Senior Recreation Infrastructure Planner

Role Responsibilities

Do you enjoy working with people and enjoy outdoor recreation in some of the most beautiful settings Alberta has to offer? Then this opportunity may be for you!

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual that has a passion for the outdoors to fill a Senior Recreation Infrastructure Planner position in Hinton or Edson. Reporting to the Recreation Management Specialist, this position is responsible for leading collaborative recreation and capital planning processes of varying complexity for implementation across Crown land sites throughout the province. 

The Senior Recreation Infrastructure Planner will implement and complete recreation as well as capital planning processes within defined standards and frameworks that support capital development including asset management across Crown land. This work includes collaboration with a variety of stakeholders to determine needs and desires to interpret options and provide credible recommendations for consideration. Specific tasks may include initiating regulatory requirement approvals, managing external consultants, developing concept mapping, and providing policy as well as technical advice. 

Role Continued

Key Responsibilities:

•    Creating a collaborative planning environment by providing effective communication and working closely with other program areas including lands approvals, ecology, rangeland management, fisheries and wildlife management, forestry, enforcement officers, infrastructure as well as public engagement.
•    Providing advanced ability to build consensus, mediate disputes, and resolve conflicting interest represented by internal and external stakeholders.
•    Considering strategic connections, opportunities, and alignment of development projects to achieving the goals of the Crown Land Vision and associated guiding strategy and policy such as regional as well as sub-regional plans.
•    Identifying, prioritizing, and providing recommendations to address a broad scope of environmental, social, and economic needs as well as issues/benefits and gaps within capital and recreation development planning including for outdoor recreation, conservation, operations, historic resources, adjacent land uses, dispositions, user experience, inclusion, and nature-based tourism.
•    Ensuring that principles of visitor experience, inclusion, sustainability, environmental leadership, and operational efficiencies are considered in project planning.
•    Designing and implementing public participation and consultation strategies to provide Indigenous Groups, stakeholders, partner organizations, municipal and county governments, local committees, industry, recreation groups, the public, as well as department and interdepartmental staff opportunity for meaningful input into capital and recreation development planning.
•    Maximizing the value of input collected, enhance public understanding of capital and recreation development planning in the ministry, and enable efficient synthesis and implementation of results. 
•    Organizing, hosting, and facilitating public participation events such as open houses and stakeholder workshops for recreation development projects. 
•    Meeting with individual stakeholders or groups including indigenous ones to explain and gather feedback on planning processes, products, and proposed projects. 
•    Preparing communication materials to facilitate the dissemination and collection of information to and from the public and stakeholders such as public display materials, presentations, draft plans, letters, and summaries. 
•    Researching new and innovative means for the planning and consultation of projects.

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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.

Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve desired outcomes.

Creative Problem Solving: Informed decision making; ability to assess options and implications to identify solutions. Promotes innovation; uses original and creative thinking to make improvements and/or develop and initiate new approaches.

Systems Thinking: Taking a broad scale, long-term view, assessing options and implications. Systems thinking allows you to understand the strategic direction of the organization and to keep the broader impacts and connection in mind.

Develop Networks: Proactively building networks and trusting relationships with different stakeholders.

Drive for Results: Exercising exceptional project management and contract management to achieve outcomes through broad as well as multi-disciplinary interests. Research analysis, project prioritization, partnership collaboration, and industry negotiation skills are critical to this position.

Qualifications

Required: 
•    A completed university degree in natural resources, outdoor recreation, land management or a related field.
•    Minimum 4 years of related experience such as capital planning or outdoor recreation planning.
•    A valid Class 5 Driver’s License (or equivalent).
•    First Aid certification (CPR Level C).
 

Equivalencies may be considered: A related two-year diploma plus 6 years of related experience. Additional related education considered in lieu of experience based on one year of experience for one year of education.

Assets:
•    Experience in resource management, nature-based tourism, partnership coordination, contract management and project coordination.
•    Knowledge of Alberta crown land management, natural resource management and relevant legislation and regulations.
•    Experience working outdoors in remote locations with minimal supervision.
•    Experience operating specialized equipment such as ATVs, UTVs, 4X4 trucks in off-highway conditions. 
•    Experience with ArcGIS.

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

This competition is for one full-time permanent position located in Hinton or Edson.

Monday – Friday, 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week.

Any costs associated with obtaining 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.

Instructions for your Resume:

For Employment Experience:
Please indicate duration of employment (month, year).
Please specify employment status (i.e. casual, part time or full time).
Example: Youth Worker, Jan 2006 - June 2009, Part time (three, 8-hour shifts/week).

For any Post-Secondary Education:
Please specify your major and length of program.
Please specify the year you graduated.
Example: Bachelor of Social Work, 4-year Degree (Graduated 2017).

What the GoA has to offer:

•    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/alberta-public-service-human-resource-directives.
•    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 agreements.
•    Leadership and mentorship programs

Resources for Applicants:
•    https://www.alberta.ca/apply-for-jobs-with-the-alberta-public-service.aspx.
•    https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-hiring-process.aspx.
•    https://alis.alberta.ca/look-for-work/.