Role Responsibilities

The Hinton Training Centre (HTC) plays a critical role in preparing Alberta’s emergency response and natural resource professionals through high-quality, accessible classroom, field and online training. With the rapid expansion of online learning since 2021, this position provides strategic leadership over the Online Learning Section, ensuring the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of digital and in-person training programs.

The Director is responsible for overseeing the planning, coordination, and delivery of wildfire and forest management training across HTC, satellite locations, and online platforms. This role requires strong leadership, collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, and a forward-thinking approach to training, technology, and operational support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, development, and delivery of wildfire and forest management training programs, ensuring content aligns with current SOPs, legislation, and provincial standards.
• Provide leadership and direction to training teams, including policy development, program evaluation, and continuous improvement of digital and in-person learning.
• Ensure all training materials, equipment, and delivery methods remain current, relevant, and responsive to operational and industry needs.
• Oversee HTC facilities, including academic buildings, residences, dining, training forest, and remote camps.
• Ensure safe, efficient operations and a positive training environment for all participants. Build and maintain partnerships with post-secondary institutions, provincial/territorial wildfire agencies, municipal partners, and national organizations to support shared training initiatives.
• Represent Alberta in national discussions on training standards, certification requirements, and emerging practices in wildfire and forest management.
• Manage contracts and projects related to services, facilities, and instructional support while ensuring compliance with procurement policies and financial regulations.
• Ensure safe, efficient operations and a positive training environment for all HTC clients, staff, and program participants.

This leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the future of emergency response and forest management training in Alberta. As Director, you will drive innovation in digital learning, strengthen partnerships across jurisdictions, and ensure that training programs meet the highest standards of safety and operational excellence. Your work will directly support the province’s ability to respond effectively to wildfire and natural resource challenges, safeguarding communities and ecosystems for generations to come.

We invite you to apply and contribute to the conservation and management of our natural resources. Apply now to be considered to protect and preserve our forests for future generations.

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.

• Drive for Results: Knows what outcomes are important and maximizes resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.
• Creative Problem Solving: Assesses options and implications in new ways to inform decision making in order to achieve outcomes and solutions.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively.
• Develop Networks: Builds networks and trusting relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirement:

• University graduation in a related field such as Forest Management, Natural Resources, Emergency Management, Education, Business Administration supplemented by six years progressively responsible experience, or
• Diploma in Forestry or a related discipline plus ten years of experience in natural resource and wildfire management is required.

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

Assets:

• Membership, or eligibility for membership, with the Alberta Association of Forest Management Professionals is preferred.
• Understanding of budgeting and expenditure control.
• Comprehensive knowledge of wildfire, forest management, and forest health programs, legislation, policy, and regulations.
• In-depth understanding of wildfire suppression methods, cause, behavior, prevention principles, and techniques.
• Familiarity with provincial legislation related to forestry, environmental protection, and public lands management.
• Experience in natural resource and wildfire management.
• Large, multi-year, provincial-wide project management experience including managing, forecasting, and resourcing technical, diverse and complex projects with tight timelines.
• Extensive program knowledge in adult education, forest and wildfire management, and policy development, with a deep understanding of relevant legislation and health and safety standards.

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 recruiting for a full-time permanent position in Hinton Training Centre area with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will be operating out of an office and field setting. The incumbent may be requested to work overtime, including evening and weekends due to the emergency nature of wildfires.

Travel within the region on a regular basis and throughout the province on occasion will be required as part of your responsibilities and the successful candidate will have frequent contact with Ministry staff and colleagues, other government departments, clients, and external stakeholder’s province wide. This job will require you to fly in a helicopter and work extended hours including evenings and weekends. The position may also require you to work away from home up to 24 days based on emergent situations within the province.

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.

Application Information:

• In your application, please include a cover page detailing your interest, and role related experience.
• In your resume 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).
• Three (3) work-related references are required for those selected for an interview.

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.
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.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.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.