Project Advisor

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 66452 and 66459
Ministry: Jobs, Economy and Trade
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 10th, 2025
Classification: Program Services 2

**Salary**: $2,345.14 to $3,076.28 bi-weekly ($61,208 - $80,290/year)

**Ministry of Jobs, Economy, and Trade**:
The Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Trade is responsible for delivering programs and policies to support a diverse workforce, promote safe, fair and healthy workplaces and attract skilled workers. We lead the efforts to grow Alberta's economy by supporting Alberta's entrepreneurs and job creators, attracting investment, growing trade, strengthening Alberta's key sectors and ensuring Alberta has an innovative and competitive business environment.

The Corporate Planning and Reporting branch has a diverse portfolio to assist the ministry in meeting its accountability requirements including corporate planning, performance measurement, reporting, and enterprise risk. In addition, the branch is responsible for the ministry's legislative services, accommodations and facilities, business continuity, and red tape reduction.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Are you looking for a professional role in a flexible, positive work environment with progressive leadership? This is the perfect place to build a professional career while doing challenging work that actually fits your life, in a culture where people like coming to work each day.

Reporting to the Lead, Red Tape Reduction, the Project Advisor provides leadership and day-to-day management of assigned initiatives and projects. The position provides coordination and project management support to a portfolio of projects across the ministry. The Project Advisor applies project management best practices to support project leads throughout the phases of assigned projects. The position is required to ensure ministry projects are well-positioned to successfully deliver the required products and outcomes.

As a Project Advisor you will be responsible for:

- Supporting internal clients with all phases of the project management cycle, such as creating and updating project plans, risk management plans and communication plans.
- Serving as a member of project teams for various internal and cross-government initiatives.
- Providing secretariat support for committees, working groups and project teams
- Supporting project communications and documentation for project teams, including developing and maintaining SharePoint sites.
- Developing and maintaining a toolbox of resources to support project management practice, e.g.: process documentation, templates and training materials

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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:

- Systems Thinking: The Advisor will be required to support a portfolio of projects that may have complex interactions or interdependencies. For example, the advisor will need to understand implications of delays in one project across the ministry and pursue collaborative solutions with clients.
- Creative Problem Solving: The Advisor will be required to engage staff and leadership to in improving project management capacity without having formal positional authority.
- Agility: The Advisor will be required to work in a dynamic environment where priorities can change on short notice.
- Develops Networks: The Advisor will be required to develop and maintain relationships with contacts from throughout the ministry to undertake effective project planning, monitoring and communications.

**Qualifications**:
University graduation in Business, Public Administration or a related field; no experience required; 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

To be effective in this role, you need to be a strong communicator (verbally and in writing) and able to build relationships throughout the ministry to influence and support outcomes. Political acumen, agility, and the ability to approach politically sensitive matters in a confidential, proactive, and positive manner are necessary. A working knowledge of the software tools used to carry out job responsibilities (primarily MS Project, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Teams and Adobe Acrobat), project management skills, and the ability to consistently meet hard deadlines are essential.

If you have skills in project management, exquisite interpersonal skills, and the ability to plan and coordinate projects, you could be the person we