Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director/Manager, the Senior Capital Planner is responsible for providing planning support to the Corporate and Capital Planning Branch through a collaborative team approach by working with Alberta Health Services, Alberta Infrastructure, and other divisions at Alberta Health to support the development of planning documents, including service planning, needs assessments, business cases, functional programming and other project documents. 

The Senior Capital Planner will ensure that projects are in alignment with Ministry priorities, goals, objectives, and strategic directions. This position is expected to work independently or under limited direction analyzing capital plans, master plans, service plans, needs assessments, business cases and programming studies and providing input on them as well as preparing recommendations for the approval of planning documents via briefings and written responses through Action Requests.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the development of project needs assessments and business case documents. Under the direction of the Senior Managers, collaborate with Alberta Health Services and Alberta Infrastructure to develop the planning documents for individual projects. Ensure all options have been considered and projects are in alignment with Ministry priorities, goals, objectives and strategic directions.
• Provide support for the development of project programing studies. Analyze completed programming studies for alignment with Ministry goals and objectives. Under the guidance of management, prepare recommendation for the approval of the programming study.
• Prepare briefings, ministerial correspondence and responses to public inquires on a wide range of issues. Support the implementation and on-going success of the health capital planning process as articulated in the Health Facilities Capital Program Manual.
• Provide support in developing the Alberta Health annual capital planning submission. Support the review and evaluation of health authoring long-term capital plans by analyzing trends and issues as they relate to the provincial capital planning framework, identify gaps between the long-term capital plans and government's strategic directions and priorities, and recommend approaches to align plans with the government's strategic direction.
• Participate in planning and project committees. Support the Ministry through participation in planning, technical and other health and project related committees.

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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 .
 

• Systems Thinking - The position requires broad understanding of the health system, heath trends, health infrastructure standards, government capital planning processes, and the intersections between ministries, health authorities, and other key stakeholders.
• Creative Problem Solving - Position will encounter questions and situations without precedence in previous projects. The ability to analyze and adapt to questions, processes and policy changes is required.
• Build Collaborative Environments - The position requires daily interaction with multiple stakeholders to exchange information on urgent issues. Relationships and collaboration will be key to the success of this position.

Qualifications

University graduation in a related field (Planning, Business, Engineering, Architecture, Health Administration, Public administration). And A minimum of four (4) years’ experience in systems planning, policy development, health care management and/or capital planning.

Assets:

• Knowledge of the provincial health system, its organizations, programs and operations.  
• Knowledge of the Ministry business plan goals, strategic priorities, and initiatives and their potential impact on operations and infrastructure. 
• Strong diverse stakeholder consultation/engagement experience.
• Strong technical skills to develop, adapt policy, implement new strategies and procedures.   
• Knowledge/experience of health capital planning is an asset.
• Master’s degree in a related field is an asset. 
• A familiarity with the legislation, policies and practices of the department. 
• Strong project management skills and issue management experience.

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

Candidates who are successful in the selection process will be placed in a Talent Pool. This competition will be used to create an eligibility list of qualified candidates to fill upcoming opportunities as vacancies arise in the location you apply to. Should you qualify, your resume is added to a qualified list for consideration for other opportunities at the same or lower classification levels.

As a Qualified Candidate:

• You were successful in the interview (pending reference and other pre-employment checks) but were not selected.
• You may be considered for future opportunities in the same or a lower classification for a period of six (6) months.
• If you are contacted regarding other opportunities, it will be your decision whether to pursue these. 
• If you choose to pursue these opportunities, the recruitment process may involve further assessments specific to the position. 

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/alberta-public-service-human-resource-directive.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreements.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.