Role Responsibilities

In this very specialized, senior staff position, you will work in collaboration with non-profit and voluntary sector leaders and government to identify leverage points in the non-profit and social purpose ecosystems in order to seize opportunities to catalyze positive sector level change. You will use your expert knowledge of facilitation, social innovation, public engagement, non-profit governance, strategic planning, and applied best practices to deliver successful projects for government and the sector. Using your unique understanding to design and deliver customized projects, you will respond to the needs of the non-profit and voluntary ecosystem and government.  

As this is a highly independent position, you will often interact individually and work closely with government executives, community leaders and elected officials.  A high level of professionalism, communication and judgement are required.

Reporting to and working with the Senior Manager, Ecosystems and Government, you will be responsible for working with:
1.  External stakeholders to build the capacity of the non-profit sector and Civil Society by: 

•    Conducting jurisdictional and environmental scans identifying issues, opportunities, and interventions for the broad non-profit sector. 

•    Leading and managing a full project lifecycle, from issue identification, solution design, implementation, and reporting.

•    Enhancing non-profit sector resilience using expert knowledge of systems thinking, research, project management, facilitation, social innovation, public engagement, non-profit governance, strategic planning, and capacity building theories and techniques to deliver successful projects.

•    Building cross-sector partnerships to identify shared goals and address wicked system issues. 

•    Providing leadership and working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate opportunities and/or issues, co-create design and develop strategies including evaluation and coordination of collaborative cross sector/cross government initiatives for sector/system level change.

2.  Government of Alberta Ministries to: 

•    Provide consultation services and specialized and expert advice in the areas of the non-profit sector, social innovation, and public/stakeholder engagement.

•    Designing and delivering strategic dialogue and public engagement projects for Government of Alberta Ministries.

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.

Competencies

•    Develop networks - proactively building networks, connecting, and building trust in relationships with stakeholders.

•    Build collaborative environments – leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively.

•    Systems thinking – consistently takes a holistic and long-term view of challenges and opportunities at multiple levels across related areas. 

•    Agility – ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience and work effectively in changing environments. 

•    Drive for results – knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that area aligned with the goals of the project and/or organization while maintaining accountability.

•    Creative problem solving - creates an environment of innovative problem solving; generates new was of thinking; eliminates barriers to creativity and innovation
 

Qualifications

University Degree in Non-Profit Management, Business Management, Public Administration, or related field, plus 6 years progressively responsible related experience is required. Master’s Degree is preferred. 

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.

Related experience must include:

•    Working within non-profit ecosystem (including the opportunities and challenges that affect sector resilience).

•    Conducting research, distilling the issues, synthesize large volumes of information and writing summaries/reports.

•    Facilitating (plan, prepare, design and guide processes and conversations to engage participants and help groups achieve their shared outcomes) and presenting (in-person and online).

•    At least one additional service area: stakeholder engagement, non-profit legislation and governance, strategic planning, human centred or systems design; development and outcomes measurement, policy development, social innovation, collective impact, and/or collaborations.

Preferences will be given to those candidates that have:

•    Experience working within conflict resolution framework.

•    Fluency in French (both written and verbal).

•    Certification in partnership or collaboration frameworks.
 

Notes

This requirement is being used to fill:
•    1 permanent full-time position  

Hours of work: 36.25 hours/week. 
Non-standard work hours: This role requires non-standard work hours. Governed by the Master Agreement, frequent availability for early mornings, late evenings and weekends are common and required for this position.

Position Requirements:
•    Ability to travel across the province (amount of travel is dependent on various factors and could be between once every couple of months to 2-3 days a week). 
•    A valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle.
•    Ability to work evenings and weekends (including overnight travel)
•    Final candidates will be required to undergo security screening including vulnerable sector. 

Other Information:
•    A cover letter outlining how your experience relates to the qualifications of this role is required and may be used to assess your writing skills. 
•    The following assessments may be used as part of the screening/selection process: written assessment, a submission (with presentation) on a previously led facilitation and/or a mock facilitation.

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 has 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