Analytics Co-op

Open to students registered in a recognized co-op program only

(Within the Greater Victoria area)

BC Pension Corporation, Victoria BC

• Duration: September 2023 until December 2023 or April 2024 (4 months with opportunity to be extended for an additional 4-month term upon mutual agreement)
• Location: Victoria (our office is situated on the Selkirk Waterfront on the Gorge Inlet. Enjoy stunning views of downtown Victoria and the Olympic mountains and take advantage of the nearby Galloping Goose Regional Trail for walking and biking).
• Salary: $1,819.12 bi-weekly (for students working towards a diploma or bachelor's degree) or $2,136.88 (for students working towards a post-graduate degree)
• Grant: As part of our inVESTED scholarship program, you may be eligible for reimbursement up to a maximum of $1,000 per four-month work term to cover the cost of co-op work term tuition fees.
• Hybrid Work Model: Employees are supported to work part of their time from home and part of their time on campus to encourage flexibility, performance and connection.
• Skills for Success Program: Engage with other co-op students in a monthly virtual event designed to build connection and community while developing skills to support your success.
• LinkedIn Learning: During your time working here, you will have 24/7 unlimited access to over 16,000 online courses to help support your personal, educational, and professional goals.
• Team: The Business Measurement and Analytics (BMA) team is responsible for planning, designing, creating, testing and supporting the Corporation's analytics capabilities. These capabilities include high-visibility reporting and dashboards, critical member research and building self-serve analytics capabilities throughout the organization. These capabilities have driven change throughout BC Pension Corporation and supported our journey towards becoming a data-driven organization.

The Job Responsibilities

This position focuses on providing support for data, stakeholders support, and timeline coordination related to these high-visibility dashboards. This position will work with leadership and key stakeholders throughout the organization to extract and maintain key data to support dashboards and reports and work with stakeholders to ensure the dashboards have no gaps in data. This position is under the leadership and guidance of the Manager of Analytics and will work within a team of data and research analysts. Assignments will include coordinating key data, managing deadlines and ensuring commitments are met, meeting with stakeholders to identify data gaps and helping with development of key deliverables.

Learning Outcomes

The successful candidate can expect to gain experience in the following areas:

• Experience in developing reports in Power BI Analysis and processes to analyze unstructured information collected through a variety of platforms
• Experience in assessing value and accuracy of information, defining relationships, differences and anomalies in information sources
• Experience in problem definition and analysis
• Learn how to build and maintain working relationships and increase your communication skills
• Experience in planning, organization, and prioritization skills
• Exposure to collaboration and project tool sets like MS Teams, Share point, Confluence & Jira
• Exposure to SQL/Oracle Databases

Requirements

This opportunity is available to 2nd - 4th year and graduate level students with an interest in analytics.

As a prospective team member of BC Pension Corporation, the successful co-op student will be:

• Detail-oriented
• Stakeholder focused
• Eager to learn
• Excited to solve and manage problems
• Engaged and curious
• Creative and able to think outside the box

Knowledge and/or experience in the following areas would be an asset:

• Microsoft Excel
• Any BI tool (Power BI preferred)
• Client management / engagement experience
• Experience with SQL, structured data or data warehouses
• Experience in delivering services in a client capacity
• Experience working with stakeholders and communicating findings and information to assist with decision making
• Experience supporting end users
• Troubleshooting and resolving data issues
• Experience in training analytics end-users preferred.

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in the following tool sets currently in use within the corporation:

• Microsoft Power BI (DAX and Power Query)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Exposure / interest in Data Warehousing

As part of your application, please upload the following documents (note: your application may not be viewed if you do not include all 3 required documents as per below):

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Transcripts (unofficial transcripts are accepted)

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Diversity & Inclusion

BC Pension Corporation is an equal opportunity employer committed to establishing an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We are committed to ensuring that reasonable accommodations are made available to persons with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please email us at co-op@pensionsbc.ca.

Thank you for your interest in working with us. We will let you know about your status in this competition as soon as possible. If you have questions about this opportunity, please email us at co-op@pensionsbc.ca.