Senior Program Officer, Emergency Medical Services
- Classification: Senior Program Officer
- Union: Exempt Executive
- Unit and Program: Emergency Medical Services
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- 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: 16-OCT-2023
- Date Available: 04-DEC-2023
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $85.78
- Maximum Salary: $131.22
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
The successful candidate will have a Masters/Graduate degree in health care management, business administration or a related health care field; and have demonstrated progressive senior leadership experience in a healthcare environment, including five (5) years in a senior management role in clinical services or healthcare operations.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The successful candidate will possess extensive experience in senior leadership involving a large and diverse range of functions preferably in a health care setting. Experience working within a dyad leadership model and/or extensive experience working in partnership and in a shared decision-making environment with physicians and medical leaders is required. The ideal candidate is a people leader with a demonstrated ability to lead, engage others, develop coalitions, achieve results, and bring about transformational change at a systems level, consistent with the LEADS framework. Committed to fostering a people-centric culture, the ideal candidate has a successful record of creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and of leading major transformations and cultural change. The ideal candidate will have experience developing and implementing strategic plans and have demonstrated effective organizational and change management skills. You will also have the experience of creatively managing diverse human, financial, and physical resources within a complex environment and a collective agreement, and have proven ability with decision-making, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Proven experience forging partnerships to achieve organizational goals, establishing positive and mutually beneficial relationships and fostering a climate of cooperation with public agencies, government, boards, committees and other partners is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Senior EMS leadership experience, experience working in Emergency Medical Services or a current registration with the Alberta College of Paramedics is considered an asset. Equivalencies of education and experience will be considered.
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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