Project Manager

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 67263
Ministry: Health
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: February 27, 2025
Classification: Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $3,241.74 to $4,362.44 bi-weekly ($84,609 - $113,859/year)

The Ministry of Health leads work in the areas of Alberta health insurance and benefits, doctors, hospitals and facilities, and other healthcare supports and information. For more information on the work Alberta Health does, visit this link:
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health works within Alberta Health, across government ministries, with Alberta Health Services and with other stakeholders to facilitate processes, policies and programs that build healthy communities.

The Chief Medical Officer of Health provides public health expertise to support health surveillance, population health and disease control initiatives on issues of public health importance. This includes:

- Necessary measures to respond to new and emerging pathogens
- Control and intervention programs to limit the spread of communicable diseases
- Infection prevention and control measures
- Health risk assessments

The Chief Medical Officer of Health is the principal spokesperson on public health for the department regarding communicable and non-communicable disease matters.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Are you passionate about the health and wellness of Albertans? Are you a strategic minded individual with sound technical knowledge and experience with public health policies and practices? If so, this position may be for you

Reporting to the Director, utilizing your public health technical expertise and effective leadership skills, this position is responsible for providing support, technical advice and working with diverse groups of stakeholders on various public health issues.

You will research and develop public health policies and policy-related strategies, legislation, standards and guidelines related to the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as strengthen public health capacity in order to respond to issues of public health significance.

This position will be required to provide planning and project leadership on various public health issues and initiatives as well as supervise and support OCMOH policy analyst staff.

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:

- Agility
- Drive for Results
- Develop Self and Others
- Build Collaborative Environments
- Develop Networks
- Systems Thinking
- Creative Problem Solving

**Qualifications**:
**Education**:

- University graduation in a related field (e.g., Science, Nursing, Health Studies, Public Health, Health Administration, Public Administration, Social Services) and 3 years related experience

**Other requirements include**:

- Experience with public health legislation and policy research and development in large, complex organization or system
- Diverse stakeholder consultation/engagement experience
- Experience with leading teams as well as leading strategic initiatives
- Good political acumen
- Project management experience, including management/oversight of complex and concurrent projects within specified timelines

A cover letter outlining how your experiences relate to the qualifications of this role is required.

**Preference** will be given to those with:

- A Master’s degree in a related field

**Equivalencies**- may be considered - directly related education or experience 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**:
**Hours of Work**:

- Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week (full-time).

**Other information**:
**What we offer**:

- Working for the Alberta Public Service
- Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP)
- Alberta Public Service Benefit Information
- Professional learning and development
- Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
- Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
- Leadership and mentorship programs

**How To Apply**
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.

**Closing Statement**
This competition may be used t