Municipal Accountability Advisor

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 63021
Ministry: Municipal Affairs
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: October 3, 2024
Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment (024PSAMA)

**Salary**: $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($67,217 - $94,068/year)

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs assists municipalities in providing well-managed, collaborative, and accountable local government to Albertans. Our main responsibilities are:

- Funding supports for municipalities
- A system that strives to ensure appropriate safety standards for the construction and maintenance of buildings and equipment
- Protections for new home buyers and required licensing for home builders
- Province-wide support for access to public library services for Albertans
- Management of about 2.6 million acres of public land in the province's three Special Areas
- Independent review and decisions on local matters by the Land and Property Rights Tribunal

**Role Responsibilities**:
Your primary responsibilities in this position will include:

- Designing, planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating processes for the review and enhancement of municipal legislative compliance across Alberta.
- Ensuring municipalities are offered appropriate support and resources for attaining legislative compliance.
- Providing leadership to internal teams and external municipal administrations.

In addition to these primary responsibilities, you will also:

- Be a member of the Municipal Sustainability and Accountability team within the Municipal Capacity and Sustainability Branch and may be asked to support other branch activities as required.
- Utilize the Municipal Government Act to provide advice and information to elected and appointed municipal officials and to the public.
- Deal with concerns regarding practices of municipal government and, where required, uses appropriate departmental regulatory powers to address municipal issues to enhance local government transparency and accountability to their citizens and the province.
- Make recommendations to senior management and the Minister on how to address municipal concerns raised through the petitioning process, and through correspondence with municipal councils, CAOs and the public.

The Municipal Accountability Advisor performs work in accordance with relevant government and ministry legislation, regulations, policies, and guidelines and at times, significant travel is required to conduct annual reviews or provide training or advisory visits.

**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:

- **Develop Networks** - you make working with a wide range of parties an imperative and create an impactful relationship with the right people.
- **Systems Thinking** - you take a long-term view of the objectives, challenges, and opportunities and anticipate outcomes and potential impacts.
- **Creative Problem Solving** - you use a wide range of techniques to break down problems and allow others to think creatively and voice ideas to identify new solutions.
- **Agility** - you proactively incorporate change into processes and create opportunities for improvements.
- **Drive for Results** - you actively set goals and remain open to advice to identify and correct areas for improvement.

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

- A Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Public Administration, Law, Business Administration, Economics, Political Science, or a related field.

**Equivalencies**: 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

**Assets**:

- Certification in local government - National Advanced Certification in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA) or the Certified Local Government Managers designation (CLGM)
- Experience in Municipal Governance and Administration.
- Experience in research and public policy analysis.
- Knowledgeable of the Municipal Government Act, the Local Authorities Election Act, and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
- Experience in project coordination, facilitation, and leading projects.
- Experience in program planning, design, delivery, and evaluation.

**Notes**:
This position may be used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary.

**Hours of Work**: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

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