Senior Manager, Modular & Post Secondary Programs

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Planning & Site Readiness, this position provides leadership, strategic direction and oversight in the implementation of the Schools Modular Classroom Program (MCP), PSI  and school facility conditions and inventories. The Senior Manager oversees a highly technical team of experts ensuring accurate tracking and reporting of the inventories, modular orders/status, and the utilization of the facilities. The Senior Manager is also accountable for managing Post Secondary Institution (PSI) capital program and projects. The Senior Manager is the primary liaison for post secondary institutions, providing expert advice, and advocacy, while also ensuring accountability for the government's capital programs. The Senior Manager proactively engages with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, working in close collaboration with Facility Directors, Senior Business Officers, Vice Presidents, Superintendents and Secretary Treasurers and other senior officials in the Alberta PSI system and manufacturing industry. The role provides expert advice and recommendations that inform executive level decisions with large impact on external stakeholders including the ministry of Advanced Education, Education, Post Secondary Institutions, and K-12 Schools.

The primary responsibilities for the Senior Manager, Modular & Post Secondary Programs include, but are not limited to:
   

• Administering and managing an annual budget of up to $100 million, and up to $10 million for individual MCP Projects
• Overseeing the development and implementation of key performance indicators to measure facility utilization, capacity, and functionality, ensuring comprehensive consultation with industry, school boards and other ministries
• Collaborating with school boards and Education on the MCP and facilitate processes for gathering feedback for ongoing improvements to the modular classrooms and program
• Ensuring effective accountability reporting of distributed grants by administering a monitoring system that meets the needs of government and post-secondary institutions
• Recommending high risk projects for Value Management and develop RFP and manage consultants for oversight on project and to assist with the planning and costing development on behalf of Advanced Education
• Overseeing the program of all PSI and School building evaluations and schedules to ensure accurate information on condition is captured and reported
• Resolving escalated issues from the team and engages with owners and other stakeholders on quality control, issues management, contract amendments and negotiations etc.
• Proactively engage and consult with other ministries, including Advanced Education, Education and Childcare, Municipal Affairs, Health, Justice and Solicitor General, regarding priority projects that create synergies for the provinces capital priorities or have impact on multiple departments
• Identifying and fostering opportunities for innovative means to achieve continuous improvement in Capital Planning synergies for cross ministry projects such as school and PSI collaboration projects.

The successful candidate will have:
  

• Demonstrated effective communications skills, project management skills and proven ability to work with senior management and executive
• Problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation skills.

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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.

Required:
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Business or in a related field
• PLUS minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible related experience in the area of project management and contract management.

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: 
   

• Experience with administration of grant funded capital programs
• Understanding of departmental policies and procedures, including human resources, financial administration, FOIP, communications and legislative processes
• Thorough understanding of Alberta Infrastructure business plan to ensure that goals, objectives and strategies pertaining to school facilities are met.

Notes

This position is a Permanent, Full – time role with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday (8:15 am – 4:30 pm).

Location: Edmonton, AB (Calgary, AB will also be considered)

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter and resume summarizing 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 have to offer to prospective employees.
  

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Management Employee 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.