Job Description

Job Information

Job Title Manager, Data Collections
Job Requisition ID 83509
Ministry Advanced Education
Location Edmonton
Full or Part-Time Full Time
Hours of Work 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary Permanent
Scope Open Competition
Closing Date May 13, 2026
Classification Management Manager Zone 2
Salary ​$3,920.66 to $5,276.07 bi-weekly ($102,329 - $137,705/year)

Ministry of Advanced Education

Prepares Albertans for lifelong success through education by:

• approving programs of study
• funding public post-secondary institutions and other adult learning providers
• providing financial aid for learners
• registering and certifying apprentices
• supporting academic research and innovation.

Data Management and Governance (DMG)

This unit aims to improve the ministry’s data maturity, as follows:

• Collect and provide oversight of key administrative data from the advanced learning system.
• Develop, implement, and evolve stewardship of the Department's major administrative datasets.
• Develop, implement, and evolve and enterprise-wide data management and governance.

For more information on the Ministry of Advanced Education, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/advanced-education.aspx

Role Responsibilities

Do you have a librarian’s soul? A drive to organize the chaos, implement standards, and automate processes? Do you wish we could find high quality information quickly and easily?

As the Data Collections Manager, you will lead core post‑secondary data collections for Advanced Education, ensuring the Department and advanced learning system have high‑quality, reliable enrolment, application, financial, and tuition data for analytics, accountability, and policy development.

In this role, you will build strong stakeholder relationships: balancing business requirements with red tape reduction, and supporting post-secondary institution contacts to submit and access learning system data.

You will play a critical role in making data accessible, reliable, and usable for government, post-secondary institutions, and the public.

To do this work, you will apply key legislation including the Tuition and Fees Regulation, the Protection of Privacy Act, and the Post‑Secondary Learning Act

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

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

• Systems Thinking - Understands and acts with an awareness of the many stakeholders involved in data management across the department’s business areas and IT supports. Demonstrates strong analytical skills and sound judgment to move siloed data systems and processes toward a more integrated model. Clearly articulates a desired future state to engage partners and build support for change.

• Creative Problem Solving - Encourages creativity in themselves and in staff to enable novel solutions. Asks the right questions to deepen understanding of human, business, and IT issues. Demonstrates strong communication skills across all settings.

• Drive for Results - Plans for and delivers results, from concrete deliverables to process improvements, managing resources effectively, and ensuring attention to detail.

• Build Collaborative Environments - Focuses on authentic relationships that leverage the expertise, ingenuity, and effort of staff and colleagues across the Department, government, and the advanced learning system.

Qualifications

University graduation in Library Science, Data Science, Arts, Public Administration, and Economics or in a field related to the position assignment, supplemented by four years related experience. Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

The position requires strengths in the following areas:

• Leading healthy, innovative teams
• Managing stakeholder relationships
• Implementing continuous improvement in data management and governance, including standard data documentation (data dictionaries, business glossaries, data models, etc.)
• Communicating complex data to an executive audience
• Analyzing data, especially descriptive statistics
• Familiarity with concepts related to post-secondary learning delivery, measurement, and credentials such as full-load equivalent, work-integrated learning, etc.
• Experience working with databases and data warehouses, including writing and automating queries in SQL, Python, etc.

The following knowledge and skills will be considered assets:

• Experience applying artificial intelligence tools to data management and governance in a public sector context
• Experience bringing a data lens to IT system builds
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations including the Protection of Privacy Act and the Tuition and Fees Regulation.
• Knowledge of Alberta's advanced learning system (providers, sectors, governance)

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 is a full-time position working onsite 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

The position location is Edmonton

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part time or full time.

A cover letter outlining how your experience relates to the qualifications of this role is required.

As part of the selection process, shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a written assignment as part of the interview process.

The final candidate may undergo pre-employment checks and reference checks.

Any costs associated with obtaining the 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.

Links and information on what the GoA have 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.
• 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 online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. For example, January 2006 - June 2009 (part-time). This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Applicants are encouraged to present their information clearly and thoroughly, using a format that best conveys their experience.

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.

If you require any further information on this job posting or require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact Annie Ostopowich at Annie.Ostopowich@gov.ab.ca