Job Information
Job Title: Program Officer
Job Requisition ID: 82993
Ministry: Technology and Innovation
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 21, 2026
Classification: Program Services 3
Salary: $2,935.39 - $3,850.29 bi-weekly ($76,613 - $100,492/year)
The Innovation, Privacy, and Stewardship (IPS) division is accountable for the Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy; innovation programs and governance; protection of personal information; enterprise information management and technology policy, training and awareness; business relationship management with partner departments; project management; and business reporting. To learn more about us, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/technology-and-innovation.
Within the IPS division, Innovation, Partnerships and Governance (IPG) Branch supports Alberta’s innovators, researchers, businesses, and entrepreneurs by delivering programs and investments that drive economic growth, attract investment, and create jobs. The Branch leads innovation strategies and initiatives aligned with government priorities, including the Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy (ATIS), to strengthen research and innovation across Alberta’s key sectors and improve competitiveness.
Innovation Discovery and Collaboration Programs (IDCP) Unit builds Alberta’s innovation capacity by working with post‑secondary institutions, non‑profits, and industry. The Unit helps ensure the province has world‑class talent and modern research and innovation facilities that support growth and attract investment.
Reporting to the Manager, Discovery Programming, the Program Officer plays a crucial role in the grant management for Alberta's innovation funding programs, offering both technical and financial support. The primary focus is on ensuring transparency, accountability, and risk mitigation in the administration of collaborative innovation grant funding programs that co-invest in large-scale, multi-partner initiatives advancing Alberta's science, technology, and industry ecosystem.
The Program Officer takes the lead in coordinating processes and providing analytical, consultative, and quality control services during the pre-award phase of grant funding program life-cycles. Responsibilities extend to collaborating with Ministry representatives to develop and update grant funding guidelines and templates, reviewing grant and contract documents, and managing processes for soliciting proposals and submissions. The role requires strong analytical capability, attention to complex partner and leverage structures, and the ability to assess compliance across multi-institutional delivery models involving post-secondary institutions, non-profit organizations, research institutes, and industry partners.
This role encompasses comprehensive grant financial services, including contributing to the allocation of program and project budgets, preparing forecasts, analyzing variances, and developing financial planning scenarios. The Program Officer generates analytics and management reports to support strategic and operational planning, decisions, and reports related to innovation grant funding programs. Under the leadership of the Manager, this position performs all work in accordance with relevant legislation, regulations, policies, and guidelines.
As an AI champion, the Program Officer actively explores, adopts, and promotes the use of AI tools to improve program administration, analytical workflows, and stakeholder service delivery. This includes staying current with emerging AI capabilities relevant to grant management, modeling effective AI tool use for colleagues, and identifying opportunities to integrate AI-assisted processes to improve program efficiency, reporting quality, and decision support.
The responsibilities of this role include:
To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:
Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.
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.
Requirements:
Equivalencies:
Assets:
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.
Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position
Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday
Location: Commerce Place | 10155 102 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 4G8
Recruitment Process
Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
Applicants are required to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Additional Information:
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. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).
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.
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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 Michelle Elliott at Michelle.Elliott@gov.ab.ca.