Senior Consultant in Edmonton

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing Addiction Services across Alberta. You will lead and support complex, provincial initiatives that have a direct impact on addiction and mental health care. Reporting to Addiction Services Leadership through the Executive Director, you will support project management, planning, development, and coordination with senior leaders, government partners, clinicians, operational teams, and external stakeholders.

The Senior Consultant is responsible for supporting and leading complex provincial initiatives and projects sponsored by Addiction Services, including providing project oversight and implementation coordination for Compassionate Intervention and other strategic Addiction and Mental Health (AMH) priorities. Working with a high degree of independence, you will lead, consult, coordinate, and organize activities related to the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of provincial programs, services, and initiatives.

You will be accountable for advancing multiple interconnected workstreams and coordinating stakeholders across operational, clinical, policy, legal, digital health, communications, education, and evaluation functions. The Senior Consultant serves as a key liaison among Addiction Services, Recovery Alberta, Health Shared Services, Government of Alberta ministries, operational leaders, physicians, and external partners.

The role requires strong relationship management, facilitation, and influencing skills to build consensus, support cross-ministerial collaboration, and resolve complex issues across organizations with diverse priorities. You will develop and support implementation plans, governance processes, briefing materials, reports, and recommendations that advance provincial program delivery and service improvement.

The role requires demonstrated expertise in business analysis, project management, change management, and systems thinking. You must be able to work autonomously, navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and deliver results within tight timelines while supporting complex initiatives that span multiple stakeholders, sectors, and jurisdictions.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree, or equivalent training and experience, in a health-related field.
• Relevant project management specific education, training, or certification in project management from an accredited institution.
• Specialized expertise in planning methodologies, including quality improvement, project management, and change management.
• Coordination experience in project planning, execution, reporting, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Significant experience in problem solving, risk mitigation, concerns resolution, conflict resolution, and negotiation.
• Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with leading a team, making decisions, coaching and teaching, and inspiring and building confidence in others.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and foster relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influencing skills, interpersonal skills, client-focused orientation, and commitment to providing quality services.
• A robust understanding of the AMH clinical practice environment is required.

Additional Required Qualifications:

• Certification/education in Project management, Change management, Quality improvement, Business or Healthcare Administration.
• Professional designation in Project Management (e.g., Project Management Professional designation).
• Prosci certified, AIW, Lean or Six Sigma certified.
• Health professional designation and registration with the appropriate college if applicable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• As Required.