Senior Risk & Strategy Advisor

Role Responsibilities

The Business Services branch within the Ministry Services division is currently seeking to hire a Senior Risk and Strategy Advisor. This position is a part of a team of professional staff dedicated to support the department’s enterprise risk management and legislated planning and reporting processes. You will play an important role in establishing relationships with internal and external clients to deliver on core responsibilities. This is done by consulting with senior leadership and key branch contacts within the ministry and with key contacts in Treasury Board and Finance, entities and other ministries.

Senior Risk and Strategy Advisor: 
Reporting to the Manager, Business Planning, the Senior Risk and Strategy Advisor will work with senior management to initiate, lead, recommend, and facilitate the development of the department’s enterprise risk management plan. This role will be responsible for leading the implementation of the Government of Alberta Enterprise Risk Management Framework within Energy and Minerals and lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of an integrated risk process for the ministry that identifies, assesses, assigns and mitigates key strategic risks to the ministry's outcomes.

This position will closely collaborate with senior management on strategic projects that require facilitation with stakeholders and partners who have varied backgrounds, interests and perspectives. The role will be required to assist stakeholders with widely differing views and perspectives on issues to find points of commonality towards achieving strategic objectives. Further to the deliverables outlined above, the Senior Risk and Strategic Advisor will also be responsible for:

• Lead and support large projects that are at the forefront of the department's priorities.
• Initiate, lead, and coordinate targeted research to address strategic issues facing the ministry.
• Maintain and develop new elements of knowledge on current issues and environmental changes that may impact the ministry's projects and initiatives or may require additional tools to achieve defined outcomes.
• Lead or support legislated planning and reporting deliverables, such as the ministry business plan, ministry annual report, input to Government of Alberta plans and reports, and preparations for committee of supply and public accounts committee.
• Support other business planning team deliverables and functions, such as performance measurement and evaluation supports, business continuity and other planning and reporting deliverables.

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.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

System Thinking: The successful candidate will be required to provide expert analysis, advice and facilitation services on various projects throughout the department.

Creative Problem Solving: The successful candidate understand who needs to be engaged on complex issues or problems in order to identify a successful solution and proactively engage those individuals.

Agility: The successful candidate will be able to quickly assess the priority level of new tasks and initiatives and the impact the new priority may have on existing initiatives.

Build Collaborative Environments: Develops effective methods of sharing and gather information to ensure that all relevant parties are properly informed on the progress of initiatives.

Qualifications

Requirements:
University graduation in a related field plus four years progressively responsible related experience in enterprise risk management and/or planning and reporting accountabilities;  or equivalent as described below.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:
    - 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
    - 1 year of experience for 1 year of education

The following will be considered assets:
•    Experience in planning and reporting, including leading planning sessions.
•    Experience in risk analysis and mitigation methodologies.
•    Experience as facilitator to develop, prepare and lead discussions with groups and stakeholders.  
•    Experience applying project management methodologies.

 
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

Hours of Work
7.25 daily hours
36.25 weekly hours
8:15AM to 4:30PM (Monday to Friday)

Location: Petroleum Plaza Building North Tower, 9945 108 Street NW, Edmonton

Other information: 
These are permanent full-time positions.

A cover letter is required, which will also be used to assess written communication skills.

A written assessment will be conducted as part of the interview process.

This competition maybe used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary.

Successful candidates will be required to disclose any business or financial interests, including the owning of shares or financial investments in the energy sector, to comply with the Department of Energy & Minerals’ Supplementary Code of Conduct.

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
•    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