Career Opportunities: Senior Policy Analyst (70732)

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager of Strategic Engagement, the Senior Policy Analyst is accountable for supporting the integration of strategic engagement advice across the department. The Senior Policy Analyst has a critical role in supporting planning, analyzing and making recommendations to Minister and Deputy Minister on strategic stakeholder engagements and intergovernmental and international relations.

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Planning and implementing a strategic engagement approach in international and intergovernmental relations.
• Providing mission planning services for the Minister and Deputy Minister.
• Leading the preparation of briefing materials related to the department's intergovernmental and international engagement.
• Preparing briefing notes, action requests, meeting agendas, meeting notes, presentations and other briefing materials that may be required.
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships across the department, government and externally to ensure alignment with strategic engagement outcomes.
• Collaborating within and across teams to deliver strategic and integrated deliverables.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• An ability to analyze information and perspectives from multiple sources.
• An ability to work under tight and fast-paced timelines.
• Proactively identifying and resolving timing problems.
• Strong research and analytical skills.

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.

Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

Drive for Results: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.

Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

Systems Thinking: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.
 

Qualifications

Requirements:

• University degree in a related field such as Arts, Public Administration, Public Policy, Business Administration, or Intergovernmental / International Relations plus a minimum of four (4) years of related progressively responsible experience.
• Knowledge and experience with stakeholder engagement.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills to build a collaborative network across the government and externally.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills to convey complex information in a meaningful way to different levels of audience.

Equivalencies:

• A related two-year diploma and a minimum of six (6) years of related experience; or
• A related one-year certificate and a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience; or
• A minimum of eight (8) years of related experience.

Assets:

• Experience with mission planning and intergovernmental and international engagement.
• Understanding of technology and innovation ecosystem, including Alberta priority sectors and trends.

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

Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position.

Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday.

Location: Remote across Alberta.

This position is eligible for remote work. You must reside in Alberta to work remotely.

Final candidates may be required to undergo a security screening.

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level. 

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies. 

Additional Information:
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.

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.
• Pension plans:
  • 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.