Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton — The Environmental Monitoring and
Science Division (EMSD) is dedicated to providing open and transparent public
access to scientific data on the current and future condition of Alberta’s
environment. Join our executive team and provide scientific oversight of
predictive environmental modelling, data management and geospatially integrated
analyses.
Reporting to the Chief Scientist and Assistant Deputy Minister, you will have
custody of provincial ambient environment data covering water, air, land and
biodiversity. Your branch team will manage the life cycle of environmental
data, including acquisition, quality assurance of data management processes,
and governance of data systems. A recognized scientific expert and an
integrative, cross-disciplinary thinker, you will lead complex evaluation and
analytical processes that underpin the reporting of current cumulative
environmental effects, and the prediction of future environmental conditions in
Alberta. Key responsibilities also include delivery of a joint oil sands
monitoring program in cooperation with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
This role demands intellectual leadership in the fields of environmental data
management, predictive modelling and geospatially integrated analyses. You have
scientific expertise and extensive related leadership experience in large scale
data management and governance, environmental modelling approaches and
methodologies, and the implementation of corporate geographic information
systems. A strategic and systems thinker, you understand the integration of
socioeconomic, natural and engineering sciences that supports policy and
decision-making. With strengths in communication and interpersonal skills, you
have a reputation for developing your teams and building effective
relationships with stakeholders. Ideally, you have experience operating in an
interjurisdictional context in relation to environmental monitoring. A related
doctorate degree is required. This Executive Manager position offers a salary
range of $125,318 – $164,691 ($4,801.47-$6,310.03 bi-weekly). Final candidates
will b e required to undergo a security screening. This competition may be used
to fill future vacancies.
Closing Date: December
22, 2016
Job ID: 1039298
Open Competition
Visit http://www.jobs.alberta.ca
for more information and to apply directly online, or fax your resume to
Executive Search, Alberta Corporate Human Resources, Fax (780) 422-0468. When
applying online, please submit your cover letter and resume as one file. Online
applications will receive an automated confirmation. You will be contacted if
you are selected for an interview. Our contact number (780) 408-8460.