Recovery Alberta - Senior Operating Officer, Mental Health
Your Opportunity:
Recovery Alberta (RA) has two Senior Operating Officer opportunities available for mental health leaders seeking an exciting and comprehensive role. RA is the newly created provincial health agency providing accessible, comprehensive, recovery-oriented mental health and addiction services, and correctional health services in Alberta. Scope and accountabilities of these positions will be influenced by the successful candidates’ experience, knowledge, talents and interest, as well as RA’s determination of priorities. Determining factors could include populations served, service type and setting, provincial scope, and locus. The SOOs for Mental Health ensure mental health services are aligned with the strategic direction of RA and the policy direction of the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction. Partnering with senior medical leadership, the SOOs are jointly accountable to align and implement strategic planning and deliver and evaluate high quality, accessible, sustainable, integrated, and recovery-oriented care for Albertans in need of services. The SOOs maintain positive relationships with local, provincial, and national stakeholders, including government departments and officials, to provide province-wide operational leadership and oversight to mental health services. RA will yield a greater focus and improved visibility for mental health, addiction, and correctional health services. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your leadership skills and be a part of a future-oriented environment to greatly impact recovery care for Albertans. The positions can be located anywhere in Alberta. Applications will be reviewed on July 11, posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Description:
The Senior Operating Officers (SOO), Mental Health report to the Chief Operating Officer and are responsible for the efficient provision of integrated mental health services in areas of assigned responsibility across Recovery Alberta’s (RA) clinical operations. The SOOs ensure mental health service delivery is effectively aligned with the strategic direction of RA and Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction policy direction. As members of the Senior Leadership Team, the SOOs contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of RA’s strategic and operational plans that support recovery oriented, patient-focused, integrated care, as well as overarching clinical policies and procedures. The SOOs foster innovation, integration and consistency of person focused, recovery-oriented, integrated care by establishing and maintaining strong relationships as part of RA’s leadership team, the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction, and other organizational senior leaders across the integrated health system. Partnering with medical leadership and with other senior leaders, the SOOs contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of immediate, as well as medium to long term, plans for the assigned program. Together, they provide leadership in the development and deployment of strategic and operational plans and priorities across the assigned programs and create and support improvement in service delivery models. The SOOs manage multi-million-dollar operating budgets and allocate fiscal resources within the portfolio or assigned programs. Along with managing external health service contracts for the assigned programs, the SOOs ensure effective staff/volunteer communications and engagement for the assigned areas of accountability.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Senior Operating Officer
- Union: Exempt Executive
- Unit and Program: Mental Health Program
- Primary Location: Alberta
- 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: 25-AUG-2025
- Date Available: 01-AUG-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $71.32
- Maximum Salary: $131.08
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
The successful candidates possess a master’s degree in health care management, business administration or a related health care field, as well as a bachelor’s degree in a health profession. The incumbents will demonstrate a clear pattern of ongoing professional and personal development. If you are eligible for registration with a regulated health profession under the Health Professions Act (Alberta) you are required to maintain registered membership in good standing. Additionally, the successful candidates possess a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in a senior management role in clinical services or health care operations in an organization of significant size, complexity, and diversity, and at least five (5) years’ experience leading within mental health and addiction services. You have a foundational understanding of recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC), including expertise delivering, leading, and innovating ROSC-supported programs and services. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The successful individuals have demonstrated record of achievement as a leader, including extensive experience in improvement and innovation of services provided in a diverse clinical setting, and extensive practical experience in strategy, policy development, project and program management. Along with a demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues, this individual possesses the ability to manage diverse human, financial and physical resources within a complex environment. Strong organizational skills, client-focused orientation and commitment to providing long-term quality services are required for these roles, as is experience in collaborating with physicians and other health care professionals. Additionally, the successful individuals possess leadership skills, including effective communication skills, demonstrated ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Along with their proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a large, diverse organization and managing within a unionized sector, the candidates can foster a climate of cooperation amongst, and build solid relationships with, public agencies, government, boards, committees and other partners.
Preferred Qualifications:
Diverse experience leading within a complex health system including leading inpatient acute care, community clinic care, outreach services, and services in partnership with other organizations, as well as significant experience managing grant and contract-based services 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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