Program Analyst

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 73653
Ministry: Assisted Living and Social Services
Location: Edmonton or Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open
Closing Date: August 26, 2025
Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment (024PSAMA)

**Salary**: $2,575.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967 to $94,068 / year)

The Ministry of Assisted Living and Social Services leads housing, assisted living and continuing care, seniors, income, employment and homelessness supports, disability services, and other social-based programs. For more information about ALSS, visit our website:
The Continuing Care Capital Program Unit within the Continuing Care Capital Branch is responsible for increasing continuing care capacity in the province through the development and delivery of innovative and responsive capital grant programs. An important part of this work involves developing net new continuing care spaces in the province, which may involve partnering with Indigenous organizations to develop culturally appropriate capacity on and off reserves and settlements. Capital grant programs also aim to modernize aging infrastructure and develop net new capacity in identified priority communities. The Unit oversees the administration of new and existing grant-funded continuing care facility projects and the associated funding agreements.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Under the direction of one of the members of the Continuing Care Capital Program management team, the Program Analyst is responsible for supporting the planning, development, delivery, evaluation and coordination of continuing care capital grant programs (CCCPs), facilitating the development of new continuing care capacity as well as the renovation and/or replacement of existing continuing care capacity in Alberta. This position will be responsible to help review and/or update program criteria, develop and administer the Request for Grant (RFG) process, liaise with prospective applicants regarding program agreements/amendments/assignments, maintain an electronic tracking system, process grant funds, conduct project analysis and manage project accountabilities.

This position will also be responsible for supporting health facility management functions on behalf of the Ministry including facility registration, tracking and reporting. This position may leverage facility-based information to support facility capital planning activities and decisions as well as collect/incorporate Alberta Health Services’ (or other approved organization’s) bed audit information to respond to internal/external stakeholders who seek facility or bed capacity information for continuing care facilities throughout the province.

**The Program Analyst will be accountable for the following key activities**:

- Supporting the development and delivery of CCCPs in all phases of the grant life cycle. Reviewing and updating program criteria in consultation with the Manager and other relevant parties. Preparing and implementing RFG processes as well as tracking status of submissions
- Overseeing CCCP databases or other tracking information systems; information technology systems including SharePoint; and electronic organization, information storage and retrieval. Coordinating SharePoint site management to support each RFG process
- Providing design advisory assistance for current and future CCCP initiatives. Researching programs and policies within government legislation, conducting jurisdictional scans, and consulting with stakeholders to ensure that capital grant programs remain consistent with current codes, standards and practices
- Providing support for the administration and registration of continuing care facilities, and any other delivery site types managed by the Branch. Support the Unit with information sourced from authoritative bed audit information

**Responsibilities for this position include**:

- Helping to review and/or update CCCP criteria
- Developing and administering the RFG process, as well as liaising with prospective applicants regarding program criteria
- Preparing grant funding agreements/amendments/assignments
- Tracking grant recipient reporting requirements and managing project accountabilities
- Maintaining electronic tracking systems
- Conducting project specific analysis
- Developing high level summaries of projects, overall status of programs, and updates

**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:
As the Program Analyst, in addition to your education and experience, you will demonstrate well-honed competencies in the following areas:

- **Systems Thinking**: to identify emerg