Senior Talent Management Consultant

Job Information
Job Title: Senior Talent Management Consultant 
Job Requisition ID: 86452
Ministry: Public Service Commission
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 20, 2026
Classification: Human Relations 3
Salary: $3,802.68 - $5,026.24 biweekly ($99,249 - $131,184/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.

Role Responsibilities

Help Shape Leadership Across the Alberta Public Service

If you're passionate about leadership, curious about people potential, and energized by helping organizations make thoughtful talent decisions, this role offers a unique opportunity to influence leadership across the Alberta Public Service (APS).

The Leadership and Talent Management Branch is building a stronger, more integrated approach to executive talent management across the APS. We partner with senior leaders to strengthen leadership pipelines, improve succession readiness, and support thoughtful talent decisions that help organizations meet current and future priorities. 

As a Senior Talent Management Consultant, you will work with Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers, Executive Directors, HR leaders, and executive search partners to help identify, develop, and mobilize leadership talent across government. Your work will influence succession planning, leadership development, executive movement, and enterprise talent strategies that strengthen leadership capacity across the APS. 

This role combines strategic advising, talent management, analytics, program design, and organizational consulting. If you enjoy helping leaders navigate complex talent decisions and are energized by enterprise-wide impact, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

As a member of this team, you will:
• Provide advice to senior leaders on executive talent management, succession planning, leadership readiness, and talent mobility.
• Partner with ministries to identify leadership risks, opportunities, and succession priorities.
• Design and enhance talent management frameworks, programs, tools, and practices.
• Facilitate talent discussions that help leaders make informed decisions about current and future leadership needs.
• Use talent data, analytics, and insights to support evidence-informed decision-making.
• Lead initiatives that strengthen succession outcomes across government.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to advance innovative approaches to leadership and talent management.
• Contribute to the ongoing modernization of executive talent management within the APS.

Role Responsibilities (cont'd)

Why This Role Is Unique
This is more than a traditional HR consulting role.

You will work at the enterprise level, helping shape how leadership talent is identified, developed, and mobilized across government. Your work will directly inform discussions with senior executives and contribute to decisions that affect leadership continuity, succession strength, and organizational performance across the public service. 

You'll also have the opportunity to leverage talent intelligence, analytics, and emerging approaches to support the evolving future of talent management in government.

Why This Work Matters
Leadership decisions shape organizations. In this role, you'll help ensure the Alberta Public Service has the leadership capacity, succession strength, and talent insights needed to meet current challenges and future priorities. Your work will contribute to stronger leaders, stronger organizations, and better outcomes for Albertans.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a trusted advisor who can build trusted relationships, navigate complexity, and help senior leaders make informed talent decisions.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Talent management.
• Succession planning.
• Leadership development.
• Organizational development.
• Workforce planning.
• Strategic HR consulting.
• Advising senior leaders and executives.
• Enterprise program or framework design.

Role Responsibilities (cont'd)

You demonstrate:
• Strong consulting and relationship management skills.
• Sound judgment and the ability to manage sensitive and confidential matters.
• The ability to translate information, data, and insights into practical recommendations.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• An enterprise mindset and the ability to see connections across organizations and systems.
• A commitment to collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
You'll Thrive Here If You
• Enjoy working on complex organizational challenges.
• Are comfortable engaging with senior leaders and executives.
• Like balancing strategic thinking with practical implementation.
• Are curious, collaborative, and solutions focused.
• Want your work to have visible impact across an entire organization.
• Are passionate about developing strong leaders and building organizational capacity.
Education
A degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related discipline is typically required. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
What You'll Gain
This role offers meaningful exposure and growth for professionals who want enterprise-wide impact. You will:
• Work directly with Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers, HR Portfolio Directors, Executive Search partners, and senior executives on high-impact leadership and talent decisions.
• Help establish the approaches, tools, and practices that guide leadership talent management across the APS.
• Take on complex, meaningful work with visible impact on succession, leadership readiness, and the future executive pipeline.
• Grow professionally through exposure to enterprise strategy, executive decision-making, talent intelligence, and public sector leadership transformation.
Join Us
Join a team that is helping shape the future of leadership in the Alberta Public Service. Whether you're facilitating strategic talent conversations, designing innovative approaches to leadership development, or helping identify future leaders, your work will have a lasting impact across government and on the services provided to Albertans.

If you're looking for meaningful work, enterprise-level influence, and the opportunity to help leaders succeed, we'd love to hear from you.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviours 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: Considers inter-relationships and emerging trends to attain goals.
• Drive for Results: Actively sets goals and remains open to advice on reaching them.
• Creative Problem Solving: Is open to new ideas and breaks problems down to identify solutions.
• Develop Self and Others: Develops own career and reduces barriers for others.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standard:
• Education: University Degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Experience: 4-years of related experience in enterprise‑level Talent Management, leading the design, modernization, and integration of enterprise‑wide systems and programs, such as, succession frameworks, leadership development, workforce planning, or organizational effectiveness initiatives. 

Equivalency: Two-way 
• A related 2-year diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution and 6-years of related experience.
• A related 1-year certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and 7-years of related experience. 
• Directly related education or experience considered based on 1-year of education for 1-year of experience; or 1-year of experience for 1-year of education.

Role requirements:

Candidates must demonstrate experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Talent management and succession planning.
• Leadership development and organizational development.
• Strategic human resource consulting and advisory services.
• Workforce planning and talent analytics.
• Executive talent management, assessment and leadership readiness processes.
• Designing and implementing talent management programs, frameworks, tools, or systems.

The successful candidate will have:
• Experience providing advice and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills.
• The ability to analyze information and translate insights into meaningful recommendations and action.
• Experience navigating complex, sensitive, and confidential matters requiring sound judgment and discretion.
• The ability to work collaboratively across ministries and stakeholder groups to achieve enterprise outcomes.
• Experience in designing and enhancing talent management frameworks, programs, tools, and practices.

Assets include:
• Experience working within the Government of Alberta or broader public sector environment.
• Knowledge of APS executive talent management, leadership development, and succession planning practices.
• Experience using workforce, talent, or leadership-related data to inform decision-making.
• Familiarity with APS corporate systems and processes.

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

Location: Edmonton.
Hours of Work: 36.25 Hours per week, Monday to Friday onsite.
This is a permanent full-time position.

This competition may be used to fill current and future vacancies at equal or lesser classification across the Government of Alberta.

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 see Job Application Resources for 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.

Please ensure that your resume and cover letter are saved as a Word or PDF document.
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 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 Cindy Zaiffdeen at cindy.v.zaiffdeen@gov.ab.ca.