Job Title: Executive Director, Education Workforce
Job Requisition ID: 84592
Ministry: Education and Childcare
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25
Regular/Temporary: Temporary (up to 24 months)
Scope: Open
Closing Date: July 3, 2025
Classification: Executive Manager 1
Alberta Education and Childcare supports children, students, parents, teachers and administrators from childcare and Early Childhood Services through Grade 12.
For further information, visit the ministry website at https: https://www.alberta.ca/education-and-childcare
Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister of System Excellence, the Executive Director, Education Workforce provides strategic leadership to a team of policy professionals, while promoting a culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, and results. This position leads a key priority area for the department, with responsibility for guiding a high-performing team in advancing strategic policy and stakeholder engagement initiatives that align with government priorities and contribute to the long-term strength of Alberta’s K–12 education system.
In this role, you will lead a team that works closely with school authorities, professional associations, post-secondary institutions, government partners, and other education stakeholders to develop workforce solutions. Success in this position requires strong political acumen and the ability to navigate a complex and evolving environment while providing sound advice to senior leadership and elected officials. The Executive Director also supports the department and cross-ministry partners in matters related to labour negotiations.
The position would be responsible for coordinating, advancing, and operationalizing priority education policy workforce initiatives that cut across certification, recruitment pathways, workforce planning, research, and system partnerships. The Executive Director will work in close partnership with the Teaching Registrar and the Teaching and Leadership Excellence sector as well as other cross-ministry partners to advance priorities.
The successful candidate will bring extensive senior leadership experience and the credibility to inspire confidence, foster trust, and uphold the highest standards of integrity. As a strategic and collaborative leader, you can lead, influence, coordinate, and advance education workforce policy by working effectively with subject matter experts across the department and with executive-level partners across government and Alberta’s education system.
You have demonstrated success developing and maintaining effective relationships with large, diverse, and complex stakeholder groups, supported by strong interpersonal and communication skills and a proven ability to foster collaboration, build strategic partnerships, and navigate sensitive issues with sound judgment.
You will be relied upon to advance high-priority workforce initiatives related to recruitment, retention, strategic policy development, research, stakeholder engagement and long-term sustainability. Success in this role will require advanced systems thinking, reasoning, judgment, and problem-solving skills to develop practical, evidence-informed solutions in a complex and politically sensitive environment.
A related degree is required, and a master’s degree is desirable.
This Executive Director role is a temporary position for up to 24 months.
Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
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