Manager, Policy & Integration
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Number**:** 53486
As a key member of the Extended Office of the City Clerk Leadership Team, the Manager, Policy and Integration leads and manages large-scale, complex civic projects, including municipal and school board elections, Ward Boundary reviews, by-elections, petition, and census projects. This role reports to the Director, Elections & Legislative Projects, and is crucial for ensuring compliance with continuously evolving legislation such as the Local Authorities Election Act. The Manager oversees legislative analysis, the permanent Electors register, the Project Evaluation Framework, and the Election Logistics Management System (ELMS) to ensure functionality and legislative adherence throughout the four-year election cycle.
This new leadership position involves supervising a permanent team of one, expanding to lead up to five direct reports and over 80 indirect reports during active election projects. The role requires significant experience in leadership and change management within a high-paced, politically sensitive, and legislated environment. The Manager ensures all work aligns with the section’s guiding principles of accessibility, inclusivity, equity, ethics, and safety, while maintaining compliance with provincial and municipal legislation and corporate principles.
What will you do?
- Lead government engagement and responses on election, petition, and legislative projects
- Monitor and interpret new provincial legislation impacting municipal elections and other projects, advising leadership on changes and compliance issues
- Oversee drafting of Council reports on legislative amendments and lead updates to the Elections Bylaw
- Manage the permanent electors register, ensuring data system integrity, voting station procedures, and data sharing with Elections Alberta
- Ensure the Elections Logistics and Management System (ELMS) permanent electors register module is functional, secure, compliant, and integrated
- Oversee personal information management, ensuring compliance with the LAEA and Protection of Privacy Act (POPA), including risk identification and data sharing agreements
- Plan and implement voter registration periods to ensure updated registers for voting opportunities and election readiness
- Manage legislative and regulatory compliance for all elections and legislative projects, ensuring technology aligns with legislative requirements
- Coordinate with technology teams and vendors to analyze, assess, and recommend changes or new implementations for election technology solutions, ensuring legislative alignment
- Oversee the transition and incorporation of new technology solutions, ensuring stakeholder readiness
- Develop and oversee a robust project evaluation framework for continuous improvement, including finalizing election reports and identifying long-term indicators
- Provide leadership and supervision to staff, encompassing hiring, guidance, coaching, performance management, and fostering team engagement
- Contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Office of the City Clerk as part of the Extended Leadership Team, providing input into policies and participating in special projects
Qualifications:
- University degree in public administration, political science, business administration, or a related field
- Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience managing complex, large-scale, multi-stakeholder, and highly legislated projects
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience with policy and program development, governance, strategic planning, and project management
- Significant experience in understanding and applying federal, provincial, and municipal legislation and regulations, e.g., MGA, LAEA, and FOIP Act
Assets:
- Experience in municipal government, specifically in elections and census
- Specific experience in human resource or volunteer management
- Local Authority Administration Coursework or Certification (NACLAA I or NACLAA II)
Skills required for success:
- Ability to think strategically and apply a systems approach, with expertise in legislative projects like elections, census, and petitions, and strong knowledge of relevant acts and local government processes
- Elevated knowledge and skills in managing complex information and processes, including human resources functions and the design and implementation of successful strategic projects
- High level of political acumen and the ability to work effectively at senior levels of the City, City Council, and the public, with proven ability to handle and protect confidential information
- Highly adaptable, comfortable working in a stressful, high-pressure environment, with experience leading and managing change, strong relationship building and communication skills, and the ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
- Applicants may be tested
Conditions of employment & work environment:
- Up to: 1 permanent full-time position
- Hours of work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday
- Salary: $105,668.31 - $132,083.940 (Annually)
- Hire is dependent on a Criminal Records Check (CRC) that is satisfactory to the City of Edmonton, and there may be a cost associated with this requirement
- This position is subject to a high level of public scrutiny and requires working with the highest ethical standards.
- Overtime, and evening work may be required, especially during peak project periods.
- Must be able to work in a high-stress environment with a high volume of work and potential interactions with the public.
- This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite
- This position is eligible for the EDO program (Earned Day Off)
The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact employment@edmonton.ca. Learn more about our benefits https://bit.ly/COEbenefits.
Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.
Talent Acquisition Consultant: AS/SB
Classification Title**:** ML2 - Business Services
Posting Date**:** Oct 6, 2025
Closing Date**:** Oct 27, 2025 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
Number of Openings (up to)****: 1 - Permanent Full-time
Union : Management
Department**:** Office of the City Clerk
Work Location(s)****: Elections Office, 16304 - 114 Ave Edmonton T5J 3R8
About City of Edmonton
We’re young, ambitious and building something extraordinary. Located on Treaty 6 Territory and with a population of over one million, Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities. We’re building a resilient and diverse economy, attracting the best and the brightest and striving to be a world leader in environmental sustainability. We value quality of life, community safety and a welcoming spirit that embraces new people and new ideas.
