Senior Indigenous MAPS Advisor

Role Responsibilities

Within the Indigenous Health Division, the Indigenous Health Policy and Planning Branch is dedicated to developing and supporting strategies, policies, and legislation that help improve health status of Indigenous peoples and reduce the gap in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Albertans.

Within the Indigenous Policy and Planning Branch, the Indigenous Modernization of Alberta's Primary Heath Care System (MAPS) and System Innovation Unit is responsible for advancing Ministry priorities related to the Indigenous MAPS initiative, and mandated priorities including the health system refocus initiative. 

The Senior Indigenous MAPS Advisor is responsible for planning, coordinating, and monitoring the Ministry's transformation program for primary care for Indigenous peoples in Alberta, as informed by the Indigenous MAPS report. The branch works closely with other teams in the division, and Ministry to ensure policy development reflects and supports improving access to primary care.

This position provides critical technical support to program and project management, strategic and operational planning, policy development, implementation planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Responsibilities:

• Takes a lead role, with minimal supervision, in carrying out major policy and planning projects. This includes the review, evaluation, interpretation and/or implementation of primary and Indigenous community health policy and programs, within the framework of the department's business plan objectives.
• Ensure the Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Service’s interests and priorities are represented in Government of Alberta cross Ministry priorities and in interdepartmental initiatives
• Leads project work and may supervise project staff and/or consultants to ensure timely project   completion, as required by each assigned project

Leads evidence-based policy and program development, based upon the Indigenous Advisory Panel's Final Report Recommendations

The Job Description is provided for further details on 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

Systems Thinking - You are able to effectively foresee the impacts of the health system on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples ensuring the issues and potential solutions are addressed. You are tactful and diplomatic in your approach using a collaborative impact approach to achieve positive outcomes.

Develop Networks – You know the importance of building trusting and authentic relationships that foster a culture of trust to achieve mutual goals. 

Build Collaborative Environments – You take pride in being a collaborator that ensures all people are heard, respected and feedback is considered in good faith. 

Drive for Results - As a systems thinker with exceptional problem solving skills, you will participate in the restructuring of systems and processes, the coordination of resources, and the design of new models of service delivery and approaches where few precedents exist and the impacts are unclear.

Qualifications

A minimum of a University degree in a related field is required and a Master’s degree is preferred and at least 4 years of directly related working experience in policy development; experience in stakeholder consultation/engagements, leading working teams and project management is required, with preference given to those working in and with an Indigenous community or Indigenous-serving organization.

Preference will be given to candidates with directly transferrable working experience in Indigenous relations and communities, health environment, and/or social service sector/field.  

Prior working experience with government or publicly funded organizations is an asset. Experience with stakeholder engagement, project management, and written correspondence (reports, briefings, papers, etc.) is an asset. 

Equivalencies will be considered on the basis of one year of education for one year of experience or one year of experience for one year of education, given the minimum requirement of a University Degree.

Your application must include a cover letter to be considered. In your cover letter, please outline how your experience relates to the role.  Your cover letter should include one example describing how you have demonstrated competency of either Creative Problem Solving or Agility. 

 
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

This is a full-time position working 36.25 hours per week.

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary. This competition may be used to fill future roles at the same or lower classifications.

The final candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment checks (Reference check/Criminal record and/or academic).

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

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.

Other items may include:

• Northern Allowance.
• Attraction bonus for employees located in Fort McMurray and north of the 57th parallel.
• 55th to 57th parallels retention allowance.
• Standby pay.
• Shift differential.
• Call-back pay.
• Camp staff and trip allowance.
• Overtime.
• Correctional institution salary allowance.
• Shift work.
• Travel; etc.

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 we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)  OR Management Employee Pension Plan (MEPP).
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.
• Professional learning and development.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.