Job requirements Community Planning Director - Government Services in the Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region

Find out what you typically need to work as a community planning director - government services in the Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region. These requirements are applicable to all Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration (NOC 40010).

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

  • Government managers in health policy development and program administration
  • A bachelor's degree or college diploma in health science, hospital administration or public administration or a bachelor's degree in social science is required.
  • A graduate degree in a health, social science or an administrative discipline may be required.
  • Several years of experience as a health or social policy researcher, consultant or program officer are usually required.
  • For some government managers in health policy development and program administration, certification in the relevant health profession is required. For example, city medical officers of health must be physicians.
  • Government managers in social policy development and program administration
  • A bachelor's degree or a college diploma in a social science discipline, such as sociology or economics, or an administrative discipline, such as public administration, is required.
  • A graduate degree in a social science or an administrative discipline may be required.
  • Several years of experience as a social policy researcher, consultant or program officer are usually required.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

Alberta

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  • If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
  • If the licence is voluntary, you don’t need to be certified to practise this occupation.

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Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

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