Manager, Community Recovery Services South and Central

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Community Recovery Service (CRS), the Manager, Community Recovery Services South and Central  leads the initiation, coordination, and administration of Hazard Assistance and Resilience Programs (HARPS), legacy Disaster Recovery Programs and Municipal Wildfire Assistance Programs, and other conditional grant agreements targeted to response and recovery costs of local authorities, small business, and residential applicants. In this position you will manage the planning, operations, and reporting of a team that includes Engineers, Evaluators, Team Leads, Case Managers, and File Review Specialists adjusting resources as needed to achieve business goals and priorities. You will also ensure that consolidated reports and updates are provided to the Director, CRS, to inform branch planning and priorities. This position is responsible for procurement and management of third-party contractors, which assess damaged infrastructure in order to meet the Safety Standard and Legal requirements of the above-mentioned guidelines.

This position also ensures that advice, information, and recommendations related to funding requests, and municipal projects are provided to Managing Director, Deputy Minister, and Minister to inform decision-making and broader disaster recovery planning and transformation.

The main responsibilities of this position are, but not limited to:

• Manage implementation and administration of HARPs, including financial payments and assessment of damages, in line with provincial and federal legislation, guidelines, and agreements.
  Provide a one-window approach to recovery services (funding and advice) to applicants (Local Authorities, Small Businesses, and Individual Albertans) recovering from disaster from initiation to closure and provide support to other parts of AEMA during activations.
• Collaborate with other CRS Managers and Director, and across the Recovery Branch, to strategically lead resolution of program administration challenges and operations in line with AEMA, department and GoA policies, priorities, and programs.
• Manage the procurement of third-party contractors.
• HARPs are managed as per the DRR (Disaster Recovery Regulations), the Disaster Assistance Directives (DAD), and the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA). DRPs are administered under the Disaster Assistance Guidelines. 

 
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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.

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: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

Drive for Results: Providing leadership, direction, coordination and management of Business Operational Supports activities and the outcomes of projects.

Build Collaborative Environments: Responsible for providing strategic and operational planning support and project management, ensuring there is collaboration and alignment across the Branch and with other partners in the Ministry as a whole.

Systems Thinking:  Analysis in this role requires examining alignment to ministry and Government priorities; analyzing potential short-, medium- and long-term impacts of potential program needs; and supporting operational needs and the needs of stakeholders.

Develop Self and Others: Fostering their own growth and the growth of others to adapt, keep knowledge and skills current and stay ahead of new developments.

Creative Problem Solving: Ability to identify issues and trends affecting recovery to determine potential impacts and provide creative options and recommendations to senior and executive leaders.

Qualifications

Required:  University degree in Business Management, Emergency Management, Finance, Public Administration or related PLUS 4 years of related experience  ; or equivalent as described.

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
For Example:

• Related 1 year certificate PLUS a minimum 7 years of experience;
• Related 2-year diploma PLUS a minimum 6 years of experience;
• Related minimum 8 years of experience

The successful candidate MUST also have:

• Demonstrated formal leadership experience, including two years in a supervisory role.
• Class 5 drivers license and ability to provide clear driver abstract.
• Ability to travel with short notice for extended periods of time (i.e. be deployed to support an incident).
• Ability to work non-standard hours with short notice for extended periods of time (i.e. weekends, evenings, nights, holidays etc. at time of incident).
• Ability to travel monthly, or near monthly, to the Calgary office to provide in-person supervision and support to team members based there.

Qualifications Con't

Assets:

• Experience working with a variety of stakeholders, including local authorities, and building effective relationships.
• Experience with staff development and coaching.
• Experience delivering projects and programs related to emergency management.
• Superior communication skills, written and verbal including presenting to senior administration.
• Experience in the use of information and communication technology in emergency management for communication, database management, analysis, and reporting purposes.
• Financial experience, including the administration of government grants and knowledge of audit processes.
• Knowledge of the Procurement process, and contract auditing processes.
• Knowledge of government/municipal policy development and approval processes and procedures.
• Experience in construction, which supports understanding of the types of projects under review and consideration for payment.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering reports, scopes of work, construction contracts, and progress reports

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

Term of Employment: Permanent Full-time position

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Location: Edmonton, with consideration for Calgary.

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.

You will be required to travel and participate in external engagements with local authorities.

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
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca
• 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