Senior Policy Analyst

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager, Childcare Transformation Strategy and Policy, this position plays a key role in supporting early learning and childcare policy development, funding approache design, and system transformation initiatives. 

The position provides timely, accurate, and evidence-informed advice to support Branch priorities and policy development. This includes conducting research and analysis, understanding stakeholder perspectives, completing jurisdictional scans, and communicating complex concepts using clear succinct language. . The role leads policy analysis to support the design of funding approaches, including drafting decision documents, preparing briefings and reports, supporting change management, and coordinating cross-functional project activities. 

Responsibilities include:

1. Policy Analysis and Advisory: Provide strategic, evidence-based policy advice on child care transformation by conducting policy analysis, developing decision packages, and preparing recommendations for senior leadership and executive decision-making.
2. Research: Conduct research, environmental scans, and analysis to identify trends, evaluate policy impacts, and develop evidence-based policy options and recommendations.
3. Policy Development and Briefing Materials: Develop and draft policy documents, briefing notes, decision requests, and presentations, translating complex information into clear, concise, and actionable insights.
4. Support Stakeholder Engagement: Support stakeholder engagement by developing engagement materials, and synthesizing stakeholder feedback to inform policy and program development.
5. Project Management: Apply project management methodologies to plan, coordinate, and monitor policy initiatives, ensuring deliverables, timelines, and accountability are achieved, including contract management support.

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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.

Agility: Proactively adapts to change by adjusting priorities, integrating new approaches, and supporting others through evolving environments.
 

Drive for Results: Takes ownership of outcomes, monitors performance, and delivers results aligned with organizational priorities and public value.
 

Develops Networks: Builds and maintains strong stakeholder relationships, seeking diverse perspectives to support collaboration and informed decision-making.
 

Systems Thinking: Applies a long-term, holistic perspective to assess impacts, align actions with organizational goals, and identify opportunities for collaboration.

Creative Problem Solving: Analyzes complex issues, identifies root causes, and leverages diverse perspectives and resources to develop effective solutions. 
 

Develops Self and Others: Supports continuous learning by aligning development with goals, providing feedback, and fostering growth within diverse teams.

Qualifications

University degree in related field (such as, but not limited to, Arts, Social Sciences, Business, Public Administrationor a related discipline) combined with a minimum of four years’ progressively related experience is required. 

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience is considered on the basis of one year of education for one year of experience; or one year of experience for one year of education.

Preference will be given to those who have experience in:

• Communicating complex concepts using clear succinct, plain language writing.
• Coordinating and synthesizing information in a rapidly changing environment.
• Developing, evaluating, implementing policy initiatives, programs, and services.
• Building effective partnerships when working with multiple internal and external stakeholders. 
• Strong organizational  ability to manage multiple, diverse, complex, and sensitive assignments within fixed timelines
• Strong team and interpersonal relationship, ability to promote teamwork, collaboration, and partnership.
• Ability to work independently, be proactive and take initiative. 
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Alberta's Child Care sector. 
• Reading, reviewing and interpreting legislation, regulations, policy, and standards.
• Government related policies, processes, legislation, and policy development cycles including implementation.
• Project management best-practices.
• Strong critical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

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

There is one full time permanent position working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Work location is Edmonton or Calgary.

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.
•    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.