Co-op Student, Business Analyst

Business Management and End User Services (BMEUS) department of WorkSafeBC provides an exceptional technology experience for our organization by delivering services that meet end-user needs for technology education and support and ensuring transparent and accountable decision-making through governance practices and policies.

The Business Management and End User Services (BMEUS) department is looking for a highly motivated, dynamic, innovative Co-op Student to join our team to help us strive towards our vision.

Through this role, you will gain exposure to:

• Enterprise IT Service Management and IT Asset Management practices
• Asset lifecycle concepts (request, procure, deploy, manage, retire, dispose)
• Data quality, reporting, and basic analysis techniques
• ITSM platforms (e.g., ticketing systems, CMDBs, asset tools)
• Real world IT governance, compliance, and operational support

This is an 8-month long coop role starting in September 2026.

How you’ll make a difference: You’ll apply what you’ve learned in your experience and post-secondary program to benefit workers and employers across B.C.

Where you’ll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a model that combines the convenience of some remote work with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you’ll work three or more days a week in our Richmond office. For the first two weeks, please be expected to work full-time onsite.

On Day 1 in this role, you will get a chance to meet your manager and get acquainted with your team. You will spend time setting up administrative and technological essentials, and completing onboarding tasks, including security and payroll setup.

During your first week you will engage in a comprehensive onboarding program designed to equip you for success. You will be partnering and meeting with your manager to discuss your goals and align them with the team’s vision. Additionally, you will learn how our department contributes to the overall business strategy and supports the organization’s mandate. You will also work through the onboarding program alongside your supervisor for added guidance and support. 

This role is ideal for an individual who is eager to step beyond their comfort zone. We are looking for someone with a detective mindset, strong motivation, and a passion for innovation. The right candidate will possess analytical and critical thinking skills, enabling them to propose ideas that enhance various processes and initiatives, as well as to explore new approaches to work within the department.

Your daily responsibilities include:

• Perform data analysis including performing quality testing and validating data ingestion
• Assist the teams in analyzing business processes impacted by new systems or system enhancements
• Assist in documenting processes, standards and procedures
• Assist in developing training materials including how to videos for the services and asset management practices
• Support continuous improvement activities that expand and enhance the use of end user technology platform capabilities across the organization
• Assist the teams in troubleshooting system health
• Assist the team in developing simple request workflows

We're looking for someone who can:

• Think strategically when reviewing business needs
• Analyze and demonstrate critical thinking to understand business processes at an enterprise level
• Demonstrate self-motivation by creating and executing plans
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with team member

Learn more: Hear from past co-op students on what it’s like to work here.

Your background and experience    

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and majoring in either Business Administration with an interest in Technology or Technology programs with interest in Business Administration
• Demonstrated interest or aptitude in technology is required
• An eagerness to learn, try new things out and bring curiosity to the role
• Previous co-op or work experience in an office environment is an asset
• Previous exposure to research or analyst experiences are nice to have

Important to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada
• Confirm you’re a registered student at a post-secondary institution and participating in a work integrated learning program

WorkSafeBC’s COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the “Policy”) is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders.  We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who are we?

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries and diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Our Benefits

As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work - and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• 4% in lieu of benefits
• 4% in lieu of vacation

Salary: $25.28/hourly

Learn more: Discover who we are.

Want to apply?

• A cover letter, resume and transcript are required.
• Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
• Submit all documents in one file (either Word or PDF files).
• We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.