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Job Title: Director - Provincial Training & Workforce Development-Edmonton
Job Requisition ID: 59531
Ministry: Children and Family Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Limited Competition
Closing Date: July 2, 2024
Classification: Senior Manager (Zone 2)
Salary: $4,149.76 to $5,269.59 bi-wee kly ($108,308 - $137,536/year)
The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Office Of The Statutory Director, this position provides leadership, expertise, and strategic direction for Workforce Development (WFD). WFD supports a comprehensive range of job-specific training, learning, and development for ministry staff, Delegated First Nations Agencies and Caregivers (foster, kinship and adoptive) and is responsible for all training and development related to child intervention service delivery, approximately 7000 people. These services are provided to children, youth and families under the Child Youth and Family Enhancement Act (CYFEA).
The Director has the overall responsibility for proposing and implementing training and development approaches and strategies in alignment with ministry goals. This includes ensuring delivery staff have access to high quality learning and development for their program delivery competencies. The Director proactively develops networks and works in collaboration with a various internal and external stakeholders including ministry executive, First Nations agencies, other levels of government, police, RCMP, post-secondary institutions, and other community partners in order to ensure delivery staff training needs are met. The Director oversees managers, professionals, and contractors who provide consultation, design, development, delivery, and evaluation for training.
The Director offers expertise and knowledge regarding adult learning, training development and delivery. The Director is also accountable for the ministry's learning management system which includes online learning delivery capabilities. The position is accountable for the effective fiscal management of a multi-million dollar budget and oversees a team of instructional designers and training professionals who provide consultation, design, development, delivery and evaluation for training across the province as well as managers with program area responsibilities. The Director champions a culture of lifelong learning, and supports delivery staff in having the right skills and competencies needed to serve children and families.
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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.
The link below will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf
Related Competencies:
- Strategic Thinking: Taking a broad scale, long-term view, assessing options and implications.
- Relationship Building: Developing and maintaining positive relationships and partnerships with Ministry, FPTs and International contacts. Working cooperatively and productively with others to achieve results. Persuading, convincing or influencing.
- Resource Management: Effectively managing internal and external resources to achieve organizational goals.
- Leadership: Positively influencing people and events in a leadership role.
- Results Orientation: Knowing what results are important, focusing resources to achieve them in alignment with the goals of the organization.
- Agility: Personal willingness and ability to effectively work in, and adapt to change.
- Client Focus: Understanding and meeting or exceeding client needs.
- Communication: Clearly communicate the business model, shared values and strategic priorities.
- Organizational Awareness: Understands the structure and culture of the organization. Familiar with relevant trends and issues.
- Problem Solving and Judgment: Using original and creative thinking to make improvements and/or develop and initiate new approaches. Ability to assess options and implications in order to identify a solution.
- Developing Self & Others: A desire to work toward developing the long-term capability of others. Reflecting on experiences in order to manage and continually improve performance.
Qualifications
Minimum Recruitment Guideline:
- The position requires a post-graduate degree in a related social science. Extensive experience in adult education and training is required. The role requires experience evaluating the success of training programs and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders is required. Equivalencies are considered.
- Depending on the applicable statutory or unique requirements of the position, specific qualifications may apply.
- 3 years of related experience is required.
It is requested that applicants who have obtained educational credentials from outside of Canada and have not had them previously assessed, obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) https://www.alberta.ca/iqas-overview.aspx. Applicants are requested to include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards .
Hours of Work:
Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week (full-time).
Location:
Edmonton - Alberta
In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. For example: January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs shifts/week).
Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.
Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees.
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
- Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
- Leadership and mentorship programs
How To Apply
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles , for more information.
It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx ) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html ).
It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.
Closing Statement
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
If you require any further information on this job posting or require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Dawn Bradbury at [email protected] .