Senior Policy Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Policy, Governance, and Legislative Services (PGaLS) branch in the Consumer, Registry, and Strategic Services Division of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction is seeking two Senior Policy Analysts for permanent positions in their Strategic Policy Services team.

These roles require strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills to lead strategic projects, engage with staff and leadership, and achieve positive outcomes. Successful candidates must be proactive in addressing policy issues, adept at developing work plans, and capable of providing expert analysis to support managerial decisions.

As a Senior Policy Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Leading strategic policy and legislative projects, ensuring program area, stakeholders, Minister, and government needs are addressed in Cabinet documents, such as Cabinet Reports, PowerPoint presentations, speaking notes and other products as required by Executive Council.
• Negotiating deliverables under tight timelines with team members and program staff from across the department.
• Engaging with division staff and senior leadership to achieve positive outcomes and support effective working relationships.
• Anticipating and identify strategic policy issues and initiatives that may affect the ministry and its stakeholders and proactively address them.
• Assisting program areas in developing work plans to meet appropriate department and legislative timelines.
• Providing expert assessment, analysis and interpretation of issues to flag for the supervising manager for action.
• Facilitation of policy capacity training courses for government employees.

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.

Creative Problem Solving: has the ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

Build Collaborative Environments: you will establish and maintain business relationships with clients, encourage or facilitate discussions and build long lasting relationships.

Develop Networks: you will seek out input from a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to solve complex problems and provide the best solutions.

Systems Thinking: you will consider the whole system when developing, evaluating and implementing process and technology change.

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 any of the following: Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, or a related degree, supplemented by at least four years of related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Related Experience:

• Working in policy development in any level of government.
• Working with and providing support to a large number of stakeholders
• Analyzing and interpreting legislation

Equivalencies will be considered: one year of education for one year of experience; or one year of experience for one year of education.

The following will be considered assets:

• Experience working in strategic policy or legislation development.
• Working knowledge of the process by which legislation is enacted in Alberta.
• Experience leading and supporting multi-divisional strategic policy projects.
• Creating reports and other briefing materials meant to provide strategic insights for Cabinet.
• Working knowledge interpreting and implementing the Policy Cycle.
• Experience interacting and working with senior leadership, Assistant Deputy Ministers, Deputy Ministers

Strong written communications skills are required for this position. A written assessment will be conducted for short-listed candidates.

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

Recruiting for two (2) permanent position, Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

Location: Telus Building, 10020 100 Street NW, Edmonton AB.

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.

· Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.

· (Optional: 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.)

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.

· Management Employees 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.