Communications Specialist

4 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 55241
Ministry: Public Service Commission
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: April 8, 2024
Classification: Program Services 3E Market Adjustment

**Salary**: $2,626.89 to $3,448.73 bi-weekly ($68,561 to $90,011/year)

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Public Service Commission has an exciting opportunity for a strategic communicator who will help to communicate various programs and policies throughout the Alberta Public Service.

Reporting to the Assistant Director, Alberta Public Service Communications, you will:

- Draft and edit communications materials and strategies for Executive Leadership.
- Develop, implement and monitor communication strategies for internal and external audiences.
- Provide strategic communications planning and consulting.
- Help to maintain and update project and issues calendars, working with program areas to map out and confirm critical paths or communication plans, and plan for product development and approvals.
- Participate in department and cross-department committees as needed in a communications role.

**Provide effective proactive issues management support.**

Create risk assessments for Employee Engagement, Employee Resource Groups and upcoming APS-wide events or activities.

Develop effective and timely strategies including crafting key messages and other communication products to proactively address and deal with issues.

Use strategic communications planning and media relations skills to effectively support government priorities, policies and legislation under the responsibility of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Provide strategic writing support on complex and/or sensitive materials for internal and external audiences.

**Responsible for event management for APS events.**
- Manage projects, timelines, strategy, budget and evaluations.
- Organize logistics, including venue, presentation materials, multimedia, collateral materials, catering services and media relations.

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviours 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:
**Systems Thinking**: Incumbent requires systems thinking to design and develop processes and systems which address the short-term and long-term needs of the GoA as an employer and create innovative and sustainable solutions that also support the broader talent management framework. At the same time, the position must balance a variety of needs (department specific versus enterprise-wide), assessing implications such as ensuring costs are reasonable and sustainable in the long-term, and consulting and partnering with the Union to achieve success in joint employer-union committees.

**Creative Problem Solving**: It is critical that the incumbent provide innovative solutions and advice as well as lead and support projects related to the development and maintenance of policy within the APS while keeping informed of best practices and challenging existing processes and procedures for improvement and enhancement.

**Drive for Results**: Incumbent must take accountability for outcomes and determine the most effective way to achieve desired results.

**Agility**: Incumbent must take a proactive leadership role to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing priorities as well as be able to operate in a dynamic environment. The incumbent must also be able to research and develop recommendations on policies, strategies and frameworks taking advantage of opportunities to readily adapt to changes required for organization success.

**Build Collaborative Environments**: Incumbent must be a strong communicator and set up processes or structures to facilitate meaningful communication. The incumbent will also lead and/or support training initiatives and encourage exchange of information and ideas.

**Develop Networks**: Proactively connect and build trust with peers and executives in PSC, ministry clients, jurisdictional contacts and other experts in their field.

**Develop Self and Others**: As the technical expert in their field it is critical that the incumbent create an environment of learning and sharing expertise. Demonstrating the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of self and others is important to ensure program excellence.

**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:
University graduation in a related field plus 2 years of progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

**Equivalencies**:

- 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

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