Manager, Provincial Campus Based Care, Sifton

Job Information
Job Title: Manager - Provincial Campus Based Care, Sifton
Job Requisition ID: 86467
Ministry: Children and Family Services
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent
Scope: Open
Closing Date: Aug 21, 2026
Classification: M41Z2
Salary: $3920.66 to $5276.07 bi-weekly ($102,329 - $137,705/year)

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. We make a difference in the lives of Albertans through rewarding and diverse career opportunities.

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.

Role Responsibilities

Are you a collaborative and influential leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for youth? This is an exciting opportunity to lead a dedicated team, shape innovative service delivery approaches, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of young people across Alberta. 

Reporting to the Director, the Manager, Provincial Campus Based Care provides leadership and oversight for the Sifton Provincial Campus Based Care (PCBC) program. This position is responsible for leading multidisciplinary teams, overseeing day-to-day operations, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, trauma-informed services that support youth in achieving safe and successful transitions to community-based living and other caregiving arrangements.

The Manager provides direct supervision to the Program Supervisor and specialized program staff at Sifton Provincial Campus Based Care, as well as leadership support to staff across the province. The role is responsible for coordinating internal and external operational activities at the site while fostering collaboration among Provincial Campus Based Care programs throughout Alberta.

Sifton Provincial Campus Based Care provides a trauma-informed campus-based environment focused on the assessment and care of youth. The program supports youth through individualized care planning with the goal of promoting safe transitions to alternative caregiving arrangements and successful reintegration into the community. The Manager ensures services are delivered in accordance with accreditation standards while meeting the unique strengths and needs of each youth served.

The Manager is responsible for establishing and implementing effective monitoring practices to ensure financial, administrative, and operational activities comply with relevant legislation, budget allocations, and provincial policies and procedures. This role maintains strong working relationships with Centre staff, clinicians, provincial colleagues, and external stakeholders to support the development and delivery of services aligned with youth care plans.

As the leader of a dedicated team of professionals, the Manager plays a key role in advancing innovative and holistic approaches to youth care within a campus-based setting. The successful candidate will foster a positive, inclusive, and accountable team culture where staff are supported to grow, contribute, and deliver exceptional services.

As the ideal candidate, you are a people-centered leader who builds trust, develops talent, and inspires high performance. You are skilled at coaching and mentoring staff, navigating complex situations, and fostering collaborative relationships with internal and external partners. 

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.

This position is based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and requires the ability to travel throughout the province.

The Job Description is provided for Further details on 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.

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 campus-based care, 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 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.

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.

• Final candidates will be required to undergo a criminal records check (CRC).
• Applicants being considered for this position will be required to complete a Level 2 Enhanced Security screening (including an enhanced criminal record check along with a credit check) as part of the pre-employment checks for this position.

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 we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service.
• Management Employee Pension Plan (MEPP).
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.
• Professional learning and development.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.

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 online. Please see Job Application Resources for more information.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. For example, January 2006 - June 2009 (part-time). This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Applicants are encouraged to present their information clearly and thoroughly, using a format that best conveys their experience.

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) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information.
It is also 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.

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.