Senior Park Management Planner

Role Responsibilities

The Senior Park Management Planner ensures an integrated and process-oriented approach to advance, complete or implement management planning initiatives across Alberta parks. This position plays a key role in providing professional support and advice to ensure a comprehensive approach to park management planning. The position works collaboratively with regional staff to maintain progress on management planning and ensures the appropriate process is followed. The incumbent develops relationships across the division to leverage opportunities to build consistency across management planning initiatives. .

Key Responsibilities:

• Support management planning initiatives across Alberta Park sites, working closely with regional staff.
• Develop planning frameworks, strategies, recommendations and decision-support materials.
• Collaborate with regional parks staff, Indigenous communities and stakeholders to support shared planning outcomes.
• Prepare briefing notes, planning reports and options analyses for management as well as executive review.
• Support the integration of recreation, conservation, cultural and operational considerations in management planning.
• Participate in cross-government and inter-agency planning as well as coordination processes.

Some travel within Alberta may be required. A valid Class 5 driver’s licence (or equivalent) is required.

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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.

Qualifications

University graduation in planning, natural resources, environmental science, public administration, recreation or a related field plus 4 years progressively responsible related experience in planning, policy analysis, land/resource management, or public sector planning.; 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 education.

Required:

• Experience in planning, policy analysis, land use or resource management, environmental planning, or parks and protected areas planning.
• Experience preparing planning reports, briefing notes, recommendations, or decision-support materials.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams, Indigenous communities, stakeholders, or cross-government partners.

Assets:

• Experience with system-level or strategic planning frameworks.
• Experience in parks, conservation, land use, or environmental management contexts.
• Experience with GIS or spatial data review, ecological assessments, visitor-use data, or other planning information sources.
• Experience facilitating or supporting multi-party or cross-jurisdictional planning processes.
• Knowledge of parks legislation, land use policy, and environmental planning frameworks in Alberta.

Qualifications Continued

The position requires the following skills and abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop productive working relationships.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Consultation, facilitation, and issues resolution skills including consensus building, encouraging, and motivating.
• Time management and client relations skills.
• Strong analytic and problem solving skills.
• Organization, coordination, and project management skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment.
• Ability to effectively engage a variety of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to work cooperatively and productively with others to achieve agreed upon goals and set up inclusive and collaborative programs/initiatives.
• Ability to weigh multiple perspectives to maximize results and recommend the most appropriate solution.

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 permanent position.

The work hours are Monday to Friday, 8:15 AM-4:30 PM, 36.25 hours a week.

This position may require travel throughout the province. Candidates must possess a valid Class 5 driver’s license (or equivalent) and be willing to travel as needed.

Application Information:

• In your application, please include a cover letter detailing your interest and role-related experience. 
• In your resume 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. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Foreman (PT three 8-hour shifts/week).
• Three (3) work-related references are required for those selected for an interview.

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. 

What the GoA has to offer:

• 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.