Planning and Reporting Advisor

Role Responsibilities

Note: This position requires experience and/or education in corporate strategic planning, business planning and performance reporting.

The Corporate Planning and Reporting team is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Planning and Reporting Advisor to join the Corporate and Capital Planning branch. This role, reporting to the Manager, Planning and Reporting, provides expertise and support in all phases of provincial health agencies’ planning and performance reporting processes and products, including, health plans, business plans, operational plans, bi-annual performance reports, and annual reports. This position works within established frameworks, standards, and timelines to ensure an integrated approach within Primary and Preventative Health Services and consistency of information to meet legislated and policy requirements.

The Planning and Reporting Advisor uses strategic planning and project management expertise to coordinate and complete projects involving the Minister, Deputy Minister, Senior/Executive Management Team members, and other senior department staff. The Advisor leads in developing a variety of written materials to support decision making, as well as preparing recommendations for the approval of planning and reporting documents via briefings and written responses through Action Requests.

Responsibilities:

Some of the responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the development of planning and performance reporting accountability frameworks for provincial health agencies for which the Ministers of Primary and Preventative Health Services and Hospital and Surgical Health Services are responsible.
• Lead departmental reviews of planning and reporting deliverables of the provincial health agencies.
• Lead or support collaborative development of standards and guides to communicate Ministry guidelines on planning and reporting products to provincial health agencies.
• Conduct evaluation of accountability frameworks, planning and performance reporting products, and processes to support continual improvement of the strategic planning process.
• Support the development of the Ministries’ Senior Executive Members performance agreements that reflect relevant government priorities and expectations.
• Support the development of Ministries’ corporate planning and reporting deliverables and enterprise risk management reports.
• Lead the development of a variety of briefings and reports to provide advice to senior management and support decision making.
• Support the CPR unit's management team to accomplish operational objectives and 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.

• Systems Thinking - The position requires broad understanding of the health system, heath trends, corporate planning and performance reporting frameworks and standards, government planning and reporting processes, and the intersections between ministries, provincial health agencies, and other key stakeholders.
• Creative Problem Solving - Position will encounter questions and situations without precedence in previous projects. The ability to analyze and adapt to questions, processes and policy changes is required.
• Build Collaborative Environments - The position requires daily interaction with multiple stakeholders to exchange information on urgent issues. Relationships and collaboration will be key to the success of this position.
• Agility - The position will encounter continually changing and new deliverables, deadlines and processes. The ability to manage change, make decision and take action in uncertain situations is required.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

University graduation in a related field (e.g., public administration, business, economics, communication, etc.) plus four (4) years progressively responsible related experience.

Required:

Experience and/or a combination of education and experience in strategic planning, business planning, health care planning, performance measurement, operational planning, and performance and accountability frameworks. Exceptional writing and editing skills are also required.

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.

Assets: The following assets will be considered

• Experience in public accountability reporting and/or the Government of Alberta business planning and reporting processes, timelines, and standards.
• Knowledge of theories and approaches related to strategic, business, and operational planning, performance reporting, and performance measurement.
• Experience in project management.
• High-level of awareness of current affairs and issues facing the Government of Alberta and the ministry.

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 is a full-time position working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

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.

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

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary. This competition may be used to fill future roles at the same or lower classifications.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or relocation 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.
• 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.