Senior Capital Planner

Role Responsibilities

Assisted Living and Social Services is seeking an experienced professional to lead the province’s capital strategy for continuing care infrastructure.

In this role, you will align demographic trends, service needs and policy objectives with long‑term capital development goals to ensure government capital investment supports expanded and modernized continuing care capacity and responsible stewardship of public funds.

You will develop multi‑year capital infrastructure plans, prioritization sequences and annual budget submissions that align with fiscal frameworks, government priorities, and cross‑ministry planning. You will conduct financial analysis, scenario modeling, and risk assessments to support strategic decision‑making and guide recommendations to senior officials. You will also integrate continuing care capital planning with the housing capital approach and across health ministries to support a seamless continuum of care.

To be successful in this role, you will collaborate extensively with internal partners, other ministries, the provincial health agency, municipalities, providers, and industry organizations to build consensus, coordinate priorities, and operationalize capital plans. You will also supervise and guide specialists and analysts, setting standards and ensuring high‑quality outputs to support capital planning outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation of the province’s long‑term capital strategy for continuing care infrastructure to align with service needs and government priorities.
• Conduct scenario analysis using a dynamic supply and demand model to support senior decision making.
• Develop multi‑year capital roadmaps and prepare annual capital budget submissions for Treasury Borad and Finance.
• Conduct market research and environmental scanning to inform capital planning, grant program design, and prioritization of modernization, replacement, and new continuing care capacity.
• Engage and collaborate with corporate finance, other ministries, the provincial health agency, municipalities, providers, and other stakeholders to align priorities and operationalize capital plans.
• Prepare briefings, reports and deliver presentations to a variety of audiences; distilling complex information down to a concise and understandable format.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

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.

As the Senior Capital Planner, in addition to your education and experience, you will demonstrate well-honed competencies in the following areas:

• Systems Thinking: Integrates broader trends, political context and risks to align capital plans with the continuing care transformation strategy.
• Develop Networks: Creates impactful relationships across ministries, partners, providers, municipalities and industry to ensures diverse needs are understood and represented.
• Agility: Anticipates and adapts to changing priorities; integrates change into plans and practices while maintaining objective under pressure.
• Drive for Results: Forecasts and removes barriers; upholds principles; delivers outcomes on complex, time-bound portfolios.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Facilitates open communication, addresses conflict early, credits contributions and sustains collaboration across functional areas.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements: 

University graduation in a related field (public administration, economics, engineering, planning, or related) plus 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 

Related experience: 

• Extensive experience in capital planning for infrastructure, budgeting and scenario modelling.
• Experience with legislative/statutory requirements relevant to capital planning, program governance and financial acumen.
• Strong grasp of market research and research methods, asset management principles (condition, risk, lifecycle), and cost-benefit analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills for briefings and presentations to effectively convey complex information to senior officials, team members and stakeholders.
• Strong demonstrated collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.

Assets: 

• Experience working in a public sector context.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Experience with continuing care, health or housing related infrastructure planning.
• Advanced strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to address complex planning and capital investment challenges.
• Knowledge of Alberta's continuing care acts, regulations, policies, design and service standards, building codes, and capital planning frameworks.

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.

Position will end on or before March 31, 2028

Application Requirements:

As part of the application process, you are required to:

• Complete all pre-screen questions.
• A cover letter outlining why you are applying to this role and how your experience relates to the qualifications is required.
• Complete any applicable pre-employment documentation requirements.
• In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. For example, January 2006 – June 2009 (part-time). This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Applicants are encouraged to present their information clearly and thoroughly, using a format that best conveys their experience.

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.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.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.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.