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Senior Advisor, Advisory Councils

Senior Advisor, Advisory Councils

Government of AlbertaMedicine Hat, Alberta
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Role Responsibilities

Are you passionate about building meaningful relations with communities across Alberta and positively impacting the health care system? Are you a people person who has a knack for strategic thinking and thrives in a fast-paced environment? If so, we are looking for senior advisors to be assigned to 14 regional advisory councils to help them achieve their goals and engage with Alberta communities about ways of improving the health care system.

Reporting to the Manager, Advisory Councils Secretariat, the position supports the Advisory Councils Secretariat branch, in the Health System Refocusing Division.

The work includes secretariat work, planning and supporting meetings, developing relationships with council members, working directly to support council operations, leading and facilitating public and stakeholder engagement activities in council region, establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, developing work plans, drafting annual reports, presentations, fact sheets and other materials, and recruiting members.

Specific responsibilities for the position include :

1) Secretariat to advisory councils

  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships with council members and responds to their inquiries.
  • Plans council meetings and collaborates with the Chair to develop agendas and identify information needs.
  • Develops supporting materials through research or consultation with experts and delivers presentations to support strategic discussion.
  • Gathers input to inform actions to improve health care delivery across the province.
  • Liaises with provincial health organizations and Alberta Health to ensure flow of information.
  • Identifies and manages emerging issues.

2) Manages stakeholder engagement

  • Leads, plans, and facilitates engagement activities with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders to identify, elevate, and address community issues and opportunities.
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships with stakeholders and communities.
  • Provides strategic advice and analysis to support engagement activities and develops engagement summary reports.
  • Exercises a high degree of interpersonal skills with stakeholders to support the success of the councils.

    • 3) Manages administration of the councils

  • Provides logistical support for the regional councils' meetings which will be taking place in various regions (e.g., booking meeting rooms, catering, note-taking). The majority of meetings are held after hours to accommodate the daytime schedules of our council volunteers.
  • Support onboarding and orientation activities for council members.
  • Manages expenses of council members e.g., supports council members accessing the expense system and inputting information.
  • Identifies needs and supports recruitment activities of council members to represent a wide and diverse range of expertise and perspectives.

    • 4) Provides strategic advice, policy support, and develops a wide range of strategic and programmatic communication materials.

  • Identifies, analyzes and assesses information to develop accurate, strategic and comprehensive advice to achieve council objectives.
  • Prepares reports, recommendations, briefing materials for management and / or external stakeholders for information and / or decisions. Responds to action requests as required.
  • Analyzes information and assesses alternative means of meeting policy objectives, including jurisdictional scans, and evaluating the various implications of these options.
  • Manages projects within tight deadlines to support the health system refocusing division.
  • Leads divisional and strategic program and / or policy content and pro-actively mitigates concerns and advocates program priorities.