Ohs Policy Analyst

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 74236
Ministry: Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration
Location: Calgary or Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 18, 2025
Classification: Program Services 3 Market Adjustment (023PSAMA)

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

**Ministry of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration**

**Workplace Policy and Legislation**
It is a branch within the Safe, Fair and Healthy Workplaces (SFHW) division of the Ministry of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration. The Workplace Policy and Legislation branch is a fast-paced and results-oriented environment that strives for excellence while developing and fostering cooperative relationships across the Government of Alberta and with external stakeholders. The branch is comprised of three units that focus on employment standards, labour relations, as well as occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation policy and legislation.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The OHS Policy Analyst will report the Manager of OHS and WCB Policy and Legislation. This position is responsible for supporting policy and project management work associated with regular review and update of OHS and worker compensation policy and legislation to ensure it achieves the department’s goals and is responsive to the needs of stakeholders. The OHS Policy Analyst provides expertise on OHS and worker compensation legislation to support the development of strategic advice to decision makers with respect to OHS and worker compensation trends and issues.

The key responsibilities of the OHS Policy Analyst within the Workplace Policy and Legislation Branch include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Identify and manage issues, trends and developments related to OHS and worker compensation.
- Provide policy advice on OHS and workers’ compensation issues and support changes to OHS and workers’ compensation legislation.
- Establish and foster collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Plan and support engagement with external stakeholders that informs OHS and worker compensation legislation.

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**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:

- **Drive for Results**:

- Ability to achieve measurable results in supporting larger projects to completion and when developing various briefings, correspondence, and other identified products, within prescribed (and often tight) timelines.
- **Systems Thinking**:

- Ability to consider a wide variety of factors in their work, including how wider societal factors such as the economy, technological change, and the labour market may cause OHS or workers’ compensation issues to arise, how OHS and workers’ compensation issues align with other workplace and labour legislation, and how the programs and policies of other departments can impact OHS and workers’ compensation legislation.
- Ability to understand the broader government priorities and the pre-existing relationships between stakeholders to ensure that context is incorporated into advice provided to decision makers.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**:

- Ability to contribute to the building of a high functioning and collaborative team through forming connections with individual staff members as well as supporting strong team connections, both within the unit, branch, and among internal and external stakeholders, as necessary.
- **Agility**:

- Ability to demonstrate resiliency in an often-dynamic environment, where priorities and direction may shift without advance notice. The position is expected to anticipate and be responsive to change by taking appropriate actions, such as adjusting behaviors, and identifying alternate approaches and solutions.

**Please ensure you provide concrete examples in your cover letter of how you have demonstrated these competencies in the past.**

**Qualifications**:
University graduation in a related field (e.g., public administration, political science, labour studies) plus 2 years progressively responsible related experience in policy analysis and development; or equivalent as described below.

**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.

**Required knowledge and skills**:

- Proven ability to proactively monitor and conduct strategic analysis of complex issues, trends and events for the purpose of making policy and legislative recommendations.
- Skilled in writing briefing notes, correspondence, reports and other materials for s