Senior Consultant

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Alberta seeks a Senior Consultant to drive strategic service planning within their acute care system. The role requires collaboration, innovative thinking, and strong leadership, ensuring aligned and effective service delivery. Candidates should have substantial experience in healthcare project management and a relevant degree. This position offers a hybrid work environment, competitive salary, and the chance to make a meaningful impact in healthcare planning.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 to 7 years of management experience in a healthcare setting.
• Proven experience leading or guiding complex projects.
• Strong background in planning, analytics, and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic and service plans for Alberta’s acute care system.
• Manage critical requests and detailed project information.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and facilitate change initiatives.

Skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Project leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, planning, or management

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Your Opportunity

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for healthcare planning who thrives in complex environments requiring collaboration, leadership, and innovation? Acute Care Alberta is seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Consultant to play a key role in strategic and service planning within Alberta’s acute care system. Reporting to the Program Manager, Strategy and Planning, the Senior Consultant will support the mission and mandate of Acute Care Alberta. This exciting and unique role requires a professional who excels in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and change management. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Alberta’s healthcare system and the ability to think innovatively and adapt within an evolving health system. This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing, collaborative team while contributing to system-wide priorities such as service review, capital planning coordination and advancing the mandate of Acute Care Alberta

Description

The Senior Consultant, Strategy and Planning, brings specialized knowledge, skills, and experience in developing strategic and service plans to support Alberta’s acute care system including service reviews, redesign initiatives, and care model development. This role demonstrates strong strategic and project leadership by providing expertise in the development and implementation of coordinated, data-driven plans that align with Acute Care Alberta’s mandate. Working closely with a team of senior consultants, the Senior Consultant ensures consistency by applying standardized methodologies, frameworks, and templates to develop the plans. Respected by colleagues and supervisors, the Senior Consultant leverages their credibility to drive planning success. This role fosters collaboration by building strong, meaningful relationships with stakeholders in the acute care system and delivery partners. While maintaining a strategic focus, the Senior Consultant also manages critical requests and detailed information essential for successful project execution and tangible results. They excel in navigating shifting and ambiguous environments, prioritizing tasks effectively in a fast-paced setting with evolving timelines. Serving as a shared resource, the Senior Consultant is accessible to acute care service providers through a prioritization framework that optimizes planning resources. They support the Program Manager in strategic partnerships and coordination with Alberta Hospital and Surgical Health Services as well as provincial health agencies, and acute care service providers to ensure integrated, aligned, and effective service and capital planning. Ultimately, the Senior Consultant leads change initiatives with a particular focus on issues, needs, and leveraging best practices and innovative solutions to address complex healthcare challenges.

Job Details

• Classification: Senior Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Acute Care Strategy & Planning
• 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: 17-OCT-2025
• Date Available: 24-NOV-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $37.82
• Maximum Salary: $64.86
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications

The successful candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in a healthcare, planning, or management-related discipline and has a minimum of 5 to 7 years of management experience in a healthcare setting or a clinical role within an organization of significant size and complexity. They have proven experience in leading or guiding complex projects. Equivalencies in education and experience will be considered. The ideal candidate has a strong background in planning, analytics, evaluation, or quality improvement. Additionally, they possess strategic and project leadership skills, along with strong communication abilities, enabling them to translate complex information into clear, actionable plans.

Additional Required Qualifications

This position may occasionally require the use of a vehicle for business purposes. The successful candidate must possess a valid driver’s license and have access to a vehicle for work-related travel, if required.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree preferred. Experience working within Alberta’s healthcare system with knowledge of provincial health priorities and policies. Specialized training in systems thinking, integrated health system and/or service planning, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, organizational design, process improvement and project management is preferred.