Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Role Responsibilities

Would you like to work on a high-impact project with a diverse stakeholder group? 

Are you excited by planning stakeholder engagement and managing projects?

Municipal Affairs is engaging with municipal and industry stakeholders from the energy, forestry, and manufacturing sectors to re-initiate an assessment model review (AMR) and develop long-term plans to ensure the regulated property assessment system is updated. 

The project is expected to span multiple phases over several years. More information is available here: Assessment Model Review engagement | Alberta.ca

Reporting to the Director, Assessment and Property Tax Policy, the Manager, Strategic Initiatives provides leadership and advice on the Assessment Model Review by delivering research, issues management, advice, and stakeholder consultations required to conduct a major review of the regulated industrial property assessment models.

The successful individual will provide leadership, management, innovation and supervision to one of three teams, the Strategic Initiatives team, within the Assessment and Property Tax Policy Unit.

The key responsibilities for this position:

 

• Provides strategic advice including overall project planning and oversight for the Assessment Model Review project, and ensure the project meets agreed upon milestones outcome.
• Leads the development and implementation of stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.
• Coordinates technical review and analysis of regulated assessment model components.
• Contributes to the mandate and goals of the Assessment and Property Tax Policy Unit.
   

Qualifications

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.

A related university degree such as Public Administration, Arts, Political Science, Law, or Business plus a minimum 4 years of progressively responsible related experience is required. 

Equivalencies: Equivalencies may be considered.

Requirements:
 

• Experience in stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in policy review, analysis, and development experience.
• Demonstrated strengths in project planning and management.
• Communication skills to facilitate communicating information to a variety of Stakeholders.

Assets: 

• Knowledge of municipal administration, 
• Knowledge of Alberta's property assessment and tax framework, and 
• Awareness of the Municipal Government Act and associated regulations.
   

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 - Given the sensitive, high profile nature of this initiative, direction may be adjusted from time to time in order to address issues.  Incumbent must able to anticipate and plan for changes, and reset existing project plans to meet the new direction.

Build Collaborative Environment - Works with a variety of internal stakeholders across the department and government to engage municipal and industrial stakeholders on the assessment model review. Implements mechanisms, such as terms of references, to ensure working group teams are successful.

Drive for Results - Develops and monitors projects plans to monitor progress of project deliverables.  In some case the manager may be responsible for deliverables produced by stakeholder committees, technical working groups, or cross-divisional teams where the manager has influence but not direct control over the results.

Systems Thinking - Seeks to understand how other Government of Alberta strategic policy, such as oil and gas development, aligns with issues related to regulated industrial property assessment. Clearly understands competing and differing stakeholder viewpoints on assessment model issues.

Notes

This position may be used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.

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
• 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
• 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