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Job Title: GIS Analyst - Temporary (13 months)   Date Posted: 08/14/26 Ref. Number: 923 Type: Full Time Part Time Location: Newmarket Requirements: WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR • Successful completion of a College Diploma in Geomatics, Science, Computer, Information Management, Math, Statistics or related field, or approved equivalent combination of education and experience. • Minimum three (3) year of progressively responsible and practical experience providing data and analytics services. • Demonstrated experience managing data with an appreciation of data management principles. • Demonstrated experience developing custom data products, visualizations and cartographic products. • Experience in data acquisition and processing using relevant tools. • Demonstrated ability to program and query databases. • Ability to research, document, and present technical information. • Ability to be resourceful, problem solve technical issues, and perform to root cause analysis. • Experience in leading projects, and knowledge of project management principles, tools and techniques to lead projects and teams ALL CANDIDATES MUST APPLY ONLINE THROUGH YORK REGION'S ONLINE PORTAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION TO JOB SKILLS https://york.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/JobSearch/viewAll Description: ABOUT THE ROLE This position is responsible for providing geospatial expertise to the Department to inform operations, optimize services and deliver insights for program planning. Following corporate data governance standards and practices, this role will provide data and data analytic services to departmental programs and support the stewardship of departmental data and data analytic applications and products. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING • Collaborates/works with stakeholders and follows the corporate strategic leadership, planning and direction related to this function. • Provides broad geospatial data and analytics expertise and contributes to the advancement of a data and analytics culture in the organization. • Supports the Corporate vision and strategy related to this function and follows the Corporate strategic leadership, planning and direction including following the Corporation’s policies, programs, processes, protocols and initiatives and work in partnership at the Corporate level. • Provides data & analytics services to department and branch programs and supports corporate programs. • Identifies opportunities and provides technical leadership to enrich data available to the department. • Applies data processing rigour and automation in support of corporate data acquisition and maintenance requirements. • Develops custom data products conforming to specifications required of business applications. • Reviews and applies template data models and advances adherence to applicable data standards, • Supports activities to advance the Region’s Open Data program. • Provides technical guidance on business solution development projects including requirement gathering, process mapping, design, application development, data migration, integration, testing, training and documentation. • Researches and analyses business processes to identity opportunities for process redesign, automation, or other improvements. Temporary - Approximate length of assignment, in months 13 Hours per week: 35 Rate of Pay: $55.66 - $60.49/hour