Senior Policy Advisor, Engagement

Role Responsibilities

Are you a strategic thinker with a talent for bringing people together and transforming feedback into meaningful action?

As a Senior Policy Advisor, Engagement, you'll be at the centre of high-profile engagement and consultation initiatives across the Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services, partnering with ministry leaders and program areas, to design and deliver innovative engagement with ministry partners, other government ministries, stakeholders, and Albertans, deliver actionable insights, and support critical policy and legislative priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Main scope of duties for the role include:

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of public and stakeholder engagement initiatives to support policy, legislative, and program development priorities across Primary and Preventative Health Services.
• Develop and provide strategic advice on the development of engagement strategies, and approaches to ensure participation is meaningful and diverse perspectives are incorporated into decision-making.
• Analyse stakeholder feedback, identify emerging issues, risks, and opportunities, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior management and executive decision-makers.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal partners, external stakeholders, and cross-government representatives to advance ministry objectives and foster consensus on complex issues.
• Provide strategic advice and support to leaders on engagement activities, policy considerations, and organizational priorities in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Develop tools and resources, including training, to support consistent approaches to engagement across the ministry.
• Adapt engagement approaches, priorities, and deliverables in response to changing policy directions, emerging issues, and competing timelines while maintaining high-quality outcomes.

The Job Description is provided for Further details on this position. 

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviours that are essential to reaching our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in-depth understanding of the competencies required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

Systems Thinking: You will demonstrate your Systems Thinking skills when developing Ministry-wide engagement best practices and proactively managing project-related risks and opportunities.

Develop Networks: Your ability to build and maintain relationships across the division and with other organizations will help you maintain broad awareness of still-in-development policy and promotes information sharing across the project.

Agility: Your awareness of ministry priorities, pressures and constraints in a dynamic project environment enables you to effectively support management and senior management to respond to changes.

Creative Problem Solving: Your ability to ask the right questions to truly understand a problem enables you to find new ways to improve results, ensuring smooth and efficient work and information sharing as required across the division.

Qualifications

University graduation in a related field (e.g: Public Policy, Social Sciences, Business, Communications, Journalism or other relevant field) plus four (4) years progressively responsible experience or equivalent as described below.

Equivalencies: Directly-related experience or education considered on the basis of:  

1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or

1 year of experience for 1 year of education

Preferences:

• Demonstrated agility and ability to pivot in response to emerging priorities, tight timelines, and shifting project demands.
• Experience with project management, planning, delivering, and reporting on public and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills both within and external to a team environment.Ability to work independently with minimal direction to complete tasks and provide strategic advice.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

Term of Employment: Temporary (to August 31, 2027), Full-time position.

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

Location: Telus House at ATB Place South Tower, Edmonton, Alberta

Links and information on what we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) .
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.
• Professional learning and development.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.