Director, Regulatory Affairs

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 65064
Ministry: Energy and Minerals
Location: Edmonton/Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: December 16, 2024
Classification: Management Senior Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $3,548.95 to $5,427.68 bi-weekly ($92,62760 - $141,662.45/year)

**Ministry of Energy and Minerals**
The Ministry of Energy and Minerals is responsible for sustaining the interests of Albertans through the stewardship and responsible development of energy and mineral resource systems.

The Ministry of Energy manages Alberta’s energy resources to ensure they are developed responsibly and in a way that benefits and brings value to Albertans as the resource owners. Alberta’s energy resources include the fourth-largest proven oil reserves in the world, abundant natural gas and coal reserves, geothermal heat, pore space, and metallic and industrial minerals. Recent world events have revealed the vulnerabilities in our global energy systems and highlighted the need for safe, secure, reliable, and affordable energy supply chains. As one of the world’s largest and most responsible energy producers, the Market Access branch supports advocacy across Canada - and globally - to reinforce the important role the province has to play in providing environmentally responsible, reliable and affordable energy products to Canadians and the world.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Market Access Branch is currently seeking an agile and driven individual to join their team as Director, Regulatory Affairs to drive key initiatives on advancing advocacy and development of regulatory strategy and policies around market access for Alberta's oil and gas.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Market Access Branch, this position is accountable for regulatory affairs related to downstream pipeline and market access for Alberta's oil and gas, advocating for Alberta's position at Canadian Energy Regulator hearings, proceedings, and on shipper committees.

This position will support the development of regulatory strategy and strategic policy, preparation of reports, presentations, and briefing notes, and guide analysis and research with a focus to achieve Government of Alberta's energy goals. It is a key player in supporting Alberta's regulatory positions during hearing processes, negotiations, and advocacy within industry task forces.

The Director is accountable for the following key deliverables for the Ministry:

- Lead in the preparation and development of Energy's policy positions to ensure the province receives its fair share of resource royalty revenues and meets objectives contained within the Energy Business Plan and priorities of the Government of Alberta
- Ensure Energy meets filing requirements, review applicants and intervener's evidence, prepare information requests, review information responses, prepare cross-examination and final arguments, and review and summarize regulatory decisions,
- Monitor major industry catalysts, social license issues, and major impediments to achieving Alberta's goals, as well as current issues including balancing oil supply growth with constrained transportation capacity, pipeline safety, environmental concerns, First Nations, and overall trends in government policy, and provide constructive recommendations to the Executive Team.

**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:
**Critical Competencies**:

- **Agility**: Works in a changing environment and takes initiative to change. Remains aware of changing government priorities/policies. Takes opportunities to improve work processes and anticipates and adjusts behavior to the changes occurring.
- **System Thinking**: The role requires one who takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities, is proactive, collaborates to generate solutions, and anticipates potential impacts.
- **Drive for results**:Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes, encourages progress, monitors progress and performance, and acknowledges even indirect responsibility.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**: Facilitates open communication and leverages team skill: Leverages skills and knowledge of others. Genuinely values and learns from others. Facilitates open and respectful conflict resolution. Recognizes and appreciates others.

**Qualifications**:
Minimum University graduation in Business, Public Policy, Economics, International Relations or a related field supplemented by seven years progressively responsible managerial experience.

Equivalencies may be considered. Directly related education or experience considered based on:

- 1 year