Posting Date: Apr 15, 2024
Location: Edmonton, AB
Company: Government of Alberta
Job Information
Job Title: Manager, River Forecasting
Job Requisition ID: 57114
Ministry: Environment and Protected Areas
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: April 29, 2024
Classification: Senior Manager, Zone 1 (M42Z1)
Salary: $3,445.58 to $4,701.23 bi-weekly ($89,929 – $122,702/year)
The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx
For more information about the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas, please visit our website at https://www.alberta.ca/environment-and-protected-areas.aspx.
Role Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of River Engineering and Technical Services, the River Forecast Manager oversees a group of approximately 11 highly specialized technical staff responsible for delivery of the provincial river forecast program. The River Forecast Manager contributes to the safety of Albertans by ensuring accurate current and future river and river ice condition information is available. Through the direct supervision of provincial river and river ice forecasters, this position is responsible for all forecasts produced by the River Forecast Centre, which are used by various areas within government, as well as municipalities, private industry and the public. The manager builds and maintains effective relationships with emergency management groups as well as other key internal and external stakeholders such as water infrastructure operations, water monitoring, the federal government, local authorities, community groups and Indigenous communities. This position also contributes to decisions related to water supply, flood mitigation, drought management, and emergency response planning.
Responsibilities include:
• Directing the creation and delivery of timely water forecasts for open river flood, low flow, and natural flow conditions, as well as for river ice situations. This includes issuing flood advisories, watches and warnings, as appropriate.
• Supporting the Alberta Emergency Management Agency’s Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre (PECC) and the Ministry’s Department Coordination Centre (DCC), including the assessment and interpretation of flood information before and during a flood.
• Overseeing the production of seasonal water supply outlook forecasts, for water/drought management, irrigation, and water infrastructure operations purposes.
• Ensuring quality assurance and control of near real-time precipitation, water level and flow data, to support River Forecast Centre operations as well as ensuring public availability of this data through various websites and apps.
• Overseeing the continued support and development of the Alberta River Forecast System-Flood Early Warning System (ARFS-FEWS), WISKI, the emergency manager portal, and advisory creator.
• Supporting the provincial administration of the Canada-Alberta Agreement on Hydrometric Monitoring.
• Enhancing strategic relationships and partnerships, both internal and external to government.
APS Competencies
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.
This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.
How Competencies will apply to this role:
Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
Develop Networks: Proactively building networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
Systems Thinking: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems Thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.
Qualifications
Required:
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Science with a focus on water resources engineering/science or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of related experience (eg. river forecasting, hydrology, hydraulics, water science, civil engineering, emergency management, risk management, flood/drought management).
• Eligible for membership with the APEGA.
Equivalences may be considered: Additional related education considered in lieu of experience on a one-for-one basis.
Assets
• Knowledge of the methodology and application of current and emerging flood forecasting processes, including Alberta specific river systems.
• Experience in emergency management and the ability to make time-sensitive decisions based on complex information in high pressure situations.
• Strong knowledge of other team roles and responsibilities within the department and externally, and general knowledge of provincial flood and drought mitigation strategies.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required to communicate with internal partners as well as technical audiences and the public. The ability to translate technical information in order to clearly communicate river and river ice conditions is required for assisting local governments in making decisions during flood events.
• The ability to establish working relationships between stakeholders with conflicting interests, thereby ensuring effective delivery of functions.
• Human resource skills for day-to-day leadership of staff.
• Related graduate degree(s).
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.
Notes
• This competition is for 1 full-time permanent position located in Edmonton.
• Monday – Friday, 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week.
A written assessment may be administered as part of the recruitment process. Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
About Your Work Environment:
Please note you may be expected to work extended hours including weekends and holidays during flood events. Vacation may also be limited during certain times of the year because of this requirement.
Any costs associated with obtaining required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.
Instructions for your Resume:
For Employment Experience:
Please indicate duration of employment (month, year)
Please specify employment status (i.e. casual, part-time or full-time)
Ex: Youth Worker, Jan 2006 – June 2009, Part-time (three, 8 hour shifts/week)
For any Post-Secondary Education:
Please specify your major and length of program
Please specify the year you graduated
Ex: Bachelor of Social Work, 4-year Degree (Graduated 2017)
Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees.
• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages- working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) – https://www.mepp.ca.
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information – https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
• Professional learning and development – https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.
How To Apply
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.
It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).
It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.
Closing Statement
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates’ qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
If you require any further information on this job posting or a copy of the role profile, please contact Jane McEwen, TAS Administrator via email at Jane.Mcewen@gov.ab.ca.
