Senior Operating Officer
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Senior Operating Officer
- Union: Exempt Executive
- Unit and Program: University of Alberta Hospital/MAZ/KEC
- Primary Location: U of A Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Negotiable Location: Within Edmonton Zone
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 29-MAY-2025
- Date Available: 04-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: $91.00
- Maximum Salary: $139.21
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
The successful candidate will possess a minimum of a graduate degree in health care management, business administration, or a related health care field. Progressive senior leadership experience in a healthcare environment, including a minimum of five (5) years experience in a senior management (Executive Director level and above) role in clinical operations or healthcare operations. You bring leadership experience within a tertiary hospital and major academic medical centre, complemented by a strong track record of collaboration with academic partners. Your role has extended beyond institutional boundaries, demonstrating leadership and active engagement at the provincial level and across jurisdictions to drive system-wide impact. Equivalencies of education and experience will be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The successful candidate for this position will have demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities, the capacity to rapidly process and comprehend large amounts of detailed information, consider implications and consequences of new facts, and make decisions. This person will have demonstrated strategic, critical thinking, change management, and planning competencies. You can successfully undertake management responsibility for large-scale initiatives, including capital development involving significant dollar amounts and implications, and have effectively managed diverse human, financial, and physical resources within a complex environment. You have a proven track record of developing teams and managing change while creating innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Strong project management skills are essential, along with the ability to balance competing priorities, complex situations, and tight deadlines. You are experienced in fostering a collaborative, integrated, inclusive environment and excel at cultivating strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including peers, public agencies, government, boards (including Foundation Boards), committees, and other partners. This requires excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, as well as expert political acumen and the ability to be articulate, concise, compelling, and diplomatic. Proven negotiation, and mediation skills are essential.
Preferred Qualifications:
Canadian Health Leader certification considered 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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