Associate Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Calgary Zone PCA, Calgary, Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
NEW
1 additional location
Leadership - Management
PRI00000491
6 hours ago
Your Opportunity:
Join Primary Care Alberta’s Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Team and contribute to a dynamic, diverse, and province-wide initiative. As part of the Guidance, Training, and Quality Improvement (QI) Team, you’ll play a key role in advancing CDC’s strategic priorities through quality and process improvement. Reporting to the Manager, CDC Guidance, Training, QI, & Support Teams, the Associate Manager, Quality & Process Improvement provides strategic leadership to a virtual team of QI Specialists, Project Managers, Consultants, and Administrative Assistants. This team drives improvement initiatives and develops innovative solutions to enhance CDC processes and services. As a key member of the leadership team, you will apply your expertise in evaluation and QI methodologies to support provincial and zone-level strategy, governance, and service planning. You will be responsible for unit-level decision-making and play a critical role in achieving CDC’s goals. This is a remote position that may require occasional travel into a designated CDC site depending on operational requirements.
Description:
The Associate Manager is accountable for leading quality and process improvement activities that optimize CDC operations and service delivery. This role involves collaboration with internal CDC teams, Public Health partners, and external provincial/national stakeholders to identify, implement, and evaluate innovative approaches and practices. You will establish integrated reporting and monitoring structures with key metrics to guide planning and inform practice. Using data and evidence, you will recommend and support the execution of process improvements. Strong stakeholder relationships and leadership in developing CDC program resources and processes are essential to success in this role.
- Classification: Associate Manager
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Communicable Disease Control, Quality & Process Improvement
- Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 12-FEB-2026
- Date Available: 01-APR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Hourly Salary: $40.19
- Maximum Hourly Salary: $68.93
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree in a health-related field (e.g., Health Promotion, Public or Population Health) with demonstrated experience in quality improvement, evaluation, and process redesign. Minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role, ideally within communicable disease control or public/population health in a complex organization. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with tools such as REDCap, SharePoint, or other data/project management systems. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a virtual environment. Clear pattern of professional and personal development.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Proven leadership, organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills. High standards of professionalism and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Strong coaching and mentoring abilities, with the capacity to inspire confidence in others. Excellent time management and prioritization skills. Strong attention to detail and critical thinking abilities. Self-directed and action-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving. Reliable internet access and ability to maintain a confidential workspace is required for remote work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge and experience in communicable disease control, particularly in immunization and the prevention, investigation, and management of notifiable diseases and outbreaks. Recent experience in QI methodologies, change management, and evaluation practices. Recent experience in planning, coordinating, and monitoring QI projects and establishing performance metrics.
About Primary Care Alberta
Primary Care Alberta is a made-in-Alberta solution to improve access to the primary care services Albertans rely on.
By delivering coordinated services, Primary Care Alberta enables healthcare providers to do what they do best - care for Albertans. We meet Albertans wherever they live, work, play and learn, promoting prevention, supporting lifelong health journeys, and serving as a vital entry point to a complex network of care.
Together, we are creating a future where compassionate, timely and effective healthcare is available to every Albertan at every stage of life.
Associate Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Calgary Zone PCA, Calgary, Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
NEW
1 additional location
Leadership - Management
PRI00000491
6 hours ago
Your Opportunity:
Join Primary Care Alberta’s Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Team and contribute to a dynamic, diverse, and province-wide initiative. As part of the Guidance, Training, and Quality Improvement (QI) Team, you’ll play a key role in advancing CDC’s strategic priorities through quality and process improvement. Reporting to the Manager, CDC Guidance, Training, QI, & Support Teams, the Associate Manager, Quality & Process Improvement provides strategic leadership to a virtual team of QI Specialists, Project Managers, Consultants, and Administrative Assistants. This team drives improvement initiatives and develops innovative solutions to enhance CDC processes and services. As a key member of the leadership team, you will apply your expertise in evaluation and QI methodologies to support provincial and zone-level strategy, governance, and service planning. You will be responsible for unit-level decision-making and play a critical role in achieving CDC’s goals. This is a remote position that may require occasional travel into a designated CDC site depending on operational requirements.
Description:
The Associate Manager is accountable for leading quality and process improvement activities that optimize CDC operations and service delivery. This role involves collaboration with internal CDC teams, Public Health partners, and external provincial/national stakeholders to identify, implement, and evaluate innovative approaches and practices. You will establish integrated reporting and monitoring structures with key metrics to guide planning and inform practice. Using data and evidence, you will recommend and support the execution of process improvements. Strong stakeholder relationships and leadership in developing CDC program resources and processes are essential to success in this role.
- Classification: Associate Manager
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Communicable Disease Control, Quality & Process Improvement
- Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 12-FEB-2026
- Date Available: 01-APR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Hourly Salary: $40.19
- Maximum Hourly Salary: $68.93
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree in a health-related field (e.g., Health Promotion, Public or Population Health) with demonstrated experience in quality improvement, evaluation, and process redesign. Minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role, ideally within communicable disease control or public/population health in a complex organization. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with tools such as REDCap, SharePoint, or other data/project management systems. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a virtual environment. Clear pattern of professional and personal development.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Proven leadership, organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills. High standards of professionalism and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Strong coaching and mentoring abilities, with the capacity to inspire confidence in others. Excellent time management and prioritization skills. Strong attention to detail and critical thinking abilities. Self-directed and action-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving. Reliable internet access and ability to maintain a confidential workspace is required for remote work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge and experience in communicable disease control, particularly in immunization and the prevention, investigation, and management of notifiable diseases and outbreaks. Recent experience in QI methodologies, change management, and evaluation practices. Recent experience in planning, coordinating, and monitoring QI projects and establishing performance metrics.
About Primary Care Alberta
Primary Care Alberta is a made-in-Alberta solution to improve access to the primary care services Albertans rely on.
By delivering coordinated services, Primary Care Alberta enables healthcare providers to do what they do best - care for Albertans. We meet Albertans wherever they live, work, play and learn, promoting prevention, supporting lifelong health journeys, and serving as a vital entry point to a complex network of care.
Together, we are creating a future where compassionate, timely and effective healthcare is available to every Albertan at every stage of life.