Manager, Policy & Integration
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Number**:** 53486
As a key member of the Extended Office of the City Clerk Leadership Team, the Manager, Policy and Integration leads and manages large-scale, complex civic projects, including municipal and school board elections, Ward Boundary reviews, by-elections, petition, and census projects. This role reports to the Director, Elections & Legislative Projects, and is crucial for ensuring compliance with continuously evolving legislation such as the Local Authorities Election Act. The Manager oversees legislative analysis, the permanent Electors register, the Project Evaluation Framework, and the Election Logistics Management System (ELMS) to ensure functionality and legislative adherence throughout the four-year election cycle.
This new leadership position involves supervising a permanent team of one, expanding to lead up to five direct reports and over 80 indirect reports during active election projects. The role requires significant experience in leadership and change management within a high-paced, politically sensitive, and legislated environment. The Manager ensures all work aligns with the section’s guiding principles of accessibility, inclusivity, equity, ethics, and safety, while maintaining compliance with provincial and municipal legislation and corporate principles.
What will you do?
- Lead government engagement and responses on election, petition, and legislative projects
- Monitor and interpret new provincial legislation impacting municipal elections and other projects, advising leadership on changes and compliance issues
- Oversee drafting of Council reports on legislative amendments and lead updates to the Elections Bylaw
- Manage the permanent electors register, ensuring data system integrity, voting station procedures, and data sharing with Elections Alberta
- Ensure the Elections Logistics and Management System (ELMS) permanent electors register module is functional, secure, compliant, and integrated
- Oversee personal information management, ensuring compliance with the LAEA and Protection of Privacy Act (POPA), including risk identification and data sharing agreements
- Plan and implement voter registration periods to ensure updated registers for voting opportunities and election readiness
- Manage legislative and regulatory compliance for all elections and legislative projects, ensuring technology aligns with legislative requirements
- Coordinate with technology teams and vendors to analyze, assess, and recommend changes or new implementations for election technology solutions, ensuring legislative alignment
- Oversee the transition and incorporation of new technology solutions, ensuring stakeholder readiness
- Develop and oversee a robust project evaluation framework for continuous improvement, including finalizing election reports and identifying long-term indicators
- Provide leadership and supervision to staff, encompassing hiring, guidance, coaching, performance management, and fostering team engagement
- Contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Office of the City Clerk as part of the Extended Leadership Team, providing input into policies and participating in special projects
Qualifications:
- University degree in public administration, political science, business administration, or a related field
- Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience managing complex, large-scale, multi-stakeholder, and highly legislated projects
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience with policy and program development, governance, strategic planning, and project management
- Significant experience in understanding and applying federal, provincial, and municipal legislation and regulations, e.g., MGA, LAEA, and FOIP Act
Assets:
- Experience in municipal government, specifically in elections and census
- Specific experience in human resource or volunteer management
- Local Authority Administration Coursework or Certification (NACLAA I or NACLAA II)
Skills required for success:
- Ability to think strategically and apply a systems approach, with expertise in legislative projects like elections, census, and petitions, and strong knowledge of relevant acts and local government processes
- Elevated knowledge and skills in managing complex information and processes, including human resources functions and the design and implementation of successful strategic projects
- High level of political acumen and the ability to work effectively at senior levels of the City, City Council, and the public, with proven ability to handle and protect confidential information
- Highly adaptable, comfortable working in a stressful, high-pressure environment, with experience leading and managing change, strong relationship building and communication skills, and the ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
- Applicants may be tested
Conditions of employment & work environment:
- Up to: 1 permanent full-time position
- Hours of work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday
- Salary: $105,668.31 - $132,083.940 (Annually)
- Hire is dependent on a Criminal Records Check (CRC) that is satisfactory to the City of Edmonton, and there may be a cost associated with this requirement
- This position is subject to a high level of public scrutiny and requires working with the highest ethical standards.
- Overtime, and evening work may be required, especially during peak project periods.
- Must be able to work in a high-stress environment with a high volume of work and potential interactions with the public.
- This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite
- This position is eligible for the EDO program (Earned Day Off)
The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact employment@edmonton.ca. Learn more about our benefits https://bit.ly/COEbenefits.
Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.
Talent Acquisition Consultant: AS/SB
Classification Title**:** ML2 - Business Services
Posting Date**:** Oct 6, 2025
Closing Date**:** Oct 27, 2025 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
Number of Openings (up to)****: 1 - Permanent Full-time
Union : Management
Department**:** Office of the City Clerk
Work Location(s)****: Elections Office, 16304 - 114 Ave Edmonton T5J 3R8
About City of Edmonton
We’re young, ambitious and building something extraordinary. Located on Treaty 6 Territory and with a population of over one million, Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities. We’re building a resilient and diverse economy, attracting the best and the brightest and striving to be a world leader in environmental sustainability. We value quality of life, community safety and a welcoming spirit that embraces new people and new ideas.