Resource Analyst

Job Information

Job Title: Resource Analyst

Job Requisition ID: 86225

Ministry: Forestry and Parks

Location: Edmonton

Full or Part-Time: Full-time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent

Scope: Open Competition

Closing Date: August 24 2026

Classification: Natural Resources 8

Salary: $3165.58 to $4088.56 bi-weekly ($82621- $106711/year)

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. We make a difference in the lives of Albertans through rewarding and diverse career opportunities.

Alberta is covered by roughly 35 million hectares of forest. Albertas Forestry Division supports a policy of sustainable forest management designed to maintain a healthy forest able to sustain itself ecologically while providing for societys economic social recreational and spiritual needs and values. To learn more about forest stewardship in Alberta visit: Responsibilities

Are you interested in supporting the sustainable management of Albertas forest resources through high-quality forest growth and yield information Do you enjoy working with permanent sample plot data forest mensuration sampling design statistics and data management to inform long-term forest management decisions Are you comfortable working with government staff forest industry consultants contractors and technical specialists to solve complex monitoring and analysis challenges

Alberta relies on reliable long-term monitoring data to validate yield assumptions improve growth models assess forest productivity support timber supply analysis and annual allowable cut determinations and maintain confidence in sustainable forest management decisions.

The Resource Analyst is a professional position within the Resource Inventory and Biometrics Section responsible for coordinating and continuously improving the departments Permanent Sample Plot Program.

This role:

• Supports the collection maintenance analysis documentation and use of permanent sample plot and related monitoring data across Albertas Crown forestlands.
• Coordinates Permanent Sample Plot Program priorities annual work plans establishment and remeasurement schedules field implementation data management activities and program documentation.
• Compiles validates analyzes summarizes and reports on permanent sample plot data to support growth and yield analysis model development forest management planning and sustainable forest management reporting.
• Provides technical advice on plot standards field procedures sampling design data quality monitoring priorities data interpretation and the appropriate use of permanent sample plot information.

This position also supports contracts standards external growth and yield initiatives and other biometrics priorities by working collaboratively with internal teams forest industry consultants contractors and cross-jurisdictional partners to promote consistent compatible and defensible monitoring practices.