Municipal Resources Advisor

**Job Information** Job Requisition ID: 72818 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**: July 17, 2025 Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment (024PSAMA) **Salary**: $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967.88 - $ 94,068.84 /year) 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. **Role Responsibilities**: Reporting to the Manager, Municipal Advisory, the Municipal Resource Advisor is a member of an advisory team which has key day to day “first contact” with the public, municipal administrators and councillors, other department and municipal associations. The Municipal Resource Advisor strengthens the capacity and sustainability of Alberta municipalities, enhances municipal operational effectiveness and aids in building the level of understanding and confidence that Albertans have with the local government by providing advice and information to appointed and elected municipal officials and the public. **Responsibilities include**: **Strengthen the capacity and sustainability of municipalities by enhancing local governance and administration knowledge, and elector understanding of local governance.** Responding to telephone and written inquiries and complaints regarding the practice of municipal government. Visiting municipalities to provide governance expertise and information to councils and to new municipal administrators. Interpreting and explaining provincial legislation, regulations and procedural requirements for municipal officials and other stakeholders, especially with regard to governance and administrative procedures, processes and including local government elections. **Oversee the production, development and delivery of ministry publications, with a specific focus on Municipal Resource Handbook materials, and information bulletins.** Design, develop and coordinate the preparation and distribution of updates to the Municipal Resource Handbook materials, information bulletins, internet materials and interpretation bulletins as reference materials for municipal councils and administrations. Monitor the effectiveness of existing resources and propose changes that will improve the resources by analyzing information, conducting research in other jurisdictions, and continually seeking out best practices. **Enhance local government transparency and accountability to their citizens and the province by responding to departmental, municipal and public concerns.** Process requests for time extensions to required provisions of the Municipal Government Act. Serve as the “Chief Administrative Officer" in carrying out the required legislated responsibilities to determine petition sufficiency if the Minister receives a petition under the Municipal Government Act. Assisting with municipal preliminary reviews or other similar assessments of council and administrative practices, analyse the findings to prepare a report and recommendations to address the municipal issues, or develop recommendations for the Minister to undertake regulatory actions such as an inspection under Section 571 or viability review under Section 130 of the Municipal Government Act. **Role Responsibilities Con't**: **Ensure municipalities are governed and managed in accordance with legislation through current and relevant training and workshop materials.** Working collaboratively with the advisory teams throughout the branch or division in the development of the standard governance related workshop and training materials which would include the Roles and Responsibilities, Property Tax Recovery, Meeting Procedures, etc. Delivering training within the local government context for municipal councils, individual councillors and/or administrators on legislation, effective management, information and practices, and upon request where appropriate, develop presentation materials and deliver customized training. Providing advice, support and assistance as required for local authority election training. **Be responsive to the ministry, elected officials and public by providing accurate and timely responses to ministerial assignments.** Researching and verify facts and information associated with assignments. Composing responses, considering the author's style and position and ensuring consistency, clarity, conciseness and accuracy of messages. Ensuring Ministry positions and relevant secto