Director, Resource Policy Innovation

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, Resource Development Policy, the Director, Resource Policy Innovation leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing and advancing strategic policy initiatives that support responsible resource development across Alberta's energy and mineral sectors. This role plays a key leadership function within the ministry, contributing to policy development, stakeholder engagement, and cross-government collaboration.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the development, evaluation, and implementation of strategic policy initiatives, such as the Mature Asset Strategy, affecting Alberta's energy and mineral sectors.
• Providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior executives and ministry leadership, on complex and often sensitive policy issues.
• Lead the development of comprehensive policy advice, recommendations, and legislation within the Energy Policy Division, including strategic approaches that respond to changing priorities.
• Leading the preparation and coordination of briefing materials, policy documents, reports, presentations, legislative initiatives, and Cabinet decision-making processes.
• Directing issues management activities and providing leadership in responding to emerging policy, stakeholder, and operational challenges.
• Build and strengthen collaborative relationships across government and with external stakeholders, bringing together diverse expertise and perspectives to advance complex files and ministry objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop managers and staff, fostering collaboration, leadership development, knowledge transfer, and an adaptable environment that supports professional success.
• Manage fiscal and human resources and represent the Executive Director on external boards and committees and the Division on departmental committees, as required.

This position requires strong strategic thinking, exceptional judgment, political acuity, and the ability to achieve results in a dynamic environment characterized by complex issues, competing priorities, and evolving stakeholder interests.

The Job Description is provided for further details on 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.

• Systems Thinking: Integrates the broader social, economic, environmental, political and organizational context into planning and policy development, anticipates implications, and aligns work with government priorities.
• Agility: Adapts plans and practices as priorities and information evolve, remains effective under pressure, and supports the team through change and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Identifies and removes barriers to achieving outcomes, anticipates challenges, upholds principles, and aligns solutions with the broader organizational mission.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Builds trust, facilitates communication and collaboration across organizational boundaries, and anticipates and addresses barriers or conflict.
• Develop Networks: Builds and sustains productive relationships with the people and organizations needed to advance priorities, ensuring diverse needs and perspectives are heard and understood.

Qualifications

Required:

A university degree in public policy, public administration, political science, economics, business, law, environmental studies, engineering, natural resources management, or a related discipline, plus a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience.

Related education combined with directly relevant experience may be considered on a one-for-one basis.

Assets:

• Experience related to Alberta's energy, minerals, mining, electricity, or broader natural resource sectors.
• Significant leadership experience in policy development, strategic planning, program management, or a related field.
• Experience leading teams and managing organizational performance in a complex environment.
• Experience providing strategic advice to senior executives and decision-makers.
• Experience working collaboratively across organizations and building productive stakeholder relationships.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

For application consideration, you must attach a cover letter outlining your qualification and suitability for this role. Please clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with this position.

Term of Employment: This is a full-time permanent position.

Hours of Work:

• Monday to Friday, 8:15am – 4:30pm
• 36.25 hours per week

Location: 9945 108 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 2G6

Final candidates will be required to undergo a criminal records check (CRC).

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.

Successful candidates will be required to disclose any business or financial interests, including the owning of shares or financial investments in the energy sector, to comply with the Department of Energy & Minerals’ Supplementary Code of Conduct.

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• Working for the Alberta Public Service. 
• Management Employee Pension Plan (MEPP). 
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information. 
• Professional learning and development. 
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.