Policy and Program Advisor

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**About Us**

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs supports municipalities in providing well-managed, fiscally responsible, and accountable local government to Albertans. This includes administering municipal grant programs; delivering advisory and capacity-building supports; providing municipal services and managing public lands in the province’s three Special Areas; and overseeing the safety codes system in the province. The ministry also fosters stronger, safer communities across the province, and enables local governments to facilitate Alberta’s economic prosperity.

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 56834
Ministry: Municipal Affairs
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: June 3, 2024
Classification: Program Services 4 (024 PSAMA)

**Salary**: $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967.88 - $ 94,068.84 /year)

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Residential Protection Program (RPP) helps ensure that Albertans can have confidence in the homes they are purchasing. The program works under the authority of the New Home Buyer Protection Act (NHBPA), which ensures that all new homes built in Alberta have new home warranty coverage and are built by a licenced builder.

The Program and Policy Advisor is accountable for providing analysis and project leadership for the Residential Protection Program. To be effective, the position must provide proactive analysis of program operations and all applicable legislation, as well as liaise with key stakeholders to identify emerging trends relevant to the program. This ensures the program is effectively managing consumer protection for new home buyers and licensing all residential builders in Alberta.

The Program and Policy Advisor for the Residential Protection Program will be responsible for:

- Taking a leadership role in analyzing and coordinating Alberta's new home buyer protections and builder licensing program, including interpreting, evaluating, and implementing the New Home Buyer Protection Act.
- Managing and representing Residential Protection Program interests and priorities related to consumer protection and builder licensing in public forums, including facilitating input from advisory groups and liaising with stakeholders to ensure actionable feedback.
- Developing recommendations and solutions to address policy and legislation issues, facilitating policy discussions, and collaborating with program staff, other program areas, and internal/external stakeholders to improve program operations.

Please

**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:

- **Systems Thinking** - Considers the whole system and recognizes the linkages within the planning and reporting processes, and the impacts of each decision on the boarder system. Sets goals within the context of long-term outcomes and broad perspectives. This is particularly important in developing documents such as the strategic and business plans, where knowledge of how our desired outcomes, objectives, actions, challenges and opportunities intersect is important.
- **Agility** - Proactively seeks out new opportunities for improvements, takes initiative and is resourceful in coordinating the resources needed, adapts to unforeseen circumstances, and displays a positive attitude toward the work and teammates.
- **Drive for Results** - Actively set goals and work collaboratively to anticipate potential issues. Supports team members to ensure that goals and objectives are collectively achieved. Knows what outcomes are important and maximizes resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organizations, while maintaining accountability.
- **Develop Networks** - Proactively builds networks, establishes credibility and builds trust with different stakeholders. Seeks to understand the perspectives in collaborating with stakeholders and, utilizes network to articulate and achieve ministry outcomes

**Qualifications**:
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Refer to

A university degree in a related field such as Arts, Public Administration, plus four years of related work experience in government or a field related to one of the above degrees.

Equivalency: 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**
- Understanding of government regulatory frameworks, compliance and enforcement programs.
- Solid understanding of the GOA policy cycle and decision-making process in gov

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