Senior Policy Analyst, iGaming

Role Responsibilities

Are you a strategic thinker and an analytical problem solver with a passion for developing impactful policies in a dynamic and evolving environment?

This role requires a sharp analytical mind to navigate complex, high-priority challenges, anticipate regulatory impacts, and deliver creative, evidence-based solutions. With a strong focus on collaboration, you’ll work closely with government ministries, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to build consensus and ensure alignment with Alberta’s strategic goals. If you thrive on solving intricate policy issues, managing diverse projects, and driving meaningful change, this is the perfect opportunity to make a real difference.

Join us and put your analytical expertise to work shaping Alberta’s future!

Reporting to the Manager, Strategic Policy and Social Responsibility you will take a lead role in defining issues and developing creative, strategic policy solutions to support the development and implementation of Alberta’s new iGaming strategy, including developing policies related to revenue, social responsibility, and consumer protection. You will also support the Cabinet and legislative process by leading the drafting of Cabinet reports and briefing materials related to iGaming.

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Carrying out major policy and planning projects including the review, evaluation and implementation of complex policies related to online gambling.
• Taking a lead role in writing, reviewing, and preparing policy, legislation / regulation, correspondence and appointment packages.
• Working collaboratively and liaise regularly with relevant GoA Ministries and other stakeholders, as needed, to ensure Ministry, Cross-Ministry, GoA, and Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) planning/reporting/policy/special-project requirements are met in a timely and effective manner.
• Maintaining awareness of government direction and anticipate how changes will impact stakeholders and relevant regulations and legislation.

In this position, you will utilize your skills of attention to detail, creativity, originality and innovation, independent research, writing, and review. You will be required to define issues and develop creative, appropriate strategic policy solutions. Strong analytical skills, the ability to work with complex policy, and attention to detail and accuracy are essential to succeed in this role. 

Projects involved are usually diverse and deal with strategically sensitive and complex issues. Issues involved are often unique in nature, with limited precedent to be found within the ministry or government.

You will be required to work collaboratively and develop good working relationships with staff at all levels, both internal and external to the ministry, developing a meaningful network that enables them to meet deadlines, goals, facilitate collaborative processes and ultimately to do their job efficiently and effectively. Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders’ plays a key role in achieving success.

To be successful in this role, you will be required to prioritize work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines, to multi-task and use strong organizational skills to meet changing priorities and timelines; and to facilitate, collaborate, and mediate among various groups with competing priorities to draft common briefing materials and reach consensus.

The Job Description is provided for Further details on 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.

•    Agility: Anticipates, assesses, and readily adapts to changing priorities, and maintains resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
•    Systems Thinking: Considers that the work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment, which may include impacts on diverse stakeholders and existing policy landscapes.
•    Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborates productively to achieve outcomes, requiring effective and well-developed skills with people, judgement, problem-solving, and personal accountability.
•    Develop Networks: Leverages networks by connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders, including maintaining positive, effective working relationships to gain a better understanding of stakeholder priorities and advance the department’s interests.
•    Drive for Results: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes, including working independently and collaboratively with others to achieve high-quality outputs in a timely fashion that support completion of large, complex initiatives.
•    Creative Problem-Solving: Assesses options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions is key when performing policy analysis and navigating and managing complex issues.

Qualifications

Requirements:

•    A Bachelor’s Degree in public administration, public policy, political science, business, or another related field.
•    Four (4) years of progressively related experience in policy analysis and development.

The following equivalencies may be considered:

•    Diploma plus 6 years’ related experience
•    Certificate plus 7 years’ related experience.
•    8 years of related experience in lieu of formal education.

Experience or knowledge that will be considered an asset:

•    Significant understanding of government or public sector policy development and decision-making processes.
•    Knowledge of government or public sector business planning, reporting and decision-making processes and structures.
•    Knowledge of the land-based and online gaming industries and the implications of these for Alberta.
•    Knowledge of ARTS or similar tracking systems to route items to leadership for approval.

Please outline how your qualifications relate to the role in your cover letter.  Providing a cover letter is strongly encouraged as your written skills will be evaluated through your cover letter.

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

Notes

Hours of Work: 7.25 hours a day / 36.25 hours a week. 
Term of Employment: 1 full-time, permanent position.
Location: Commerce Place Building, 10155 – 102 Street, Edmonton AB

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 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.