Manager, Indigenous Legislation & Strategic Planning

Role Responsibilities

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for legislative development and Indigenous health policy? Alberta Health’s Indigenous Policy and Planning Branch is seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to manage its policy and legislative planning, review, and development processes. In this impactful role, you will lead legislative initiatives that support health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples and communities across Alberta.

The job responsibilities include:
•    Lead the policy and legislative planning processes for the Indigenous Policy and Planning Branch, ensuring alignment with ministry goals and government priorities.
•    Develop legislative options and strategies that achieve policy objectives, identifying the most appropriate legislative or non-legislative tools for implementation.
•    Ensure proposed legislation reflects policy direction, political considerations, and operational requirements of affected program areas.
•    Collaborate with Alberta Health’s Policy Integration and Legislative Services team to align Indigenous health initiatives with legislative strategy.
•    Manage the end-to-end legislative process, including internal and external approvals, document drafting, and stakeholder coordination.
•    Conduct and lead cross-jurisdictional research and data analysis to support informed decision-making.
•    Identify alternative policy mechanisms such as communication strategies or educational campaigns when legislation is not the optimal path.
•    Provide strategic legislative and policy advice to program areas and ministry leadership, including developing briefings, speaking notes, and high-level recommendations.
•    Maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across all levels of government, as well as Indigenous communities and organizations.
•    Oversee information and data management, ensuring legislative documentation meets ministry standards.
•    Supervise and mentor the Indigenous Legislative Analyst team, providing coaching, professional development, and performance management.
•    Support the Director in the strategic oversight of the Legislative Services Unit, including planning, reporting, and acting on their behalf when needed.
•    Monitor developments related to the Indigenous Modernization of Alberta’s Primary Health Care System (MAPS) and ensure legislative alignment.

Please click on this link 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

•    Creative Problem Solving: Work with cross-functional groups to share ideas, explore new approaches, and process issues in an inclusive and respectful way. Collaborate openly and bring together the right people to work through challenges and encourage creative input from all team members. By using diverse problem-solving techniques, break down complex issues and drive innovation through new and improved ways of doing things.

•    Develop Networks: Ability to interact positively, build relationships and work effectively with others. Expands network with various stakeholders, maintaining relationships and getting to know key parties.

•    Build Collaborative Environments: Demonstrates the ability to go above and beyond building strong relationships with key stakeholders from property managers to infrastructure contacts. Can form relationships of trust with site contacts and have open conversation about requests, needs, plans, projects, and initiatives. Builds a bridge between Infrastructure and site contacts encouraging collaboration while still respecting decision-making boundaries.

•    Agility: Ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner and contribute to the organizational goals. Ability to communicate change to others in a tactful fashion and provide supports for change management. Takes action to identify alternatives, backup plans and ensure that related responsibilities are attended to, even in their own absence.

•    Drive for Results: Sets and accomplishes goals and priorities. Factors in the complexity of issues, and strategically aligns decisions and plans based on values, outcomes, and broader organizational needs.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standards
University graduation in health or social sciences, indigenous relations and/or political science, supplemented by four years related experience.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: 
1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or 
1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

The following experience is required: 
•    Understanding of the Alberta health system and current challenges, strategic initiatives intended to renew and reform the health system and addressing the health program and service needs of Indigenous Albertans in particular.
•    Understanding of Indigenous health issues and their implications for Alberta.
•    Understanding of the Indigenous policies and priorities of the GoA (e.g., in response to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action) and awareness of the policy priorities and concerns of the Indigenous community.
•    Knowledge of the Constitution Acts (1867 and 1982), the Indian Act, the Canada Health Act, the Canada Health Transfer and relevant Alberta legislation, and their implications on program and service delivery within the Alberta health system.
•    Knowledge of different types of research methods, approaches, and various research platforms.
•    Understanding of governmental policy development processes and procedures and relevant health legislation and regulations.
•    Office software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.

The following experience is considered as assets:
•    Experience working or volunteering in the health system and/ or Indigenous communities.

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.

Notes

This is a full-time position working 36.25 hours per week. 

If a security screening is required:
•    Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
•    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.

A cover letter outlining how your experience relates to the qualifications of this role is required.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time, or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

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. 

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
•    Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.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
•    Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
•    Leadership and mentorship programs