Policy Manager

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 64377
Ministry: Education
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 14th, 2024
Classification: Manager Zone 2

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

Alberta Education supports students, parents, teachers and administrators from Early
Childhood Services (ECS) through Grade 12. Share your talent, your leadership and your success as you shape the future of education in Alberta. The Ministry provides funding to over 300 provincial school authorities for ECS to Grade 12, within the Financial Services and Capital Planning Division.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Policy Manager is responsible for providing strategic support, policy development, and advice to the Field Services sector, the Program and System Support Division, and senior leaders as required.

This position regularly raises issues, provides analysis and recommendations, and crafts policy documents in relation to Field Services' operational policies and programs. The position may also be called upon to provide additional policy and project capacity for other areas of the division. The manager supervises one policy analyst who provides advice, research, and writing capacity to support policy development within Field Services.

The manager performs the following tasks:

- Develop operational and program policy for Field Services-related programs and initiatives.
- Coordinate skills-related policy discussions within the branch, sector, division and, where necessary, across divisions.
- Develop policy manuals and guidelines, and provide workshops and one-on-one consultation and coaching for sector staff on policy development, GoA policy approvals and decision-making processes.
- Support branch and sector staff in understanding legislation, policies and procedures, and related requirements through communications and coordination of regular internal meetings.
- Write and develop cabinet memos, briefings, and associated materials.
- Work with department program areas to identify, develop and coordinate briefings, background documents, correspondence and recommendations for consideration by senior leaders and officials, ensuring materials are accurate, comprehensive and consistent.
- Analyze and review issues and related information to ensure briefings are comprehensive and have the appropriate information to enable strategic decisions to be made about initiatives.
- Develop integrated policy processes to ensure that policy proposals are consistent, mutually reinforcing, and support business plan goals.
- Evaluate policy development initiatives by determining the adequacy of their objectives and acquiring feedback from peers on the effectiveness of integrated policy
- Provide strategic advice to sector staff on advancing initiatives through the government decision making process. Coach and mentor Policy Analyst, fostering an environment where goals and achievements are celebrated, and failures are used to build critical thinking and stronger analytic and critical thinking skills.Please

**APS Competencies**:
**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 -** Considers the impact of strategies and changes on the work of clients, stakeholders, and team members and support organization vision and goals through strategic planning of tasks and considering relationships between different work approaches and their impact on different programs, divisions and ministries.

**Develop Networks -** Develops and sustains a network of relationships across the division and with other GOA ministries on issues and work with other branches to develop effective communication channels to enhance and maximize the effectiveness of interactions.

**Drive for Results -** Plans for and delivers results, from concrete deliverables to process improvements, managing resources effectively and ensuring attention to detail.

**Agility -** Possesses an ability to create an adaptable environment and overcome barriers through proactive and flexible approach to work

**Qualifications**:
University graduation in a field (Public Administration, Social Sciences etc.) related to the position assignment, supplemented by three years related experience.

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis. Depending on the applicable statutory or unique requirements of the position, specific qualifications may apply.

**Assets**:

- High level of systems and strategic thinking, organizational awareness, and ability to influence others including Directo