Program Director - Continuing Care Resource Planning & Allocation

Make a difference to patients and families who rely on continuing care and long-term care in Alberta! Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) is now seeking a results-driven problem-solver for the role of Program Director, Continuing Care Resource Planning and Allocation. This key leadership role works to ensure the equitable, strategic, and transparent, allocation of public funds across Alberta’s continuing care system. As Program Director, you will lead the application of approved funding methodologies, implement policies, and allocate funds to influence organizational service capacity, healthcare provider sustainability, and client outcomes. As this role is provincial in scope, the physical work location for this position is negotiable. This role may be eligible for a remote/hybrid work arrangement. Travel within the assigned portfolio may be required to support leaders, teams, and service delivery. Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) provides Albertans with the support they need through a comprehensive assisted living system that offers a full range of services, including medical and non-medical supports, continuing care homes, home care, community care, and social services. ALA is focused on delivering care more effectively and consistently across the province by enhancing home and community services, expediting access to supportive living environments and continuing care homes, and ensuring Albertans and their caregivers are well-informed.

The Program Director, Continuing Care Resource Planning and Allocation (PD) provides provincial leadership for Assisted Living Alberta’s funding function and is accountable for the development, implementation, and administration of funding models, allocation methodologies, and funding advice across the continuing care system. Reporting to the Senior Provincial Director, System Planning and Performance, this position leads funding approaches for Continuing Care Homes, Home and Community Care, Palliative Care, specialty programs and other funded services. The PD ensures funding methodologies are evidence-informed, equitable, transparent, financially responsible and aligned with client needs, service requirements, government policy and organizational priorities. The PD ensures funding decisions are accurately translated into provider and program allocations through effective governance, validation, and quality assurance processes. Working with corporate and operational partners, the PD ensures funding methodologies are supported by reliable data, evidence and service needs. In this role, the PD provides expert advice to senior and executive leadership and collaborates with government ministries on funding methodologies, provider impacts, funding pressures and opportunities to strengthen alignment between funding, service delivery and system outcomes. This position leads a professional team responsible for Continuing Care Home Funding, Home and Community Care, Palliative and Specialty Funding, and the Senior Consultant, Financial Analytics.

A master’s degree in health economics, health administration, business administration, public administration, economics, finance or a related discipline required. Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive leadership experience in health care funding, health system planning, finance, health economics, analytics, policy or a related field, including significant leadership or senior advisory experience is required. Experience working with government Ministries and contracted health service providers on funding policy and models, allocation methodologies, or significant funding initiatives. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Demonstrated experience developing, implementing and administering complex funding models, allocation methodologies or resource distribution approaches within a large health care, government or public-sector environment. Strong understanding of health care funding, resource allocation, health system governance and government funding processes, with demonstrated ability to translate complex methodologies and analysis into practical, defensible recommendations for senior and executive decision-makers. Familiarity with various funding approaches including case-mix systems, client classification methodologies, activity-based funding, or other approaches that link client need, service activity, or complexity to funding. Strong quantitative and analytical capability, including experience with financial modelling and the ability to integrate clinical, utilization, activity, and financial information to develop and assess funding methodologies and their impacts. Demonstrated leadership, judgment and relationship-management skills, including experience leading professional teams and working effectively with government, service providers and multidisciplinary organizational partners to resolve complex funding and policy issues.

Advanced knowledge or experience in health economics, financial modelling, quantitative methods, funding-model evaluation or analysis of the distributional impacts of funding decisions. Healthcare experience. Professional accounting, finance, analytics, or related designation.