Director, Corporate Planning

Role Responsibilities

About the Role:

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for advancing strategic planning, emergency management, and performance measurement within an organization?  Do you have experience planning for and leading discussions with executive leaders to help shape the organization’s priorities and deliver on its mandate?  Have you influenced strategic decision making?

If so, the Director, Corporate Planning position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on how the department achieves its mandate and will drive accountability and transparency across our organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister and Senior Financial Officer of Treasury Board and Finance you will be responsible for:

Strategic Planning & Reporting: Lead and direct strategic planning and performance measurement systems, including the preparation of the department’s Business Plan, operational plans, Annual Report and other associated performance reports.
Enterprise Risk Management: Drive risk management and awareness across the organization, ensuring the identification, assessment and proper treatment of risks.
Red Tape Reduction: Integrate red tape reduction initiatives with policy development.
Emergency Response Planning: Ensure preparedness through the development and maintenance of emergency plans, training, and exercises.
Staff Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop staff to achieve performance goals and contribute to a positive, respectful work environment. 
Cultural Champion: Provide horizontal leadership to influence and cultivate an organizational culture reflective of the government’s core values.

If you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding leadership role, we encourage you to apply.

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 

Competencies related to this position:
•    Systems Thinking: integrates in-depth knowledge of underlying issues, the political environment and potential risks when considering possible opportunities or recommendations; anticipates
     outcomes and impacts across interrelated areas and factors this into planning; seeks to understand a range of stakeholder perspectives and relationships; identifies unintended consequences
     and takes a holistic view of challenges and opportunities from multiple perspectives.
•    Build Collaborative Environments: When working on outcomes, involves key stakeholders in the diagnosis of problems and development of solutions, proactively resolves conflict through
     coaching and facilitated discussion and acknowledges and works with diverse perspectives for achieving outcomes.
•    Creative Problem Solving: asks questions to understand the background of a problem or issue, assesses and addresses risks while providing guidance to move new ideas forward, and
     accesses resources, information, and technology to resolve problems and improve performance.
•    Agility: identifies, and supports others to identify, alternative approaches or courses of action in unclear and complex situations; makes decisions and takes action even when there is not
     enough clarity to predict the consequences with certainty.
•    Drive for Results: takes responsibility for outcomes even when not all is under direct control; meets deadlines in difficult and unpredictable circumstances.

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate would typically hold a post-secondary degree in Business Management, Public Administration, Social Sciences or related discipline plus a minimum of 7 years extensive experience in strategic business planning and reporting, performance measurement and enterprise risk management. 

Assets include:
•    Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences.
•    Proven interpersonal, collaborative and negotiation skills that build effective working relationships and build consensus.
•    Strong consultation and facilitation skills that ensure key stakeholders’ diverse perspectives are considered, including adapting and pivoting on the spot to ensure outcomes are achieved.
•    Strategic thinking skills, including the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities, determine their impact on the department and adapt plans accordingly. 
•    Strong analytical skills to synthesize complex issues, recommend effective solutions and develop processes to implement solutions.
•    Experience in project management with the ability to achieve high quality results within specified timelines. 
•    A relevant masters degree, including but not limited to a MBA or MPA/MPP.
•    Proficiency in emergency management or business continuity planning with an accreditation as a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or Associate Business Continuity
     Professional (ABCP).

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

The position will be located in the Terrace Building located at 9515 107 St NW, Edmonton.

This is a full-time permanent position working 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

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. 

What we offer:
•    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 Sector 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 agreements