Grant Coordinator

Role Responsibilities

Are you passionate about increasing community resilience, protecting public safety and reducing drought and flood impacts? Consider applying to join us as a Grants Coordinator!

Reporting to the Grants and Business Services Manager, you will coordinate and support a variety of the government’s grant management functions, including delivering the Drought and Flood Protection Program (DFPP) and Watershed Restoration and Recovery Program (WRRP), ongoing administration of the Alberta Community Resilience Program (ACRP), Flood Recovery and Erosion Control Program (FREC), and other community mitigation grants. These capital grant programs help Alberta’s municipalities, Improvement Districts, Special Areas, Métis Settlements and First Nations build resilience and protect critical infrastructure from flood and drought impacts.

This position ensures capital grants are managed in compliance with Alberta’s fiscal legislation and policies. Awareness of the Water Act, Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, Public Lands Act, and other relevant legislation enables you to provide the information and support need for provincial and municipal decisions related to infrastructure grant funding, project development and construction. As such, the position is delegated considerable independence to work within the ministry and across ministries and liaises directly with the federal government, municipal governments, First Nations and Indigenous communities to achieve their flood and drought mitigation priorities.

You will need to work independently and develop innovative solutions to complex, often sensitive issues. Success requires maintaining a broad perspective on ministry priorities, long-term impacts, stakeholder needs and evidence-based analysis when advising decision makers. Attention to detail is essential. Ultimately, you will help deliver an integrated, risk-based approach to flood and drought mitigation that strengthens watershed and community resilience.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as the primary contact for grant processes and administration, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and engaged.
• Manage issues related to DFPP, WRRP, ACRP and other provincial and federal flood mitigation grants, providing timely information as needed.
• Communicate and liaise internally and externally to share information, document decisions and maintain accurate records.
• Contribute to the review and prioritization of project funding requests associated with flood and drought mitigation.
• Provide subject matter expertise to support strategic guidance, program criteria and internal decision-making.
• Deliver timely, comprehensive services and information to branch and ministry clients, working independently under general direction and applying discretion in how responsibilities are performed.

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.

• Agility: This position may need to work with the municipality to manage emerging issues, and/or internally identify and communicate to senior management any risks that may have substantial financial implications.
• Drive for Results: This is a fast-paced work, often with urgent turn-around times for Action Requests and information requests. Organized and up-to-date records are essential, as is awareness of the current standing of key projects.
• Creative Problem Solving: Often this position will work directly with municipalities to assess the project issues to determine risks, and to advise the grant recipient. Often, this will have the position working with other teams, departments, or federal counterparts to determine level of risk and potential solutions.
• Develop Networks: This position is administering grants for a portfolio of high-profile projects, often requiring the briefing of and/or meeting with elected officials. To be fully prepared to speak about the project, related projects, and funding available, strong relationships with a broad network of individuals is required, including municipalities and government employees at the federal and provincial level.
• Systems Thinking: When assessing requests for funding or time extensions, and while addressing issues, this position must consider the departments and the Government of Alberta's vision and goals and be strategic while working with the municipal authority.

Qualifications

Required: 

• A university degree in public administration, environmental/biological sciences, business management, water management, communications and/or community development, or other related fields.
• Minimum of 4 years related experience.
• A valid Class 5 Driver’s License. 

Equivalences may be considered: Additional related education considered in lieu of experience on a one-for-one basis.

Assets:

• Experience in grant management, including in community engagement, financial management, project management or technical roles.
• Knowledge of, or work experience associated with, the range of flood recovery programs and initiatives, such as DFPP, WRRP, ACRP, FREC, the Disaster Recovery Program, and among others.
• Familiarity with financial tracking, procurement, contract or grant management, Action Requests and other corporate processes preferably within the Government of Alberta.
• Knowledge of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act; the Water Act; the Public Lands Act, and water management regulations, policies and practices and how they apply to water management infrastructure.

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 competition is for 1 full-time temporary position located in Edmonton. 
• Monday – Friday, 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week.

Any costs associated with obtaining 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.

Instructions for your Resume:

For Employment Experience:

• Please indicate duration of employment (month, year).
• Please specify employment status (i.e. casual, part-time or full-time).
• E.g.: Youth Worker, Jan 2006 - June 2009, Part-time (three, 8 hour shifts/week).

For any Post-Secondary Education:

• Please specify your major and length of program.
• Please specify the year you graduated.
• E.g.: Bachelor of Social Work, 4-year Degree (Graduated 2017).

Links and information on what the GoA have 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.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.