AISH Supervisor

Role Responsibilities

Are you passionate about providing regulatory consultation and supporting staff in delivering vital services to Albertans with permanent disabilities? If so, we invite you to bring your leadership and expertise to the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program as a supervisor.

As a supervisor, you are a proactive leader responsible for offering guidance, support, and consultation to AISH Generalist staff. You will ensure that the AISH program is delivered in alignment with current legislation, guidelines, and policies.

Responsibilities Include:
-    As the Supervisor, you will maintain overall responsibility for the delivery of the AISH program. 
-    You will provide leadership, direction, guidance, and consultation to a team of AISH Generalists to ensure that program benefits, information, problem resolution, and inquiry services are delivered to Albertans in accordance with departmental policies, procedures, accepted practices, and applicable legislation.
-    You will be responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and guiding staff performance to ensure the highest standards of service are met. 
-    A strong focus will be placed on maintaining accountability, improving outcomes, and ensuring that services are delivered to Albertans in an efficient, effective, and compassionate manner.
-    Strong problem-solving skills are essential for this role. Success in this position requires the ability to demonstrate flexibility, collaborate effectively, and manage time and priorities efficiently.

Please click on this link JR81219 AISH Supervisor JD to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

As the AISH supervisor, in addition to your education and experience, you will demonstrate well-honed competencies in the following areas:

-    Systems Thinking: to identify emerging issues, challenges, and opportunities, provide options for resolution and develop recommendations to prevent or mitigate legal or political risk associated with consultation initiatives. 
-    Build Collaborative Environments: Teamwork-oriented to collaborate with ministry staff to plan, implement and assess specific programs to ensure the delivery of an integrated consultation program across the province. 
-    Drive for Results: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders. 
-    Develop Networks: Proactively develop and maintain effective partnerships with multiple stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of diverse interests when supporting the engagement of Indigenous communities and the achievement of collaborative outcomes. 
-    Agility: anticipate and adapt by focusing on long-term goals, changing the way we approach situations, using new ideas and solutions to achieve results

Qualifications

Requirements:
University graduation in Social Work plus one year progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Equivalency:
Directly related education or experience considered based on: · 
-    Master of Social Work and some related experience · 
-    Related university degree and 3 years related experience 
-    Related Diploma and 4 years related experience 
-    Related certificate and 5 years related experience

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards

Assets 
-    An in-depth knowledge of all applicable legislation, regulations, policies criteria guidelines, processes and procedures, and master agreement. 
-    Demonstrates excellent leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
-    Previous Supervisory experience in a related field.

Notes

Hours of work are 36.25 weekly, Monday to Friday.This competition is used to fill one full-time Temporary position in central region (Wetaskiwin, Camrose, Lloydminster, Rocky Mountain House, Drayton Valley, Drumheller, and Red Deer).

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening. A Criminal Record Check will only need to be provided upon request.  Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate.  Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

•    Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
•    Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
•    Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
•    Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
•    Leadership and mentorship programs.