Executive Director, Emergency and Disaster Management, AHS

Executive Director, Emergency and Disaster Management, AHS

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.

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
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-AUG-2026
• Date Available: 24-AUG-2026
• 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

• 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

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