analyzes data from a variety of internal and external information sources to identify trends, capacity issues, gaps and potential services to inform increased provincial assessment effectiveness and policy.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**The branch and sector management teams are supported in achieving department mandate and goals.**
- Develops briefings and other documents in response to requests from the Deputy Minister and Executive Team, as well as conducts environmental scans, reviews research and provides analysis, speaking and briefing notes, reports, business cases, correspondence, presentations, and other communications materials as required.
- The analyst participates in sector, division, ministry, cross-ministry and stakeholder meetings as required, to represent sector and branch perspectives and contribute relevant expertise, input and recommendations. The analyst monitors briefings, reports, news releases, newspaper articles, media coverage, and other publications and information sources to identify emerging issues with potential to impact the sector and branch.**Decision-makers at the branch, sector, division, and department can rely on review and analysis reports the Provincial Assessment Analyst prepares related to provincial assessments in kindergarten to grade 12, a variety of other work projects underway in the branch and sector and its compliance with legislation and provincial assessment policy documents.**
- The analyst reviews and analyzes programs and initiatives related to provincial assessments such as literacy and numeracy funding programs, early years assessment programs and provincial achievement tests, and supports results reporting within the framework of provincial assessments.
- The analyst may be asked to support work of the Executive Director, such as but not limited to supporting decisions rendered by the Executive Director for requests for reconsideration submitted for diploma exams by students.
- The analyst reviews and analyzes funding reporting for literacy and numeracy, and annual reporting completed by school authorities for provincial assessments in their annual education results reporting.

**Role Responsibilities Continued**:
**Decision-makers at the branch, sector, division, and department can rely on reviews and analysis reports the Provincial Assessment Analyst prepares related to initiatives.**
- The analyst collaborates, compiles, and analyzes data colle