Role Responsibilities

Are you energized by complex policy environments and cross-government collaboration? This is an opportunity to play a meaningful role by supporting executive leadership, advancing ministry priorities, and helping shape outcomes that matter to Albertans.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Governance and Intergovernmental Relations you will support high profile strategic initiatives by working closely with executive leadership and ministry partners. 

Your key responsibilities include:

• Contributing to strategic initiatives by researching emerging issues, analyzing options, and helping prepare briefings and recommendations for branch leadership.
• Coordinating branch work by supporting meetings and cross-ministry working groups. 
• Supporting project planning and delivery by developing critical paths, tracking progress, coordinating, and helping initiatives stay on track. 
• Drafting reports, correspondence, presentations, and updates for branch leadership.
• Supporting the Executive Director with branch operational planning. 
• Supporting administrative work such as tracking the flow of ministerial correspondence through the Action Request Tracking System (ARTS), responding to general inquiries, ordering supplies, making travel arrangements, and other duties as assigned.
  
  

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Big‑picture thinking, allowing you to see how individual tasks connect to broader government priorities and outcomes.
• Strong collaboration and relationship‑building skills, helping you work effectively with diverse teams.
• Adaptability and resilience, enabling you to manage changing priorities and shifting timelines with confidence.
• Sound judgment and problem‑solving ability, supporting you in navigating complex issues and sensitive environments.
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication, ensuring your ideas and analysis are understood and trusted by decision‑makers. 
• Self-motivation and initiative, enabling you to work independently, manage competing priorities, and proactively move work forward with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment.
• An ability to manage competing priorities with clarity, keeping work organized, deadlines visible, and deliverables on track.

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.

• Systems Thinking: you utilize research to identify, communicate and resolve emerging issues affecting projects.
  
  
• Develop Networks: you build collaborative relationships and resolve conflicts to effectively support the completion of projects both within the branch, the ministry, and across government.
  
  
• Agility: you demonstrate the ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities.
  
  
• Creative Problem Solving: you analyze issues and identify solutions to ensure that projects are completed in a timely manner.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as political science, public administration, law, or a related discipline.
  
  

The following equivalencies may be considered:

• A related two-year diploma plus a minimum of 2 years related experience.
• A related one-year certificate plus a minimum of 3 years related experience.
• No post-secondary education but a minimum of 4 years related experience.
  
  

Assets:

• Experience in drafting briefing notes and conducting research. 
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a public sector or government setting.
• Experience with branch and/or project coordination.
  
  

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

• Full time permanent opportunity located at the Baker Centre, 10025 – 106 Street, Edmonton, AB.
• Hours of work: 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week (Monday – Friday).
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
  
  

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 have 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.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.