Manager, Compassionate Intervention

Role Responsibilities

The Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is seeking a strategic and collaborative leader to serve as Manager, Compassionate Intervention. This role plays a central part in the development of provincial strategies and legislation—particularly the Compassionate Intervention Act—and leads a team of Policy Analysts dedicated to developing and implementing the compassionate intervention legislation and program.

Reporting to the Director, Compassionate Intervention, the Manager works closely with cross-ministry partners, external stakeholders, and executive leadership to advance system-level change and legislative priorities.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Advisory Services: Provide expert advice on policy, legislation, and strategy to internal and external stakeholders, supporting evidence-based decision-making.
•    Project Planning & Initiation: Scope strategic projects, develop project plans, assemble teams, manage resources, and establish communication channels.
•    Project Management: Oversee project implementation, stakeholder engagement, cross-ministry coordination, reporting, and delivery of high-impact policy initiatives.
•    Committee Management: Lead or support multi-stakeholder committees, ensuring alignment with ministry goals and strategy execution.
•    Grant & Contract Management: Guide and oversee compassionate intervention grants and contracts, ensuring alignment with ministry objectives and fiscal accountability.
•    Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships across government and the sector.
•    Team Leadership: Manage a team of Policy Analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and strategic focus.
•    Branch Support: Contribute to branch-wide planning, briefings, and senior leadership support; serve as acting Director when required.

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Qualifications

University graduation in Public Health, Health Care, Public Policy or related field and 4 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

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.

Experience required:
•    Policy and legislation development
•    Leading cross-functional teams and cross-ministry initiatives
•    Leadership 
•    Stakeholder engagement
•    Project Management 

The following will be considered assets:
•    Navigating politically sensitive and complex environments with professionalism, discretion, and insight
•    Grant & Contract Management 
•    Master’s degree

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

Location – Edmonton

This is a temporary full-time position for one year 

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.
•    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.