Grant Advisor

Role Responsibilities

The Grant Advisor is responsible for the ongoing delivery and compliance management of the Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) and the Local Government Fiscal Framework - Operating (LGFF-O) to Alberta municipalities and Metis settlements. Ongoing responsibilities include the interpretation of program funding agreements, legislation, regulations, and guidelines, and providing policy input from a grant processing perspective to department staff and partners to inform program development and changes.
 

• Administer municipal grant programs, with a primary focus on the Alberta Community Partnership program, ensuring efficient and compliant program delivery.
• Provide expert advice to municipalities, provincial government, and public stakeholders on grant eligibility, compliance, program effectiveness, and issue resolution.
• Lead and coordinate responses to Ministerial Action Requests, Information Requests, and media inquiries regarding municipal grant funding.
• Identify and resolve complex grant processing and program issues, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to address competing interests and mitigate potential political impacts.
• Offer leadership, guidance, and training to municipalities, Metis settlements, municipal associations, industry representatives, department staff, and senior management involved in grant program delivery and municipal funding.

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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.
 

• Systems Thinking – Considers the whole system and recognizes the linkages within the planning and reporting processes, and the impacts of each decision on the boarder system. Sets goals within the context of long-term outcomes and broad perspectives. This is particularly important in developing documents such as the strategic and business plans, where knowledge of how our desired outcomes, objectives, actions, challenges and opportunities intersect is important.
• Agility – Proactively seeks out new opportunities for improvements, takes initiative and is resourceful in coordinating the resources needed, adapts to unforeseen circumstances, and displays a positive attitude toward the work and teammates.
• Drive for Results – Actively set goals and work collaboratively to anticipate potential issues. Supports team members to ensure that goals and objectives are collectively achieved. Knows what outcomes are important and maximizes resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organizations, while maintaining accountability.
• Develop Networks – Proactively builds networks, establishes credibility and builds trust with different stakeholders. Seeks to understand the perspectives in collaborating with stakeholders and, utilizes network to articulate and achieve ministry outcomes.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Qualifications

Required: A degree in a related field such as Public Administration, Planning, Political Science, or English, plus four years of related work experience in government or a field related to one of the above degrees, or a certificate in Local Government or equivalent and four years' related work experience in government or a field related to one of the above degrees.

Equivalencies:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

Assets:

• Grant program administration, including policies, procedures, and program requirements
• Municipal operations and administration, including infrastructure and grant management practices
• Finance, financial statements, and budgets
• IT systems, such as those used to administer grant programs, including supporting development of business requirements, testing and implementation
• Grant agreements
• Alberta Growth Management Boards
• Capital Plans and Asset Management
• Legislation and regulations administered (Municipal Government Act, Government Organization Act, Ministerial Grants Regulation)
• Consultation processes and effective communication

Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership skills, including team building, motivating, and influencing
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Well developed organizational skills for both time and task management
• Ability to assess risks
• Analytical and evaluation skills in relation to assessing grant applications and reporting
• Excellent interpersonal skills for extensive interaction with clients
• Highly developed decision-making capabilities
• Ability to manage change
• Research abilities
• Judgement and problem-solving to anticipate issues and develop a position independently or leading a team
• Developed investigative skills to ensure accountable use of funding
• Negotiation skills 
• Daily use of computer systems and office software including Action Request Tracking System (ARTS), Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and databases

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

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

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 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.

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 has 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
• 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