Job Description

Job Information
Job Title: Manager, Lac La Biche
Job Requisition ID: 78765
Ministry: Children and Family Services
Location: Lac La Biche
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open
Closing Date: January 22, 2026
Classification: Manager Zone 2 (M41Z2)
Salary: $3,806.46 to $5,122.39 bi-weekly ($99,348 to $133,694 year)

The Ministry of Children and Family Services funds programs and services to support vulnerable children, youth, families, and individuals to live safely and succeed in Alberta. This includes providing services and resources to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect, and effectively address harm that has placed them in need of intervention. Mentoring and support services are available to youth transitioning into healthy, productive adults. The ministry also invests in community-based groups that support prevention and early intervention services such as Family Resource Networks, youth emergency shelters as well as programs that raise awareness and help respond to family violence, sexual violence, and abuse.

To learn more about our Ministry’s work, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/children-and-family-services

Role Responsibilities

If you are an ambitious and talented professional who is looking to take the next step in your career, this may be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Reporting to the Director, the manager of the Lac La Biche Provincial Campus Based Cared PCBC will be responsible for overseeing the operational daily activities and will provide supervision and guidance to the program supervisors as well as a leadership presence to all staff. Striving for excellence and working alongside others the manager will ensure a high level of competency and support for staff due to levels of care responsibility, high needs of children and the life altering impacts/outcomes of decisions that program supervisors and child and youth care workers are required to make in their roles. The manager will establish and implement effective monitoring procedures to ensure financial and administrative responsibilities meet legislation, budget allocation, and financial/administration policy.

As an ideal candidate, you will possess a strong aptitude for leadership with the ability to provide consultation and guidance to your team. You have a proven ability to motivate others, and are fully engaged in coaching, providing feedback, and managing people.

You will use your critical thinking skills daily to navigate operational issues that arise. The ability to respond quickly and efficiently to requests from the larger Ministry as well as the public is a skill that will be crucial in this role. You will have understanding and knowledge in the areas of human resource and financial management, employee relations, child development theory, community development, and stakeholder engagement. As a Manager, you will draw upon your experience of working with diverse communities and be confident in employing a variety of different strategies to initiate, support and evaluate working relationships. You will also demonstrate anti-oppressive practices in your work with urban and rural Indigenous populations and will have the ability to combine Indigenous ways of knowing with standard western approaches to working with people.

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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

The following competencies are essential for success in this role:

• Building collaborative environments leading and contributing to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
• Developing networks building and maintaining effective networks and trusting relationships with various stakeholders.
• Creative Problem-Solving assessing options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.
• Systems Thinking Considering trends in various program environments and keeping broader impacts and connections in mind.
• Agility anticipating, assessing, and readily adapting to changing priorities, maintaining resilience in times of uncertainty, and effectively working in a changing environment.
• Drive for results knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization.
• Develop Self & Others a commitment to life-long learning and a desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of yourself and others.
  
  

Qualifications

A university degree in a related field, such as child and youth care, social work psychology, sociology or other related human services education supplemented by four (4) years progressively responsible related leadership experience is required. Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

An understanding of, and experience in group home facility, quality assurance systems development and environmental issues impacting the delivery of services to children, youth, and families including Indigenous models of intervention.

Demonstrated leadership abilities and skills to align a large diverse team into a specific purpose, development of collaborative networks with peers and other stakeholders and an understanding of government processes, legislation and environment are all considered to be an asset.

The ideal candidate will come with the following assets:

• Management experience preferably in a campus-based or group home care or child intervention environment.
• Demonstrated ability and proven success to effectively manage and lead internal and external resources, including budget and staff, to achieve organizational goals.
• Demonstrated leadership skills including strong interpersonal, coaching, and mentoring skills supported by a demonstrated commitment to develop self and others.
• Proven ability to develop and lead collaborative environments through strong relationship building skills.
• Intermediate project management skills as evidenced by a track record of accomplishing objectives and achieving results.
• Well-developed systems thinking, creative problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated skills in agility along with the ability to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing priorities (agility) to meet tight timelines for program, policy, and issues management responses.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) including mediation and conflict resolution skills.

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

Hours of Work Monday to Friday 8:15 am to 4:30 pm, 36.25 hours per week (full-time)

Role Requirements

• This role requires that you have a valid Class 5 Driver's License and access to a reliable vehicle.
• The ability to travel is required.
• Successful applicants who possess a BSW, MSW or diploma in Social Work are required to register and maintain registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers.
  
  

Pre-employments The final candidate for this position will undergo an Academic Verification Check and will be required to provide suitable Security Screening including Criminal Record with Vulnerable Sector, an Intervention Record check and a current 5 year Commercial Drivers Abstract. The candidate will need to provide 3 appropriate supervisory references.

Other Information

• Written assessment may be used as part of the selection process.
• Relocation expenses may be provided

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
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca
• 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 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 require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Dana Polutnik at Dana.Polutnik@gov.ab.ca