Objectives
Alberta Interchange encourages the temporary exchange of managers and senior professionals between the Alberta government and other organizations to foster stronger partnerships and strengthen professional development.
The objectives of Alberta Interchange are to:
- emphasize Alberta's commitment to improving the relationship among the private sector, other public sectors and government through employee exchanges
- enable participants in an exchange to develop a better understanding of the vital relationships among sectors
- provide employees from participating organizations and the Alberta government with the opportunity to work in different environments, enhance their own professional development, and provide an avenue for the exchange of ideas and sharing of experience
- encourage new co-operative approaches to problem-solving in and between participating organizations
Benefits
Participants:
- gain an understanding of the administrative/decision-making process of the other jurisdiction
- develop a broader perspective in their function.
- strengthen skills and competencies
- demonstrate their potential in a new environment
The participating organizations:
- use the experience and contacts in future dealings with the other sector
- obtain a qualified employee on a short-term or project basis
- provide expanded opportunities for development to its employees
Participation guidelines
Participation in the program is open to:
- private industry
- federal, municipal and local levels of government
- academic institutions
- other provincial governments
- Crown boards and agencies
- non-profit organizations
Interested individuals may through their contacts become aware of opportunities and advise their supervisor and human resources business partner of their interest in an exchange.
Reciprocal interchanges may be considered.
Executive Search of Public Service Commission (PSC) is available to act as a resource to departments on the interchange process and agreement content.
Agreements involving employees at the Executive Manager level are coordinated by Executive Search. These agreements require the signature of both the department deputy head and the Public Service Commissioner.
Agreements being considered for bargaining unit employees or bargaining unit positions require advance consultation with Labour Relations, PSC.
Agreement negotiation
All parties involved (for example, host organization, home organization and the secondee) should be part of the negotiation of the administrative details of the Interchange Agreement. The financial administration areas within each organization should also be involved in the final discussions to ensure that salary recovery documents are processed efficiently.
Should any changes occur during the assignment, amendments may need to be prepared to address the situation. (for example, salary increase/decrease/time extension).
Related information
Fact sheet regarding Alberta Interchanges.
Please contact Executive Search for the Alberta Interchange Secondment Agreement template.
About this directive
| Effective Date: | September 1, 2003 (updated August 2017) |
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| Contact: | Alberta Public Service Commission: Strategic Services and Public Agency Secretariat; Executive Search |