Coordinator - Municipal Legislation

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 72185
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: August 11, 2025**
Classification: Program Services 5 (025PSA)

**Salary**: $3,076.28 to $4,053.05 bi-weekly ($80,290.91 - $ 105,784.61 /year)

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs supports municipalities in providing well-managed, fiscally responsible, and accountable local government to Albertans. This includes administering municipal grant programs; delivering advisory and capacity-building supports; providing municipal services and managing public lands in the province’s three Special Areas; and overseeing the safety codes system in the province. The ministry also fosters stronger, safer communities across the province, and enables local governments to facilitate Alberta’s economic prosperity.

**Role Responsibilities**:
**1. Coordinate the identification and resolution of issues that are of a complex legislative and regulatory nature.**
- Identify and resolve complex legislative and regulatory issues that may have wide-reaching impacts on stakeholders.
- Engage independently with program areas, policy teams, legal services, and management to address legislative concerns arising during the drafting or amendment of legislation.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of technical and legal issues related to legislative interpretation and implementation.

**2. Coordinate the preparation of legislation and regulations to align with policy direction.**
- Coordinate the preparation of legislation and regulations to reflect government policy direction.
- Consult with internal colleagues to resolve challenges aligning drafted legislation with policy objectives.
- Develop clear, comprehensive drafting instructions for Legislative Counsel that synthesize policy direction within the existing legislative framework.

**3. Provide advice and support to the Manager in the oversight of the Ministry's legislative agenda and regulatory schedule, and for cross-Ministry work as it arises.**
- Support the Manager in overseeing the Ministry’s legislative agenda and regulatory schedule.
- Provide legislative expertise and leadership on statutory interpretation, legislative best practices, and drafting principles across the branch, division, and Ministry.
- Track both priority and long-term projects, ensuring effective coordination and informed decision-making by senior leadership.

**4. Coordinate the involvement of the legislation team on policy development.**
- Actively participate in early-stage policy development by collaborating with program areas and policy advisors.
- Ensure legislative considerations are incorporated into policy solutions that address stakeholder concerns.
- Review and provide input on policy initiatives with potential legislative implications.
- Research and prepare detailed responses to Action Requests, management or ministerial questions, and stakeholder inquiries.
- Analyze and interpret policy and legislative issues to support the development of briefing materials, policy papers, and cabinet documents.

**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.

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**Qualifications**:

- Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.
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University graduation in a related field such as Law, Public Policy, Social Science, Political Science, plus 6 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

**Equivalency**: Directly related education or experience considered based on:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

**Assets**
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with the legislative process and policy development steps.
- Knowledge of provincial and municipal issues, trends and priorities.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly become familiar with, municipal governance, operations and legislation.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, facilitate and coordinate working groups and legislative advisors on the team.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate the team's legislative work, ensuring effective time management and balancing of multiple priorities.
- Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills, including the ability to resolve complex problems, formulate strategies and identify impacts.
- Detail oriented with excellent writing skills.

**Notes**:

- This position may be used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classifica