Assistant Director, Public Engagement

Job Information
Job Title: Assistant Director, Public Engagement
Job Requisition ID: 63895
Ministry: Communications and Public Engagement
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 4th, 2024
Classification: Manager Zone 2
Salary: $3,241.74- $4,362.44/ bi-weekly ($84,609.41 - $113,859.68/ annualy)

The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx.

Communications and Public Engagement (CPE) is the Government of Alberta’s full-service communications, public relations and marketing agency.CPE provides planning, execution and measurement of communications efforts. Its expert staff provide specialized services across the spectrum of communications and marketing from research, design, writing and social media, to event coordination, issues management, digital communications, advertising and public engagement.The agency staffs the external communications functions in all departments of government and its operations branch, with a mandate of enhancing communications between the people and the Government of Alberta.

For information about CPE, visit our website at https://www.alberta.ca/cpe

Role Responsibilities

Are you the kind of person who gets excited about understanding what makes Albertans tick? Do you thrive on creating meaningful connections and helping shape the policies, programs, and services that impact millions? If you're nodding along, this role might just have your name written all over it!

As the Assistant Director of Public Engagement, reporting to the Director of Public Engagement and Research, you’ll play a key role in providing timely, strategic advice while leading a team of engagement experts. Your work will support ministries across the government in developing effective consultation and engagement strategies with stakeholders and Albertans.

You will bring knowledge and expertise to build capacity and share best practices with staff across all levels and departments. You will provide strategic advice and support to the Director and to ministries to help them conduct effective and efficient public engagement including methodology, tools selection and approval process.

Your duties will include:

• Supports development of whole-of-government public engagement capacity
• Day to day management of three staff accountable for public engagement advice Using critical thinking skills and political acumen to enable an understanding of government priorities and the impact they have on engagement activity
• Providing advice and leadership to help ensure Alberta government public engagement is coordinated, accessible and effective
• Contributing to the development of systems and processes to ensure public engagement activities are appropriate to the scope of the work, goals and audiences
• Designing and delivering internal training sessions and sharing best engagement practices.
• Leads procurement of public engagement vendors and tools
• Leads and maintains best practices and continuous improvement
• Works collaboratively with Communications and Public Engagement colleagues

Please click on this link to view the job description.

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.

The successful candidate for this role will have the following competencies:

• Agility – ability to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing situations/environments.
• 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.
• Develop Self and Others – committed to a lifelong learning and the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of yourself and others.
• Build Collaborative Environments - Leading and contributing to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
• Develop Networks - proactively develop networks, connect and build trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
• Systems Thinking – the ability to know how your work will impact
• Creative Problem Solving – ability to assess options and implications, engage different perspectives and create strategic solutions for communications challenges.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Qualifications

University graduation in a related field, such as business, communications, or social sciences, supplemented by four years progressively responsible management experience.

Equivalencies to be considered as below:

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.

Assets:

• Master’s degree in business, communications, or social science
• International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) experience
• Excellent political acumen
• Experience with systems work including building processes and tools for use in large organizations
• Extensive knowledge and experience in public engagement, including survey design and techniques
• Familiarity with trends, issues, and best practices in public engagement
• Familiarity with public engagement and consultation contractors, and the procurement process
• Management experience in coaching, training, leading, and motivating teams

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

Hours of Work: 36.25 per week.

The successful candidates will be evaluated on a combination of experience and education.

The successful candidate may be required to support in-person engagement events as needed on evenings and weekends. This may include workshops, townhalls or other events if support is required.

Please ensure your resume highlights how your previous work experience is related to the qualifications and requirements for this position. Please clearly state the employment dates on your resume with the month and the year.

For employment: Please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. Example: Receptionist, Jan 2018 - June 2021, Part-time (three 8 hour shifts/week).

Other information:

This competition may be used to fill current and future vacancies at equal or lesser classifications across the Government of Alberta. Final candidates for this position 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 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

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

Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.

It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).


It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.


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


We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

If you require any further information on this job posting or require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Annie Oa at [email protected].