Senior Policy Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Consumer, Registry, and Strategic Services ( CRSS) Division of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, has a mandate to modernize registry services to deliver efficiencies across these registry areas to ensure that Albertans’ needs are met and the economy continues to be stimulated.

The Senior PolicyAnalyst will lead and support multi-divisional strategic policy projects leading to new ehnaced policy and legislation to modernize Alberta’s registries. This will include but not limited to the following:-

• Leading strategic policy and legislative projects, ensuring program area, stakeholders, Minister, and government needs are addressed in Cabinet documents, such as Memorandum to Cabinet reports, PowerPoint presentations, and speaking notes as required by Executive Council.
• Develop strategic engagement plans and facilitate both internal and external engagements and consultations.
• Engaging with cross-department staff and senior leadership to inform, compile 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.
• Provide expert assessment, analysis and interpretation of issues for mitigation actions.
• Assisting in defining project scope and objectives for key initiatives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring feasibility.

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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.

Creative Problem Solving: Have 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.

Agility: you will identify and manage required change and the associated risks.

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: Social Science, Public Administration, Business, or a related degree, supplemented by at least four years of related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Related Experience:

• Working in strategic policy or legislation development in any level of government.
• Organiziation,project management, research , analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of department policies, procedures and leislation

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.
• Working Knowledge of the registries ecosystem 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.
• High proficiency with Microsoft applications including Teams, Powerpoint and sharePoint.

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 one(1) permanent position, Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

Location: 10th Floor, 9888 Jasper Ave. Edmonton Telus Building, 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.