Team Leader, Electronic Student Information Systems - Surrey, Canada - School District #36 (Surrey)

School District #36 (Surrey)

Verified Company

Surrey, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

The Surrey School District respectfully acknowledges that our schools reside on the traditional, unceded, and shared territories of Coast Salish peoples: The q? íc?? y? - Katzie, the q'wa: n??'?n? - Kwantlen and the SEMYOME - Semiahmoo First Nations, who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Surrey Schools values an inclusive school district, where equity is deeply embedded and diversity welcomed.

We are committed to creating and cultivating diverse, inclusive and barrier-free environments for all applicants, employees, students, and their families.

We work to continuously grow and improve our practices, celebrate our differences, and empower people to promote positive change in our communities.

Our identity, as Surrey Schools, is expressed in the shared values of openness, fairness and tolerance and recognize the importance of diversity of identity and thought.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Surrey Schools, recipient of the BC Top Employers and Canada's Greenest Employer awards, is the largest school district in BC and the second largest employer in Surrey.

Spread across one of the fastest-growing cities in British Columbia, Surrey Schools provides quality education to over 77,000 students with 124 schools sites and a variety of other learning facilities, offering a broad range of innovative programs and services to support the learning of our students.

The Surrey School District team of approximately 13,000 employees works tirelessly every day to ensure that children are getting the best start they can, providing the preparation to be our leaders of tomorrow.

The work of the ESIS Team Leader involves supervising, coordinating, scheduling, assigning, training and monitoring the work of various levels of school and district staff, to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of office systems and data management practices at all district sites.

A deep understanding of district and provincial policies and practices regarding student and other forms of data are required.

Work is performed under general direction with minimum supervision and considerable independence of judgment and action exercised within established policies and procedures.

Liaison with all levels of internal district staff is required. Responsibilities may vary depending on area of assignment.

Typical Responsibilities

The Team Leader:

Builds and coordinates the building of PowerBI and other district-level business intelligence solutions

Implements and supervises the implementation of established policies, procedures and guidelines as directed

A deep understanding of district and provincial policies and practices regarding student and other forms of data are required.

Directs staff by clarifying procedures for planning, development, and deployment of data/Business Intelligence projects

Liaises with district departments and senior management to develop and/or improve data integrity and accessibility.

Acts as a liaison between School, Ministry, and district departments and provides district-level interpretation of all Ministry and other data points as they pertain to varying projects

Plans and executes communications with schools and district departments

Creates ongoing training schedules and oversees the work of Senior Research Analysts and Systems Applications Specialists.

Coordinates work on multiple projects, prioritizing the development and maintenance of data visualizations and ad hoc data requests

Evaluates work and of assigned team members, ensures competency of assigned team.

Maintains a clearly defined quality control process for data projects

Brings significant expertise when in the role of technical liaison with other departments specifically in the area of data management processes and structures.

Develops multiple PowerBI and other Business Intelligence solutions at an enterprise level

Has experience as the Subject Matter Expert when advising on technical designs (data schema, Active Directory, Azure, SQL)

Brings significant PowerBI, PowerApp and PowerAutomate development experience

Has a well-developed vision for addressing data needs of schools and districts

Is up to date with district and ministry data practices and trends

Note:
Successful applicants will be required to consent to a Criminal Records Search prior to employment. Only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. To all others, thank you for your interest.