Manager, Health Economics

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Health Economics and Funding, the Manager, Health Economics will provide leadership in the application of economics to the development of health strategies, policies and programs to promote economic efficiency and effectiveness of the health system; and to enhance the system's ability to forecast fiscal resource requirements and to assess fiscal sustainability.

Major job duties include leading, directing and monitoring the design, conduct and management of health economics analysis and research based upon acquired knowledge of methodologies and data. Innovation is often required to develop new approaches to ensure sound and relevant analysis. Results orientation is critical to ensure that outcomes are appropriate to business needs. Teamwork is often essential for ensuring results are produced in a timely and resource efficient manner.

Specific duties include:

• Reviewing and summarizing applied and academic literature
• Recommending methodological approaches to support Ministerial initiatives;
• Project management including developing project tasks and timelines, defining project scope, assigning tasks; monitoring progress and developing contingency plans if required;
• Performing and/or overseeing statistical and economic analysis of data including development and simulation of economic models;
• Assisting in formulating recommendations stemming from the analysis; and;
• Reviewing analysis and providing feedback/guidance to staff

The Manager must be able to analyze complex issues from an economic and financial perspective, including the identification and quantification of options. The role requires excellent economic and model building skills including proficiency in developing, quantifying and simulating different types of economic, financial and mathematical models.

One of the challenges for this position is to ensure rigor and appropriate analysis of data in projects to inform the development of recommendations on health system financial measurement, indicator development on policy options related to shifting funding or resource allocation. The scope of recommendation can be large (e.g. related to impacts to mode of healthcare funding and delivery) and can represent a shift from previous programs, health service delivery models, etc. The Manager must appropriately interpret results from quantitative (financial, economic, statistical) analysis and relate them to tangible and actionable policy options for the Ministry.

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

Our ideal candidate is someone who demonstrates the following competencies:

Drive for Results: The ability to proactively address challenges and offer solutions to complex involving trends, policies and issues is critical for success.

Systems Thinking: Ability to work with a wide variety of inputs and must also integrate leading practice and emerging trends to develop recommendations that are relevant for Alberta.

Creative Problem Solving: The Manager must be able to break down complex problems, generate ideas to solve the problem and evaluating those ideas to find the most effective solutions.

Agility: The Manager must be adaptable to changing environment and be able to take initiative to change. They must thrive in an environment where an unexpected political decision can entirely change the course of work and volume of work on very short notice.

Build Collaborative Environments: The Manager must be in regular engagement with different areas within the department as well as across ministries.

Qualifications

University graduation in Economics, Health Economics or Statistics/Mathematics, plus a minimum of progressively five (5) years of responsible management experience including proven capacity to work effectively with senior management

Equivalency: Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

Required experience:

• Experience in economics, health economics, statistics and financial modeling techniques and practices.
• Experience in economic modeling including thorough knowledge of economic and statistical modeling approaches.
• Extensive knowledge of statistical and econometric methods and analysis including multivariate regressions, linear modeling, time series analysis, among other models.
• Solid understanding of Alberta's regional health authority structures and related organizations involved in the management and delivery of health services.
• Experience developing business plan goals, corporate priorities, issues, programs, resources and frameworks.
• Good understanding of applicable legislation and regulations (e.g. Health Care Insurance Act; Health Information Act, etc).
• Demonstrated experience in successfully leading people or complex initiatives using highly collaborative approaches to achieve outcomes.
• Leadership and project management experience.

The following is considered an asset: 

• Experience in formulating recommendations stemming from the analysis, reviewing analysis and providing direction/guidance to staff.
• Experience in leading and managing resources and projects including developing project tasks, timelines and scope.
• Masters or PhD degree in Economics, Health Economics or Statistics/Mathematics.

A cover letter outlining how your experience relates to the qualifications of this role is required.

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 will be used to staff one (1) full-time permanent position.

Hours of Work
7.25 hours daily/ 36.25 hours weekly, Monday to Friday

Location:
ATB Place North, Edmonton, Alberta. This position requires working from the office with an option to qualify for a hybrid work arrangement (in accordance with GOA policy).

Other information:

• This position maybe used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary.
• Top candidates will be required to undergo security screening.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part time or full time.

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
  • 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 - support-directive">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