Director, Strategic Engagement

Role Responsibilities

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for shaping the future of energy? We’re looking for a dynamic and experienced Director to lead a team of dedicated professionals in Alberta's Natural Gas Strategy and Engagement (NGSE) branch. If you're ready to drive strategic initiatives, build powerful partnerships, and make a lasting impact on Alberta's energy future, we want to hear from you! 

Reporting to the Executive Director, Natural Gas Strategy and Engagement, this position provides leadership to a team of energy professionals possessing knowledge of Alberta's energy system and the evolving global energy landscape. This unit provides strategic analysis and strategies, stakeholder engagement and co-ordination related to:
 

• Advancing Alberta's energy export infrastructure in collaboration with partner ministries.
• Building strategic alliances with provincial and international stakeholders to share Alberta's leadership in clean energy development, to advance and promote market access for Alberta's products.
• Developing recommendations and plans to enhance emerging low carbon energy economic opportunities.
• Cross-ministry strategic energy projects.

The Director interfaces directly with cross ministry partners, external stakeholders, other governments and investors to build out Alberta's energy products portfolio and ensure market access. The position ensures timely, effective and efficient delivery of core projects and providing oversight for briefings, issue analysis and reporting on strategic projects activities.

The Director is a trusted advisor SAMA's Executive Directors, assuming acting duties within the NGSE branch and potentially providing leadership on strategic priorities from other branches of the SAMA division.  The director will also provide leadership on departmental, cross-ministry and intergovernmental committees as required.  The Director's understanding of Alberta's implementation of key strategic energy initiatives, the province's competitiveness and its evolving energy system and geo-political environment means this position will represent Alberta at Canadian and international energy events as required.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring Alberta's long-term energy future is secure. The work environment is complex, and the position must consider a wide variety of energy and non-energy issues impacting the energy system. 

This position supports the design, development, implementation and longer-term development of strategic energy policy and therein directly contributes to the long-term success of the Department and stewardship of Alberta's resources.

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.
 

• System Thinking: Supports organization vision and goals through strategy.
• Creative Problem Solving: Generates new ways of thinking; ensures right questions are being asked about a problem.
• Agility: Proactively explains impact of change on roles and integrates change in existing work.
• Build Collaborative Environment:  Involves a wide group of stakeholders when working on outcome.

Qualifications

Minimum University graduation in a related field (Economics, Engineering or other related field ), supplemented by seven years progressively responsible experience in leadership and stakeholder engagement.   

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis

The following will be considered assets:
 

• Policy & Strategy Development: Experience and ability to analyze complex issues, develop strategic policies, and implement effective solutions.
• Energy Proficiency: Experience and knowledge in the energy system and comprehensive understanding of government policy interaction on energy business would be an asset.
• Project & Budget Management: Experience managing large-scale projects, budgets, and resources to meet organizational goals.
• Strategic Experience: Experience handling high-profile projects, organizational priorities, or initiatives with significant public impact.  
• Master’s Degree: Preference maybe given to candidates with Master's in related field.

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:

• 36.25 hours per week (full time) Monday to Friday.

Term of Employment:

• This is a full-time permanent position.

Location:

• Petroleum Plaza Building North Tower, Edmonton.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a academic credentials verification and security screening.

This competition maybe used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary.

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.

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 GOA offers:
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Management Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - 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.