Manager, Advisory Council

4 days ago


Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 65702
Ministry: Health
Location: Edmonton or Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: January 8, 2025
Classification: Manager Zone

**Salary**: $3,241.74 to $4,362.44 bi-weekly ($84.609 - $113,859/year)

Alberta is refocusing its health care system to better serve Albertans, support the workforce and improve health outcomes. The Regional Advisory Councils will have an important role to provide regional community perspectives to enhance local decision making, bring forward local priorities, and give regional input on clinical, capital and system plans.

The 14 Regional Advisory Councils are set up geographically across Alberta. The advisory councils’ membership will include Albertans accessing health care services, health care workers, community and Indigenous leaders, and elected municipal representatives. For more information on the Regional Advisory councils, visit alberta.ca/healthcouncils.

**Alberta Health**
The Ministry of Health is building a more resilient and sustainable health care system that can support Albertans getting care when and where they need it, while responding to system-wide health challenges, improving health outcomes, and maintaining fiscal responsibility. The ministry supports Albertans’ health and well-being throughout their lives by protecting public health and promoting wellness; coordinating and delivering safe, person-centered, quality health services; planning capital infrastructure; supporting innovative information management and technologies; regulating health care; and funding the health system.

The Department of Health establishes the Government of Alberta’s strategic direction for health, including advising government on health policy, legislation and standards, and public health concerns; monitoring and reporting health system performance; setting policies and priorities for the electronic/digital health environment; and providing oversight and ensuring accountability across the health system.

For further information, visit the ministry website at

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Director, Advisory Councils Secretariat Branch, the manager in the Advisory Councils Secretariat branch, System Refocus Division, provides a critical function leading the support and operation of Advisory Councils. The role includes leading a dynamic team, supporting council meetings, working directly with council members and internal and external stakeholders, managing stakeholder and public engagement activities, managing the administration of the council, recruiting members, establishing and maintaining effective relationships, and developing work plans and reports. The role involves travel within the province to attend council meetings in various regions.

1. Leads Secretariat work to support advisory councils
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with council members
- Managed the planning of council meetings and leads senior policy advisors to collaborate with council Chairs to develop agendas and identify information needs.
- Leads the development of supporting materials through research or consultation with experts and delivers presentations to support strategic discussion. Manages stakeholder engagement including leading engagement activities with a diverse range of both internal and external stakeholders to identify, elevate, and address community issues and opportunities and directing the planning and logístical supports for engagement activities.2. Manages administration of the councils
- Lead logístical supports for the regional councils meetings which will be taking place in various regions, and assigning and supervising tasks including booking meeting room and note-taking. The majority of meetings are held after hours to accommodate daytime schedules of our Council volunteers.
- Manages expenses of council members e.g., supports council members accessing the expense system and inputting information.
- Identifies needs and supports recruitment activities of council members to represent a wide and diverse range of expertise and perspectives. Identifies and manages emerging issues.3. Provides strategic advice, policy support, and develops a wide range of strategic communication materials.
- Anticipates, identifies, and analyzing issues, trends and information to develop accurate, strategic and comprehensive advice in consultation with senior management.
- Prepares and reviews reports, recommendations, briefing materials for management and/or external stakeholders for information and/or decisions.
- Analyzes information and assessing alternative means of meeting policy objectives, including the review of initiatives of other jurisdictions, and evaluating the various implications of these options.
- Manages projects within tight deadlines to support the health system refocusing division.

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