Director, Policy Coordination and Engagement

Job Information
Job Title: Director, Policy Coordination and Engagement
Job Requisition ID: 85477
Ministry: Primary and Preventative Health Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open
Closing Date: July 21, 2026
Classification: Management Senior Manager Zone 2 (M42Z2)
Salary: $5,139.30 to 6,526.16 bi-weekly ($134,135 - $170,332/year)

The Department of Primary and Preventative Health Services is building a more resilient and sustainable health care system that can support Albertans getting care when and where they need it, while responding to system-wide health challenges, improving health outcomes, and maintaining fiscal responsibility. The ministry supports Albertans’ health and well-being throughout their lives by protecting public health and promoting wellness and coordinating and delivering safe, person-centered, quality health services.

Role Responsibilities

The Director, Policy Coordination and Engagement provides strategic leadership and oversight for department policy coordination. Reporting to the Executive Director, the position plays a key role in aligning policy priorities, stakeholder engagement, and executive decision-making to support the delivery of timely, high-quality advice to senior leadership and government.

The Director is responsible for leading the coordination of complex, cross-ministry policy initiatives and overseeing engagement activities that inform policy development and implementation. The Director is required to synthesize policy, legislative, stakeholder, and operational information to provide strategic advice, recommendations, and solutions to senior leadership. The Director must be capable of managing multiple priorities concurrently while maintaining a strategic, ministry-wide perspective.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading and mentoring a multidisciplinary team responsible for policy coordination and stakeholder engagement.
• Overseeing the coordination, integration, tracking, and reporting of ministry policy, legislative, and strategic priorities.
• Providing strategic oversight of ministry-wide consultation and engagement activities, including planning, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Establishing engagement standards, tools, and best practices to support consistent and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Ensuring engagement approaches are aligned with policy and implementation objectives and integrated into decision-making processes.
• Representing the branch or ministry in cross-government forums and senior-level discussions.

Competencies

• Systems Thinking : Integrates broader context into planning; plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends. The Director must take into account a wide range of influences including the evolving and often sensitive political environment.
• Agility : Proactively incorporates change into processes. The Director must demonstrate strong leadership and the ability to make quick decisions, demonstrate agility, and provide guidance and direction.
• Develop Networks : Makes working with a wide range of parties an imperative. The Director is required to facilitate collaborative decision-making processes and influence outcomes that are consistent with the Ministry policies and mandate, to help support effective delivery of programs and services.
• Drive for Results : Works to remove barriers to outcomes; forecasts and proactively addresses project challenges. The Director must have the ability to work intensely to meet deadlines and be resourceful while ensuring deliverables of the unit are high quality.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standards

University graduation in Public Administration (or a related field) plus 7 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Equivalency: 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.

Related diploma and minimum of 9 years related experience; related certificate and minimum of 10 years related experience; minimum of 11 years related experience.

Assets

• Graduate level degree in a related field
• Project management experience including with methodologies, frameworks and processes including work breakdown structures, critical path methodologies, and project resource management
• Supervisory and/or management-level leadership experience
• Experience in policy development and integration
• Experience in public engagement design, execution and reporting
• Experience in public communications