Role Responsibilities Are you a strategic thinker who thrives on complex policy challenges and enjoys turning various information and perspectives into clear, actionable advice? This is an prospect to help shape and advance Environment and Protected Areas’ strategic policy and legislative agenda while strengthening policy development and decision-making across the Department.

Reporting to the Manager, Policy Alignment and Legislative Services (PALS), the Policy Advisor works alongside legislative and policy specialists to advance complex policy initiatives and ensure strategic policy changes are coordinated and aligned with Government of Alberta and departmental priorities.

In this role, you will navigate complex and evolving policy issues, provide strategic advice, and help move priority initiatives through government decision-making processes.

You will develop high-quality policy advice and decision documents, coordinate initiatives across the department, and build strong working relationships with program areas.

You will also strengthen policy capacity across the department by providing guidance, sharing best practices and delivering department -specific policy training.

Your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Policy Advice and Project Management: Analyzing complex policy issues and evidence to assess options, impacts and trade-offs across environmental, social and economic considerations, and developing balanced, well-supported policy advice aligned with departmental and government direction.

Synthesizing varied perspectives and considerations into clear, concise and compelling advice for decisionmakers.

Drafting and supporting development of policy decision documents, including Cabinet Reports, briefing notes, presentations and speaking notes.





Providing strategic advice to program areas on policy and government decision-making processes, including analytical requirements, responsibilities, approvals, documentation and timelines.

Coordinating complex policy initiatives across program areas to deliver high-quality decision packages within tight and evolving timelines.

Strategic Planning and Alignment: Coordinating initiatives and developing integrated plans to advance the departments strategic policy and legislative agenda.

Maintaining awareness of the broader policy and political environment, including government commitments, departmental priorities and public concerns, and identifying implications and opportunities for department initiatives.

Applying sound judgment and political acumen to anticipate sensitivities, competing interests and emerging issues that may affect policy development and decision-making.

Identifying connections, dependencies and opportunities for collaboration among departmental and cross-government partners working on related policy initiatives.

Advising departmental staff on government and departmental decision-making processes to support realistic sequencing, timelines and approvals.

Supporting departmental tracking of strategic policy and legislative initiatives to identify priorities, interdependencies and upcoming decision points.

Policy Capacity and Continuous Improvement: Strengthening policy capacity across the department by identifying knowledge gaps and developing practical training tailored to Environment and Protected Areas.

Collaborating across the division and department to strengthen policy processes, procedures and promote consistent, high-quality policy advice.

Developing and sharing templates, guidance documents, and presentations to support department staff on navigating government policy processes and decision-making processes.

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📌 Policy Advisor (Edmonton)
🏢 Government of Alberta
📍 Edmonton