Executive Director, Child Care Administration

Job Information

Job Title:  Executive Director, Child Care Administration

Job Requisition ID:   72242

Ministry:  Education and Childcare

Location:  Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:  Full Time

Hours of Work:  36.25

Regular/Temporary:  Regular

Scope:  Open Competition

Closing Date:  June 25, 2025

Classification:  Executive Manager I

About Us

Alberta Education and Childcare supports children, students, parents, teachers and administrators from childcare and Early Childhood Services through Grade 12.

For further information, visit the ministry website at https: https://www.alberta.ca/education-and-childcare

Role

Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Child Care Delivery, the Executive Director is directly accountable for providing more than $1 billion to child care programs to support families and early childhood educators, playing an instrumental role in advancing Alberta’s child care affordability goals and strengthening accountability across the system. The Executive Director is also responsible for maintaining financial standards set out in legislation and agreements with the federal government for the distribution of child care grant funding, ensuring strong fiscal oversight, timely payments, and streamlined delivery systems.

This position provides leadership and strategic direction to the Child Care Administration Branch across early learning and child care programs, services, initiatives, and projects throughout the province. Through strategic thinking and results orientation, the position develops and implements policies and programs to ensure the business plan goals and objectives are achieved within the branch. The Executive Director role also requires responsiveness to stakeholder inquiries and provides strategic leadership for maintaining partnerships with public and private sector child care programs, partnerships with other ministries, governments, community and contracted provincial/federal associations, academic institutions, and others, all with the aim of engaging communities and individuals to enhance quality child care and positive outcomes for children and families.

Qualifications

As Executive Director, you will bring significant related senior management experience and well-developed financial acumen with demonstrated experience in financial controls, grants, contracts, procurement, and knowledge of using debt instruments. You also have a successful track record of strengthening programs, enhancing controls, and increasing efficiencies within high profile, multi-stakeholder environments. You are known for successfully leading significant change management activities and driving results with and without positional authority. Knowledge of government decision-making processes is advantageous.

Advanced professional judgment is also required given the politically sensitive nature of information dealt with, and the often-conflicting priorities, perspectives, and requirements of partners and stakeholders. Your highly honed political acumen combined with strategic leadership skills, will be critical to your success.

An undergraduate degree is required, ideally supplemented with a CPA or CIA Designation.

Salary

$5,234.94 - $6,879.68 bi-weekly ($136,631 - $179,559 yearly)

Notes

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening. 

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer:

• Compensation Overview – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Pension plans:
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) – https://www.mepp.ca
• Leadership and mentorship programs
• Professional learning and development
• Opportunity to participate in an interim hybrid work schedule (per Alberta Public Service policy) of up to two days working from your home office.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca

Please see the attached position profile for more information on position responsibilities.   Position Profile Link

How to Apply

Click on the “Apply Now” button.  

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Existing employees should access the Career tile in 1GX to submit their application in order to be recognized as an internal applicant.

Once you have created your candidate profile, visit the Alberta Public Service job site to apply for jobs at https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-jobs.aspx

Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.  

Resources for applicants:

https://www.alberta.ca/apply-for-jobs-with-the-alberta-public-service.aspx

https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-hiring-process.aspx

https://alis.alberta.ca/look-for-work/

It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) or from recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information.  

Closing Statement

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.

We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

If you require any further information on this job posting or a copy of the role profile, and/or require a disability related accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Search at psc.executivesearchservices@gov.ab.ca.

If this competition is closed as per the closing date noted above, please continue to check http://www.jobs.alberta.ca for a listing of current career opportunities with the Government of Alberta.