Manager, Trade Policy

4 months ago

Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 62378
Ministry: Jobs, Economy and Trade
Location: Edmonton or Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours of Work: 36.25
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: September 20, 2024
Classification: Management Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $3,241.74 to $4,362.44 bi-weekly ($84,609 - $113,859 annually)

**Ministry of Jobs, Economy, and Trade is** responsible for supporting economic development, promoting trade and investment, attracting skilled workers, leading childcare and promoting safe, fair and healthy workplaces. Our programs and services lead efforts to grow Alberta’s economy by supporting Alberta’s entrepreneurs and employers, promoting trade and investment, helping recruit and retain workers, leading childcare and promoting safe, fair and healthy workplaces through jobs, economy, regional development, trade and investment, and child-care.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The **Trade Policy and Projects team** leads the development, integration and execution of strategic projects and initiatives to support Alberta's trade capacity and growth. The team oversees the Ministry's strategic trade policy and related projects in collaboration with program delivery teams, other ministries and strategic partners on capacity building initiatives and programming.

In your role as a **Manager of Trade Policy and Projects** you will lead your team to deliver initiatives related to key Alberta trade and export activities including international missions and events, meetings and engagements with international officials and other stakeholders, grant programs and other policy levers for supporting Alberta businesses, and cross-ministry and external outreach and collaboration. The Manager works closely with the team members, directors, senior leadership, cross-ministry network and external organizations to ensure effective advice and execution on strategic policy issues and projects related to international trade. You will also oversee the development and administration of strategic grants and programming with key trade ecosystem organizations and play a crucial role in policy direction and program development for trade-related grants such as the Alberta Export Expansion Program.

You will be responsible for managing and developing staff as part of a collaborative, positive, agile and supportive team environment. This role provides broad knowledge and understanding of current and emerging economic and political issues to provide research and policy advice. You will represent the department in interdepartmental and cross-ministry work teams, and lead engagement and initiatives with organizations outside of the Government of Alberta. This position requires extensive problem solving, political acumen, systems thinking, decision-making, project management, relationship development and communication skills. You will manage multiple priorities and play a key role in leading complex projects and advising on how the department can respond to evolving trade challenges and opportunities.

**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:
In this role, you will contribute to our team by demonstrating the following behavioral competencies:
**Creative Problem Solving**: Works in open teams to share ideas and process issues while using a wide range of techniques to break down problems and brining in the right individuals together to identify and solve them.

**Build Collaborative Environments**: Involves a wide group of stakeholders when working on outcomes and uses enthusiasm to positively resolve conflict through coaching and facilitated discussion.

**Develop Self and Others**: Encourages development and integration of emerging methods and shapes group learning for team development, creating a healthy learning environment, and reaching shared goals
**Systems Thinking**:Integrates broader context into planning, plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends, considers political environment and risks, and supports organization vision and goals through strategical action.
**Drive for Results**:Works to remove barriers to outcomes, forecasts and proactively addresses project challenges, removes barriers to collaboration and achievement of outcomes, and considers complex factors and aligns solutions with broader organization mission.

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Effective leadership and team management including recruiting, coaching, and empowering staff.
- Strong political acumen and creative problem-solving skills.
- Excellent project management knowledge and experience.
- Significant experience in managing grants and contracts.
- Ability to lead initiatives wi

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