Senior Systems Analyst - Information Management & Technology
Req ID: 214656
Location: Central Zone, Westway 1
Department: IMIT Business Applications Support
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 25-Jan-26
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
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About the Opportunity
Reporting to an IMIT Manager, the IMIT Senior Systems Analyst is part of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of initiatives and programs throughout the province.
The IMIT Senior Systems Analyst supporting the Human Resources (HR) Digital Solutions portfolio supports the overall administration and transformation of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and will contribute to ensuring our HR digital tools support business goals, enhance the employee experience, and enable data-driven decision-making. The HR Digital Solutions portfolio supports HR technology through ongoing sustainment and operational activities, as well as project and transformation initiatives
Key responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Support the administration, maintenance, implementation, and continuous improvement of HR digital solutions
- Work on complex, cross-functional, and provincial business application solutions.
- Collaborate with client partners and vendors, providing support to internal clients and vendors for ongoing projects, functional enhancements, incident troubleshooting and resolution, and solution recommendations.
- Analyze, document, and validate business and technical requirements, while coordinating and executing system integration and user acceptance testing.
- Administration of upgrade initiatives, integration activities, transport management, and release planning schedules.
- Ensure all activities are supported by NSH IM/IT mission and vision, established policies/procedures, and in line with service level agreements between NSH, IWK and the Department of Health.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following.
- Degree or diploma in an Information Technology, Business Analysis or Health Related discipline. Consideration may be given to those with equivalent training and relevant experience.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Technology, Business Analysis or Health Related field.
- 2+ years’ experience in application programming, systems analysis, business analysis or systems support.Ability to communicate complex issues and challenging scenarios clearly to clinical, business, and vendor stakeholders
- Strong understanding of healthcare and HR systems principles and technology best practices
- Skilled in solving complex problems, identifying innovative solutions, and applying clinical best‑practice insights
- Experience supporting transformational and operational analysis to help drive organizational change
- Experience applying user‑experience principles to guide system improvements and operational decisions
- Experience developing clear summary documentation based on evaluation and analysis
- Strong time‑management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands
- Demonstrated adaptability when navigating shifting priorities or emerging technologies
- Experience implementing and supporting HR solutions across key functional areas
- Experience supporting SAP Time & Payroll modules, HCM and GRC is an asset
- Experience supporting SuccessFactors Recruiting and Onboarding 2.0 is an asset.
- Experience supporting SuccessFactors People Analytics is an asset.
- Experience supporting SuccessFactors LMS is an asset
- Experience supporting UKG Pro Workforce Management is an asset.
- Experience supporting operations and projects considered an asset.
Hours
- Permanent Full-Time Position; 75 hours biweekly
- Hybrid Position
Compensation and Benefits
$38.36 - $47.95 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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