Senior Advisor

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 78,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking a Senior Advisor, Talent Development & Learning (Delivery) to shape how leaders and teams grow, navigate change, and build cultures of continuous improvement across the provincial healthcare system. You will partner with leaders to design tailored interventions and facilitate learning programs that drive meaningful change.

Reporting to the Manager, Talent Development & Learning (Delivery), you bring advanced expertise in leadership development, assessment,

Qualifications

• University degree in Organizational Development, Adult Learning, Education, HR or related field.
• Minimum five years in healthcare; five years in leadership/organization development.
• Experience designing and facilitating senior leadership programs.
• Strong coaching, mentoring and relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency in change management and assessment methods.

Responsibilities

• Design customized leader and team learning sessions.
• Facilitate formal courses and programs.
• Conduct 1:1 leader effectiveness coaching.
• Lead client meetings and strategic conversations.
• Apply human-centered design and systems thinking.

Skills

Leadership development

Change management

Adult learning

Facilitation

Coaching

Organizational development

Project management

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

University degree in Organizational Development / Adult Learning / Education / HR / Social Sciences / Coaching

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Virtual collaboration tools

Job description

Are you passionate about shaping how healthcare leaders and employees learn, grow, and lead? Are you energized by helping leaders, teams, and organizations grow stronger, navigate change, and build cultures of continuous improvement? Do you bring deep expertise in organizational behaviour, change management, and human dynamics — paired with the confidence to act as a trusted advisor in complex environments?If you're a skilled leadership consultant, coach, and advanced facilitator who thrives on building relationships and delivering impactful learning experiences, the Senior Advisor, Talent Development & Learning (Delivery) role may be the opportunity for you.Join a talented team of learning and development professionals dedicated to strengthening leader, team, and organizational effectiveness across the provincial healthcare system. Reporting to the Manager, Talent Development & Learning (Delivery), you'll partner with leaders to design tailored support interventions and facilitate formal learning courses and programs that drive meaningful change.

Description:

As Senior Advisor, you bring advanced expertise in leadership development, assessment, coaching, consulting, intervention design, and facilitation. As an internal organizational effectiveness consultant, you partner with leaders across the provincial healthcare system to align strategy, culture, people, and processes — navigating complexity with confidence as a trusted advisor and change agent. You're skilled at assessing organizational, leader, and team effectiveness using diagnostic tools, surveys, focus groups, interviews, and direct observation. You analyze structures, work processes, culture, communication patterns, decision-making, and employee engagement to surface meaningful improvement opportunities. You translate assessment findings into strategic, targeted interventions and action plans that strengthen leadership capability, workplace culture, and team performance. As an advanced facilitator, you cultivate trust and psychological safety to create brave, engaging learning experiences in meetings, sessions, and formal programs. Grounded in human-centered design and systems thinking, you collaborate with internal Centers of Excellence and partners to deliver customized client support. You build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders and bring proven experience in designing and facilitating senior leadership retreats and strategic meetings that drive collaboration and alignment.

• Transition Company: Health Shared Services
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Talent Development and Learning, Talent Management Strategies
• Primary Location: Southport Tower
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 15-OCT-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $38.73
• Maximum Salary: $66.42
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

• Transition Company: Health Shared Services
• Classification: Senior Advisor
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Talent Development and Learning, Talent Management Strategies
• Primary Location: Southport Tower
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 15-OCT-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $38.73
• Maximum Salary: $66.42
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

University degree in Organizational Development, Adult Learning, Education, Human Resources, Social Sciences, Coaching, Conflict Management, or a related field (equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered).Minimum five (5) years of experience in a healthcare setting.Minimum five (5) years of practical experience in:Leadership, team, and organizational development consulting.Facilitating formal courses and programs.Designing and facilitating customized leader and team learning sessions.1:1 leader effectiveness coaching.Leading client meetings and strategic conversations.Change management consulting.Demonstrated strengths in:Adult learning principles and human-centered design.Analytical thinking, project management, facilitation, and creative problem-solving.Internal consulting with diverse stakeholders and client groups.Designing learning across multiple methodologies and modalities.Interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.Coaching, mentoring, and developing others.Awareness of emerging trends in adult education, leadership, and workplace learning.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Skilled at building collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.Strong project management skills across planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation.Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and virtual collaboration tools.Adaptable in environments with ambiguity, change, and shifting priorities.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage at all organizational levels.Strong organizational and time management skills in fast-paced, deadline-driven settings.Solid grounding in evidence-informed research and evaluation to support decision-making and program design.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in Leadership, Education, Organizational Development, or a related discipline.ICF Coaching designation (CEC, CPCC, ACC, or PCC).Certifications such as CSTD, CACE, CCM, Prosci, or similar.Experience in a large, complex organization — healthcare preferred.Strong understanding of healthcare workforce development needs.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta.

Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.