Division Chief
- Transition Company: Emergency Health Services
- Classification: Associate Executive Director
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Emergency Health Services - Alberta
- Primary Location: Central Communications Centre
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 14-APR-2026
- Date Available: 27-APR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $63.41
- Maximum Salary: $114.15
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
A minimum of five years of progressive leadership experience within EMS communications, healthcare operations, public safety communications, or a large emergency response organization. Demonstrated experience applying change management principles to operational environments and strategic initiatives. Experience leading large operational teams in complex, high-demand environments, ideally within interfacility, emergency communications, dispatch, or healthcare service delivery systems. Experience managing significant financial accountability, including oversight of multi-million-dollar operating budgets. A combination of relevant leadership experience in emergency services or healthcare may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Ability to lead and develop leaders within large, multidisciplinary and unionized workforces. Experience contributing to operational planning, performance management, and service improvement initiatives. Ability to lead complex organizations through operational change and cultural evolution. Strong relationship-building skills and ability to collaborate effectively with healthcare leaders, government representatives, public safety partners, and community stakeholders. Experience managing within unionized environments and a demonstrated commitment to authentic, values-based leadership.
Preferred Qualifications:
A bachelor’s degree from a post-secondary educational institution in health sciences, leadership, public safety communications, or a related field. A graduate degree in health administration, business administration, leadership, or a related discipline is considered an asset. Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) certification and/or operational emergency communications experience is an asset. Experience with provincial or regional emergency response coordination is an asset.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta.
Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
