Manager, Partnerships

Role Responsibilities

The Partnerships, Planning and Integration Branch in the Primary Care and Rural Health Division leads a team dedicated to ensuring primary health care perspectives are included in Ministry or government-wide initiatives that require extensive collaboration to achieve improved health outcomes.

The Manager, Partnerships, proactively identifies, manages, monitors, and develops solutions for diverse issues encountered by their organizational unit, providing synthesized analysis and updates to the Director and the branch leadership  team. They also lead the development of standard work processes to ensure the Branch's efficiency and effectiveness.

To be successful in this role, you will have to provide leadership and expertise in program administration to achieve Alberta Health’s priorities, including components of the Modernizing Alberta’s Primary Health Care System (MAPS) Strategic Advisory report. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders, external partners, and executive and senior management within Primary and Preventative Health Services, Primary Care Alberta, and other Government of Alberta ministries to provide advice and oversight in monitoring and evaluating programs and grants, negotiating solutions, and ensuring program and grant opportunities are aligned with community needs. Exercising managerial duties and responsibilities over program services and administrative staff to ensure the organizational unit’s activities support Primary and Preventative Health Services’ priorities, and overseeing the allocation, assignment, and integration of Ministry resources that impact not only the Ministry, but other government and external stakeholders as well.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the administration, monitoring, and evaluation of existing programs and grants to ensure alignment with Primary and Preventative Health Services’ strategic directions for primary health care, including MAPS strategic outcomes.
• Manage and lead an organizational unit of program services and administrative staff by ensuring strong project management processes are in place and that the quality of work is performed and in alignment with Primary and Preventative Health Services' priorities, timelines, and government commitments.
• Be an effective member of the management team, responsible for branch decision-making, identification of issues and developing integrated solutions to support the achievement of the Ministry primary health care objectives. 
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external partners, ensuring that programs are developed in collaboration with key stakeholders, and that existing and new programs are supported to successfully meet their objectives.
  To resolve challenges, the Manager must consider the overarching priorities, accountability frameworks, and policies/standards governing primary health care programs and grants. Solutions often require innovative approaches to enhance program monitoring or ensure grant compliance, while other situations may call for clarification of existing processes or the provision of targeted support (e.g., financial reporting improvements or adjustments to performance metrics). 

Role Responsibilities Cont.

To resolve challenges, the Manager must consider the overarching priorities, accountability frameworks, and policies/standards governing primary health care programs and grants. Solutions often require innovative approaches to enhance program monitoring or ensure grant compliance, while other situations may call for clarification of existing processes or the provision of targeted support (e.g., financial reporting improvements or adjustments to performance metrics).

Externally, this position has a direct impact on the ongoing administration and oversight of primary care programs to ensure they are fiscally responsible and accountable within the primary health care system in Alberta. Internally, this position impacts the ongoing implementation, monitoring and reporting of primary health care programs, processes, and operations. The Manager collaborates with other managers across the Division and Department to address barriers and develop practical solutions that enhance program effectiveness and financial accountability. When additional support is required, the Manager consults with the Director to ensure that complex issues are addressed appropriately, and outcomes align with Primary and Preventative Health Services' priorities and operational goals.

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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: Identifies and manages required change and the associated risk; anticipates and mitigates obstacles and the emotions of others while supporting others to do the same and takes action in uncertain situations.
• Systems Thinking: Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them. Plan and develop provincial strategies in the context of the Ministry Business Plan and other department business plans, the environmental public health mandate, health needs of Albertans and health system delivery needs.
• Drive for Results: Works to remove barriers to outcomes, sticking to principles; forecasts and proactively address problems and challenges directly.
• Develop Self and Others: Encourages development and integration of emerging methods. Encourages staff to learn about other methodology and promotes continuous learning.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standard:
University graduation in a related field (Public Health, Health Administration, Business Administration, Public Policy, Health Care), supplemented by three years related experience. A Master’s degree in a related field is preferred. Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.  

Assets:

• Demonstrated experience in supervising and managing teams of diverse, skilled individuals.
• Business planning, project management and program development expertise to lead the operational requirements of funded primary health care organizations and other grants.
• Program development, evaluation and administration expertise.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Advanced interpersonal and conflict resolution skills to guide, facilitate, and resolve conflicts.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
• Sound problem solving, analytical and planning skills to address complex problems.
• Well-developed critical and creative thinking, strategic planning, policy development and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability in developing relationships and partnerships, and facilitating consensus building, leading working groups, and working collaboratively in team-based environments as well as independently.
• Excellent coordination skills to concurrently manage and resolve multiple issues at any one time while meeting timelines. 

Preference will be provided to candidates with a background covering a wide range of diverse fields of interest, strong inter-departmental connections, and demonstrated communications, organizational abilities, stakeholder engagement, and relationship building skills.

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 are Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week (full-time).

Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter that demonstrates how you meet the educational and experience requirements, along with examples to demonstrate competencies, as noted above.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience.

The final candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment checks (Reference check/Criminal record and/or academic).

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.
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca.
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits. 
• 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.