Assistant Communications Director

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 74427
Ministry: Executive Council
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 14, 2025
Classification: Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $3,339 - $4,493.32 bi-weekly ($87,147 - $117,275/year)

Executive Council works to ensure effective strategic planning and coordinated policy development and communications across government, engages Albertans and the broader global community, and promotes a vibrant and innovative public service.

In addition to policy, protocol, communications and Cabinet functions, Executive Council includes Communications and Public Engagement (CPE). CPE is the Government of Alberta's full-service communications, public relations and marketing division. Its mandate is to enhance communications between Albertans and the Government of Alberta.

CPE’s expert staff provide specialized services across the spectrum of communications including writing, social media, media relations, event coordination, issues management, crisis communications, digital communications, advertising, marketing, graphic design, public engagement and translation services.

The department staffs the communications branches in all ministries of government along with a central operations department. For information about CPE, visit our website at

**Role Responsibilities**:

- The Assistant Communications Director is often considered the communications branch’s ‘air traffic controller’ - anticipating, assessing and adapting to changing priorities. If this sounds like you, then you could be the best fit for this role

You are responsible for the day-to-day planning and supervision of staff and activities within the communications branch, including coordinating and monitoring staff activities. You will also get the opportunity to act as the Director of Communications in their absence

Using your proactive and well-developed consulting and relationship building skills, you will help the Director to plan, deliver and monitor communications projects. In addition, you will use your strong interpersonal and time management skills to:

- Ensure standards are met and products are of high quality
- Use excellent problem-solving skills
- Lead and advise when consulting, writing and editing
- Coordinate cross-ministry initiatives
- Provide solid issues management advice and guidance
- Manage or direct media relations activities
- Align resources with the goals of program areas, the ministry and the Government of Alberta

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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:

- **Creative Problem Solving**:Identifies ways to improve activities and results by doing something that may be new/different.
- **Drive for Results**: Clarifies objectives and taps into various resources within the organization; ensuring that roles and contributions are clear.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**:Engages others to think broadly about impacts of projects, brings differing perspectives together and encourages debate. Works with others to identify and remove barriers.
- **Develop Networks**: Builds strong working relationships within their assigned ministry and across CPE

**Qualifications**:
Requirements: A degree in a related field, such as communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, English, supplemented by four (4) years progressively responsible management and or communications experience.

**Assets**:

- Media relations
- Excellent political acumen
- Project management
- Experience with systems work including building processes and tools for use in large organization
- Management experience in coaching, developing, maintaining relations, leading, and motivating teams

**Equivalencies (considered on the basis of)**:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

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

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**Notes**:

- This posting is being used to fill the Assistant Communications Director position supporting the Ministry of Technology and Innovation. This competition may also be used for future vacancies at equal or lesser classifications within Communications and Public Engagement and across the Government of Alberta.

Hours of Work: 36.25 per week

**Notes Continued**:

- Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees:

- Working for the Alberta Public Service
- Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP)
- Alberta Public Service Benefit Information
- Professional learning and development
- Research Alb