Governance Analyst

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Posting Date: May 26, 2025

Location: Edmonton, AB

Company: Government of Alberta

Job Information
Job Title: Governance Analyst 
Job Requisition ID: 69648
Ministry: Seniors, Community and Social Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: June 2, 2025
Classification: Program Services 2
Salary: $2,345.14 to $3,076.28 bi-weekly ($61,208 - $80,290/year)


The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx

Assisted Living and Social Services provides supports for seniors, families, and communities, and helps Albertans access disability services, continuing care, financial supports, affordable housing, services for the homeless, and other social-based programs. The Ministry supports Albertans through a person-centered, integrated service delivery model that recognizes the unique circumstances, experiences and strengths of individuals and families. For more information on the Assisted Living and Social Service Ministry, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/assisted-living-and-social-services

The Strategic Services Division helps define and support the strategic direction of the department. It is responsible for strategic planning, coordinated policy development, informed decision making, intergovernmental relations, and overall improvement of services provided to Albertans. Strategic Services manages the ministry's strategic policy development and policy integration, governance and appeals, intergovernmental relations, research and analysis, quality assurance, continuous improvement, training and evaluation of services provided to Albertans. We also support analytics and data integration for the ministry.

The Strategic Policy, Priority Coordination and Appeals Branch provides leadership and support for policy development across all Ministry areas. It includes three units: Strategic Policy and Priority Initiatives, Appeals Secretariat, and Priority Coordination, Legislation and Agency Governance (PCLAG). 

The PCLAG Unit tracks and coordinates planning around key ministry items and provides governance, policy advice and expertise to support the ministry's agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs). The Agency Oversight Unit (AOU) provides governance expertise and support for the Ministry and Ministry agency secretariats, oversees the public agency recruitment and appointment process, develops and delivers governance orientation and training, facilitates agency assessment, and ensures compliance with the Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act, the Public Agencies Governance Policy (Policy) and serves as the Ministry’s primary contact for the Public Agency Secretariat.  

Location: Ninth floor at 108 Street Building 9942 108 Street in Edmonton.

Role Responsibilities

We are seeking for an independent, resourceful, and results driven professional to join our team as a Governance Analyst. 

Reporting to the Manager, Agency Oversight, the Governance Analyst is responsible for coordinating and supporting the Ministry’s agency recruitment and appointment process, monitoring compliance with the Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act and the Policy, and managing the agency tracking and reporting system.

The Governance Analyst conducts research and provides analysis, prepares briefings, and provides advice, training, and recommendations related to Ministry agencies. This position coordinates governance and recruitment projects, supports effective internal and public communications, and participates on Ministry and cross-ministry committees.

The Governance Analyst provides advice and support to the secretariats. This position also serves as a key liaison with the Public Agency Secretariat to ensure the central coordination of agency appointments and alignment with government-wide obligations and policies. Strong interpersonal, written communication, and relationship-building skills are essential, given the collaborative nature of this position.

Success in this position requires the ability to think strategically and understand how the fine details may have bigger implications and to help navigate complex issues, systems and relationships in a politically sensitive environment. Other abilities such as initiative, systems thinking, engaging others and proactively identifying, troubleshooting and resolving issues are also crucial. 

There is a great deal of discretion and freedom to be innovative in order to achieve the desired results. Within the context of assignments, this position must determine the most appropriate approach and practice to achieve results.
 
Key responsibilities of the Governance Analyst also include:

  • Following best practices in governance including adhering to legislative requirements.
  • Providing advice and guidance on required documentation, including draft Ministerial Orders and Recommendations for Order in Council for appointments, remuneration and agency establishment and disestablishment.
  • Completing regularly scheduled reporting on public agencies (e.g., the disclosure of remuneration paid to public bodies).
  • Managing projects and developing processes and procedures, reports, briefings, action plans, tools, resources, databases and tracking systems.
  • Developing and delivering common Ministry agency governance orientation and training programs. 

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standard:

  • University graduation in a related field (Public Administration and Governance, Public Policy, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Business Analytics, Science, etc.).

 

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. 


Demonstrated experience is required in the following areas:

  • Working effectively with stakeholders and the public sector
  • Effective verbal and written communication
  • Excellent analysis of information
  • Using a wide variety of software and databases, in particular Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and Access.

Preference will be given to individuals with work experience and/or demonstrated knowledge in the following areas:

  • Agencies’ recruitment and appointment process, best practices
  • Public Agencies Governance Policy
  • Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act, Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act, Government Organization Act, Conflicts of Interest Act, FOIP Act, the Financial Administration Act or similar
  • Jurisdictional research and review
  • Applied research methodology and statistics
  • Legislation interpretation, or application
  • Presentation, training or facilitation

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, Monday – Friday

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part time or full time.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening. 

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.

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.

 

To be successful in this role, a candidate will demonstrate:

  • Systems Thinking: You will be able to consider inter-relationships and emerging trends to achieve organizational goals. You will seek insight into the implications of various options, analyze long-term outcomes, remain focused on goals and values, and identify potential unintended consequences.
  • Develop Networks and Build Collaborative Environments: Given the complexity of issues, you will facilitate communication and collaboration across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. You will be able to encourage broad thinking on projects, remove barriers to progress, proactively anticipate and resolve conflict, and recognize others' contributions.
  • Creative Problem-Solving: You will engage available communities and resources to address issues. You will also be able to identify root causes, find ways to improve complex systems, leverage resources from other areas to solve problems, and engage others to generate solutions while managing risks.
  • Drive for Results: You will take and delegate responsibility for outcomes using a variety of resources to monitor performance standards. Goals are aligned with the APS, the Ministry, the department, and individual roles. You will be able to achieve goals and measure results.  
  • Agility: You will anticipate change, adapt quickly, seize opportunities, and make effective decisions in a dynamic environment.

How To Apply
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.

Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.

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)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).

It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

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 require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Nadine Uwimana at Nadine.Uwimana@gov.ab.ca.