Director, Policy Coordination and Engagement

Role Responsibilities

The Director, Policy Coordination and Engagement provides strategic leadership and oversight for department policy coordination. Reporting to the Executive Director, the position plays a key role in aligning policy priorities, stakeholder engagement, and executive decision-making to support the delivery of timely, high-quality advice to senior leadership and government.

The Director is responsible for leading the coordination of complex, cross-ministry policy initiatives and overseeing engagement activities that inform policy development and implementation. The Director is required to synthesize policy, legislative, stakeholder, and operational information to provide strategic advice, recommendations, and solutions to senior leadership. The Director must be capable of managing multiple priorities concurrently while maintaining a strategic, ministry-wide perspective.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading and mentoring a multidisciplinary team responsible for policy coordination and stakeholder engagement.
• Overseeing the coordination, integration, tracking, and reporting of ministry policy, legislative, and strategic priorities.
• Providing strategic oversight of ministry-wide consultation and engagement activities, including planning, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Establishing engagement standards, tools, and best practices to support consistent and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Ensuring engagement approaches are aligned with policy and implementation objectives and integrated into decision-making processes..
• Representing the branch or ministry in cross-government forums and senior-level discussions.

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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; plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends. The Director must take into account a wide range of influences including the evolving and often sensitive political environment.
• Agility: Proactively incorporates change into processes. The Director must demonstrate strong leadership and the ability to make quick decisions, demonstrate agility, and provide guidance and direction.
• Develop Networks: Makes working with a wide range of parties an imperative. The Director is required to facilitate collaborative decision-making processes and influence outcomes that are consistent with the Ministry policies and mandate, to help support effective delivery of programs and services.
• Drive for Results: Works to remove barriers to outcomes; forecasts and proactively addresses project challenges. The Director musthave the ability to work intensely to meet deadlines and be resourceful while ensuring deliverables of the unit are high quality.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standards

University graduation in Public Administration (or a related field) plus 7 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.
  
  

Related diploma and minimum of 9 years related experience; related certificate and minimum of 10 years related experience; minimum of 11 years related experience.

Assets

• Graduate level degree in a related field
• Project management experience including with methodologies, frameworks and processes including work breakdown structures, critical path methodologies, and project resource management
• Supervisory and/or management-level leadership experience
• Experience in policy development and integration
• Experience in public engagement design, execution and reporting
• Experience in public communications
• Human resources/labour relations experience
  
  

It is recommended that equivalencies be defined e.g. “related diploma and minimum of 2 years related experience; related certificate and minimum of 3 years related experience; minimum of 4 years related experience.” This information provides clarity to candidates and helps them determine if their qualifications match the requirements for the role and whether or not they should apply.

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

Hours of Work are Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week (full-time).

This position is located full-time from downtown Edmonton.

Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume that demonstrates how you meet the educational and experience requirements, along with examples to demonstrate competencies, as noted above.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. 

The final candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment checks (direct supervisor reference check, Criminal record level one and two, and/or academic verification). 

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.
• 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.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.