Director, CEO Office

Your Opportunity:Help support Alberta Health Services (AHS) in its new role as one of the largest hospital-based healthcare providers in the country. AHS is seeking an experienced executive operations support to support the effective operation of the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) Office. The role provides senior-level administrative, coordination, and operational support to the CEO and the CEO’s Office, ensuring priorities, issues, and workflows are managed efficiently and consistently. Working within established strategic direction, the position focuses on planning support, issues coordination, process improvement, and stakeholder liaison to enable effective decision-making and organizational alignment. Politically astute and excellent with people, you know how to build relationships that support strategic goals. This is a pivotal time to join AHS as we reimagine and refocus healthcare delivery. This is an in-person position located in Edmonton. In a refocused healthcare system, AHS plays an integral role in delivering high-quality acute care services to more than million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories. We are a nation-leading hospital-based service provider operating 106 facilities across the province and we are dedicated to excellence in patient care. Showcase your skills at AHS, where we strive to foster an environment where patients, clients, and staff feel safe, healthy, valued, and supported.Description: The Director for the CEO’s Office provides senior-level administrative, operational, and coordination support to ensure the effective functioning of the CEO’s Office. Reporting to the Strategic Advisor, the role focuses on executive office management, issues coordination, planning support, committee administration, stakeholder liaison, and process improvement. The position supports the implementation of established priorities by ensuring information, workflows, and administrative processes are managed effectively and consistently. The position supports the CEO’s Office by providing analysis, briefing materials, and administrative recommendations related to business planning, operational matters, and policy implementation. The role contributes to the development, implementation, and evaluation of projects, policies, and initiatives by coordinating inputs, tracking progress, and ensuring alignment with established priorities and best practices. Director manages and coordinates issues on behalf of the CEO’s Office and supports the effective flow of organization-wide communications. Acting as an administrative liaison, the role prepares background materials, consolidates information, and supports consistent communication between the CEO’s Office and internal and external stakeholders. The role maintains productive working relationships with government, Minister’s offices, regulatory bodies, public agencies, and industry partners through coordination, information sharing, and follow-up. The Director also supports the day-to-day administration of the CEO’s Office team by coordinating workloads, supporting staff, and promoting effective and collaborative office operations. Required Qualifications: Additional Required Qualifications: The successful individual has strategic vision and possesses expertise in building and managing teams, systems, processes, and structures. Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills are also required. Dedicated to achieving measurable outcomes and delivering value to stakeholders and is proficient in project management and office software. Demonstrated ability to implement processes, lead changes and foster resilience in dynamic, fast-paced, and rapidly evolving environments. In addition to being skilled in building collaborative relationships with internal and external partners, the individual inspires and engages teams to reach organizational goals. The ideal candidate demonstrates clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communication skills tailored to diverse audiences. Along with their ability to manage confidential matters, the successful candidate demonstrates political acuity and recognizes and appropriately responds to the political context in decision-making.Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with the unique challenges and opportunities associated with Alberta’s/Canada’s health care system. Demonstrated success in managing and leading personnel and projects within a growing, dynamic, and complex health agency is highly desirable.