Manager, Community Partnerships

Role Responsibilities

The Seniors Strategic Planning Branch (within Seniors Division) promotes programs, policies, and initiatives that address social isolation, elder abuse, older workers, ageism, transportation needs, and aging well in community for older Albertans. The division is also responsible for supporting the development of the community-based seniors-serving sector, administering community grants, fostering collaboration with stakeholders, and providing input on cross-ministry policies and programs to support seniors from a government-wide perspective.

Reporting to the Director, Community Partnerships and Programs, you will lead your team's role in developing and advancing multiple projects and work streams with cross-ministry, inter-provincial, and community-based partners. Through this work, you will help foster social connectedness, civic engagement, and greater system integration across sectors such as health, housing, and disability services.

As the Manager of Community Partnerships, you will collaborate and share information across sector partners and organizations to strengthen outcomes for seniors. As a member of the branch management team, you will contribute to branch planning and reporting, lead unit operations, and work closely with leaders across the branch and division to advance divisional goals and priorities.

Your responsibilities in this role will include, but will not be limited to:
•    Providing leadership for significant provincial program and policy initiatives that support seniors to age well in their communities.
•    Managing a team responsible for fostering community networks, partnering with key stakeholders in the delivery of senior’s services, evaluating reports, developing briefings, and administering grants.
•    Fostering and sustaining a positive work culture for your team and branch.
•    Setting direction, reviewing, and approving a variety of draft documents developed by the team.
•    Presenting integrated updates, briefings, and intelligence, supported by critical analysis, to senior and executive leaders and government officials.
•    Promoting collaboration, linkages, and information sharing across branch units and departments to support effective resource utilization and alignment with Government of Alberta priorities.
•    Participating proactively with Healthy Aging Alberta in the co-development of provincial programs and working strategically to build a cohesive and coordinated community sector.

As our successful candidate, you will have:
•    Excellent writing and communication skills.
•    Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
•    Creative, innovative and flexible solutions-focused thinking.
•    Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships.
•    Demonstrated leadership and team building experience.

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

APS Competencies

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 - Must be able to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience, and work effectively in changing environments.
•    Drive for Results - Sets goals and prioritizes work to accomplish them. Follows through on duties and tasks and reports on progress.
•    Develop Networks - Proactively builds networks, foster connections, and establishes trust in relationships with diverse stakeholders.
•    Systems Thinking - Understands how work contributes to the achievement of departmental goals. Anticipates changes in own area based on activities in other areas.
•    Creative Problem Solving - Have the ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

Qualifications

Required:

•    University graduation (4 years) in a field related to the position assignment, such as Public Administration, Social Sciences, Sociology, Business Administration, Health Sciences, Human Services, or a related discipline, supplemented by four (4) years of related experience in areas such as program or policy planning and development, community engagement, stakeholder relations, project coordination or management, social or government research, grants administration, etc.
•    Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.
•    A cover letter is required along with your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. In your cover letter, please briefly summarize:
        o    How your professional and/or academic background relates to this role, including your direct and transferable expertise and skills,
        o    Your leadership experience, and
        o    Reason(s) for interest in this role.

Preferred:

•    A graduate degree in a related field, especially a master’s degree, is highly preferred.
•    Project Management experience or certification, such as PMP, etc.

Assets:

•    Experience with key trends and issues related to seniors and the aging population across Alberta.
•    Experience working with collective impact models and co-created approaches as paths to achieve common outcomes.
•    Experience in a role that requires political acumen.
•    Experience with strategic and business planning processes.
•    Experience with principles and approaches related to human and financial resource management.
•    Experience with grant and/or contract administration.

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: Monday - Friday, 8:15 am - 4:30 pm (36.25/week)

Positions Currently available: One (1) temporary position is available, up to March 2027.

Location: This opportunity is located at 44 Capital Boulevard building, 1044 108 St., Edmonton.

Final candidates will be asked 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.
•    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.
•    Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - 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.
Leadership and mentorship programs.