Executive Director, Emergency and Disaster Management, AHS
Your Opportunity:
Help lead Alberta’s essential healthcare services into a new era of emergency preparedness and response. Alberta Health Services is seeking an experienced, decisive, and adaptable problem-solver for the role of Executive Director, Emergency and Disaster Management (Executive Director) to oversee provincial programs that protect lives, property, and the environment during emergencies and disasters. As Executive Director, you will lead a diverse professional and management team providing E/DM services and support to AHS and other agencies across Alberta’s healthcare system. You will mitigate risks, prepare the health system for emergencies, support local and system-wide response, and facilitate post-crisis recovery. This provincial position can be located anywhere in Alberta, may be eligible for a hybrid or flexible work arrangement, and requires occasional travel to Edmonton, Calgary, or rural locations. In a refocused healthcare system, AHS plays an integral role in delivering high-quality acute care services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories. We are a nation-leading hospital-based service provider operating 106 facilities across the province and we are dedicated to excellence in patient care. Showcase your leadership skills at AHS, where we strive to foster an environment where patients, clients, and staff feel safe, healthy, valued and supported.
Description:
The Executive Director, Emergency and Disaster Management (Executive Director) provides strategic and operational leadership to the provincial Emergency/Disaster Management Division (E/DM) and its programs and services. As the Executive Director, you will develop the governance, policy, documentation and supports for province-wide emergency management, setting up suitable infrastructure to support the provincial E/DM system and the delivery of centralized services in addition to on-the-ground service delivery. The Executive Director will be accountable for the delivery and outcomes of these programs. Identifying key challenges and opportunities, using proven risk management and change management methods, you will develop innovative and strategic technical and operational approaches to enable the achievement of the strategic vision and long-term goals. Accountable for over 50 staff and budget of $8.2M, the Executive Director, ensures the strategic use of human, fiscal, and financial resources to provide the most effective and efficient delivery of services. You will identify and manage risks, establish and monitor measures/indicators, and oversee reporting frequency and program evaluation for new and existing programs. Collaboration, partnership and ongoing strategic engagement are central to the role. You will work closely with the EDM team, Primary Health Care organizations (PHCs), Provincial Health Agencies (PHAs), other healthcare agencies, and government ministries to support coordinated emergency preparedness, response, and recovery across Alberta’s healthcare system.
- Classification: Executive Director
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Emergency and Disaster Management
- 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-AUG-2026
- Date Available: 24-AUG-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: $57.07
- Maximum Salary: $100.39
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
The ideal candidate for this position has a master’s degree preferably in Emergency Management and/or a health profession. This person should have at least ten (10) years middle or senior management experience (preferably in health service delivery) and ten (10) years in public health services delivery. Must have a successful record of achievement in the field of emergency / disaster and business continuity management. A combination of relevant education and experience in healthcare and/or Emergency Management may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have a strong record of achievement as a leader, experience in the development of strategic plans and quality improvement processes with multi-client involvement. Has demonstrated strategic thinking considering long-term goals, assessing options, and implications. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic plans in a large organization. Proven sound decision-making skills and a track record of ethical behaviour. Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Successful record of managing diverse human, financial, and physical resources within a complex environment. Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, a client-focused orientation, and commitment to providing long term quality services. Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a large, diverse organization and managing within unionized settings. Ability to foster a climate of cooperation among, and build solid relationships with agencies, corporations, government, boards, committees and other internal and external partners.
Preferred Qualifications:
Professional designation and/or registration is desired. Change management certification an asset.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end 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.
