Job Description

Job Information
Job Title: Training & Change Management Analyst
Job Requisition ID: 78864
Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary Until October 31, 2029
Scope: Open
Closing Date: January 28, 2026
Classification: Program Services 3 (023PSA)
Salary: ​$2,849.89 to $3,738.14 bi-weekly ($74,382 to $97,565 year)

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), under the authority of the Emergency Management Act, leads the coordination and co-operation of all organizations involved in emergencies and disasters. This includes emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) is accountable and responsible to the GoA, to Albertans, to their communities, and to industry for the protection of people, their property, and the environment from the effects of emergency events. Alberta relies on a decentralized “system” for managing the various types of emergency events that occur every year. The AEMA accomplishes its objectives by leading the co-ordination, collaboration and co-operation between all entities involved in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery activities within this diverse system.

Our agency also works to ensure vital public services, such as government services and first responders, are available during a crisis. To learn more about Public Safety and Emergency Services, follow the link to: https://www.alberta.ca/public-safety-and-emergency-services.aspx

Role Responsibilities

The Recovery Branch assists residential, private small business, and public entities recover from damage caused by a disaster or emergency event by administering disaster financial assistance programs. As part of the Business Operational Supports in the Recovery Branch, you will be part of a team that contributes to the development and maintenance of business tools and processes for multiple assigned projects and ad hoc requests that support and enhance the work of the Recovery Branch.

The Training and Change Management Analysts: Training and Change Management specifically leads in developing and coordinating the branch’s training and change management plans, activities and deliverables. They will work collaboratively to improve and modernize the way training is developed, maintained, delivered and evaluated in the Recovery Branch as well as act as change management leads in larger initiatives.

Specific duties include:

• Develop and maintain branch training plans and frameworks
• Work with business areas to clearly define and document training requirements for all roles and functions
• Develop, maintain, and deliver existing training material in collaboration with functional subject matter experts.
• Implement reporting and evaluation activities for training
• Develop and execute plans to modernize and improve organizational knowledge management and succession planning
• Take lead in planning and executing change management on project teams
  
  

Additionally, the general duties of Training and Change Management Analysts are:

• Provide business analysis services to Recovery Branch staff at all levels to identify and help address a wide variety of needs related to Recovery projects and day-to-day business processes.
• Support or cover on other projects led by the team in the event of absence or other capacity constraints.
• Provide support to internal and external projects in accordance with project management principles, standards, and best practices.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Effective decision-making skills, including analyzing, fact finding, judgement, problem-solving, risk assessment and innovative thinking
• Effective presentation skills
• The ability to work efficiently in a multi-priority, sensitive-issue, team environment.
• Organization and multi-tasking skills to work on multiple projects at one time.
• The ability to create buy-in and build relationships with stakeholders.
  
  

This position may be required to work in the Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre or on field assignment as needed during emergencies in order to coordinate provincial emergency response efforts and/or support/advise/assist government ministries, municipalities, First Nations and/or other organizations. In these circumstances, the position may require working extending and irregular hours and/or shifts with minimal or no notice, particularly during emergencies and exercise.

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 Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them. Takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities. Anticipates outcomes and potential impacts, seeks stakeholder perspectives. Works towards actions and plans aligned with APS values. Works with others to identify areas for collaboration.
• Drive for Results Works to remove barriers to outcomes, sticking to principles. Forecasts and proactively addresses project challenges. Removes barriers to collaboration and achievement of outcomes. Upholds principles and confronts problems directly. Considers complex factors and aligns solutions with broader organization mission.
• Develop Self & Others Plans according to career goals and regular development. Aligns personal goals with career goals. Leverages strengths: attempts stretch goals. Provides feedback and openly discusses team performance. Values team diversity and supports personal development
• Creative Problem Solving Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues. Engages perspective to seek root causes. Finds ways to improve complex systems. Employs resources from other areas to solve problems. Engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.
• Agility Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks. Identifies alternative approaches and supports others to do the same. Proactively explains impact of changes. Anticipates and mitigates emotions of others. Anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals. Makes decisions, acts in uncertain situations, and creates a backup plan
• Build Collaborative Environments Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict. Encourages broad thinking on projects and works to eliminate barriers to progress. Facilitates communication and collaboration. Anticipates and reduces conflict at the outset. Credits others and gets talent recognized. Promotes collaboration and commitment
  
  

Qualifications

Required University degree in Business, Education or related , PLUS 2 years related experience or equivalent as described

Equivalency Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of 1 year of education for 1 year of experience, or 1 year of experience for 1 year of education

For Example

• Related 1 year certificate PLUS a minimum 5years of experience
• Related 2-year diploma PLUS a minimum 4 years of experience
• Related minimum 6 years of experience
  
  

The successful candidate MUST also have:

• Experience with training development and delivery
• Experience developing corporate/organizational training plans
• Knowledge of change management principles and approaches
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  
  

Assets

• Experience with curriculum development
• Experience with training authoring tools such as Adobe Captivate
• Certification in change management, such as PROSCI
• Experience working with or administering learning management systems
• Knowledge of organizational knowledge management and succession planning

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

Term of Employment Temporary Full-time until October 31, 2029

Hours of Work 36.25 hours per week

*This position may be required to work in the Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre or the Provincial Recovery Coordination Centre during emergencies to coordinate provincial emergency response and recovery efforts. In these circumstances, the position may require working extended and irregular hours and/or shifts with minimal or no notice, particularly during emergencies and exercises.

Location Edmonton

Final candidates may be required to undergo a security screening

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
• 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 Dawn Bradbury at Dawn.Bradbury@gov.ab.ca