Position: Senior Governance Advisor Position Type: Full-time, Permanent, Excluded If you're a skilled legal professional who's looking to take their career to the next level, the Senior Governance Advisor position is for you! As the Senior Governance Advisor, you are organized, composed, and always prepared. With a laser-focused eye for accuracy and attention to detail, you gain personal satisfaction from producing high quality deliverables in the face of rapid change and tight deadlines. You have strong organizational and time management skills to meet deadlines and manage project delivery, always planning ahead to avoid last minute work. You might even be a paralegal who is looking to leave a law firm behind and move into a related field where your skills and abilities can be taken to the next level. A typical day for the Senior Governance Advisor This role works very closely with APS' Executive Team and the APS Board of Directors. The Senior Governance Advisor acts as a go-between for the Board and the Executive Team to ensure that the Board meets their requirements, but also that the Executive Team is providing the right materials. Provide administrative support in respect of the planning and holding of board/committee meetings. Draft and update governance documents relating to the activities of the boards and committees, such as annual or multi-year plans, education plans and lists of relevant conferences and seminars, policies and procedures, annual member self-evaluation surveys and results, electronic surveys and polls, and various reports. Complete expense and remuneration claims for board and committee members. Provide administrative support for Governance Secretariat functions, including scheduling and maintaining calendars, organizing meetings (agendas, educational topics, speakers, minute taking, etc.), University degree and at least two or more years of directly related experience or experience as a paralegal/legal assistant within a law firm environment; Diploma or certificate in paralegal studies or communications with at least five or more years of directly related experience as a paralegal/legal assistant within a law firm environment. Experience in governance practices, including, without limitation, agenda preparation, meeting package production and minute taking. Knowledge of mandates and general business of boards and committees, in addition to their reporting structures, policies, procedures and practices, board governance models and applicable rules of order. Experience in policy research and writing policies. Thorough knowledge of Office 365 applications. Excellent comprehension, writing, editing and proofreading skills are a must Well-developed analytical skills with an understanding of how to gather data, analyze information, and summarize conclusions. Effective client service skills and interpersonal skills to enable working with diverse groups of people and building collaborative relationships to deal with multiple functional areas and process piece owners. Effective presentation skills, including the preparation of briefing material, handouts and presentations about updates and proposed changes to processes, governance policy or reporting. Skills with Adobe Creative Suite is desirable, but not required. APS is made up of hard-working, respectful and talented people who understand and invite diversity to the workplace. We take pride in holding ourselves accountable and continuing to meet or exceed service levels for plan members, pensioners and employers. We ensure they receive quality services because they—along with our people—are the reason we endure and succeed. And it sure feels good helping hard-working Albertans receive their well-deserved pensions. Flexible work arrangements that make sense to you: work from home, relocation and more Community-minded workplace with a friendly team environment Vacation starting at 15 days per year, 13 statutory holidays, personal days, plus office closure between Christmas and New Year's Day Competitive benefit package featuring extended health and dental benefits and a 100% employer-paid flexible spending account In-house training programs, extensive career development and coaching program, access to external education opportunities and wellness programs