Senior Program Advisor

Role Responsibilities

Operating within the Primary Care System Oversight Branch of the Primary and Preventative Health Care Division, the Senior Program Advisor position plays a pivotal role in informing strategic decisions by developing evaluation frameworks, performance monitoring systems, and evidence-based recommendations for senior Ministry leadership and the Deputy Minister. The Senior Program Advisor is a subject matter expert responsible for guiding the design, implementation, and continuous refinement of performance measurement and evaluation in support of high-profile initiatives, such as Modernizing Alberta’s Primary Health Care System (MAPS) and System Refocusing initiatives.

The incumbent is relied upon to work independently and demonstrate strong political acumen, systems thinking, and a commitment to fostering a culture of evidence-informed practice. The incumbent must demonstrate expertise in selecting meaningful indicators, designing robust methodologies, and translating complex data into actionable recommendations.

Primary responsibilities of the role include:

• Leading and coordinating the development and implementation of evaluation frameworks, reporting on the performance of the MAPS initiative, and the primary health care system in Alberta
• Maintaining a leadership role in issues related to performance measurement, monitoring, and evaluation
• Leading the completion of responses to Action Requests, briefings, information requests and participating in branch planning and reporting

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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.

Systems Thinking: Integrates broader context into planning; Primary health is connected with the rest of the health system as well as the other sectors including education and social services.

Develop Networks: Makes working with a wide range of parties an imperative; The Advisor is responsible to work with stakeholders both internally and externally in order to inform and align work across the division.

Creative Problem Solving: Works in open teams to share ideas and process issues; The Advisor is expected to access resources and information from other areas, synthesize it, and use it to generate options in alignment with the overall goals and objectives for primary and community healthcare in Alberta.

Agility: Proactively incorporates change into processes; The Advisor must consistently approach new projects and pieces of work with creatives and use these opportunities to improve the current knowledge and strategies towards achieving the overall ministry goals.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• University graduation in Public Administration, Public Health, Social Science (or a related field) plus 4 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.
  • 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.

Assets

• Proficiency with Excel, SAS, and other statistical programs
• In-depth knowledge of the Alberta health system, current primary health care policy direction, trends, and strategies
• Project management experience, including stakeholder engagement and participation on working groups and committees
• Awareness of theory and practice of quantitative and qualitative system analysis techniques
• Knowledge of government and ministry human and financial management processes, contract management, policy planning and research policies, processes, and standards

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 position may be used to fill future permanent or temporary vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary.

These positions are located in downtown Edmonton.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

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

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.