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Alberta Municipal Internship Program 2020-21
Presented by: Trevor Duley, Government Relations
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That Council support Administration’s Alberta Community Partnership grant application to Municipal Affairs to be a host municipality for the 2020-21 Alberta Municipal Internship Program.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
The Alberta Community Partnership Grant Program requires a supporting motion from Council for the grant application to be accepted by Alberta Municipal Affairs. The deadline for potential host municipalities to apply for the 2020/21 Municipal Internship Program is October 1, 2019.
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
Administrative Priority #2: Organizational Culture
Human Capital
ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Municipal Internship Program offers recent post-secondary graduates the opportunity to participate in a wide-range of experiences in a variety of municipal departments over a one-year period. The goal of the program is to provide interns with knowledge and understanding of multiple areas within municipal administration that can be built upon as the intern’s career progresses, and to help establish the next generation of local government professionals to support an aging municipal workforce.
The Internship Program is a collaboration between Alberta Municipal Affairs and a host municipality, who share in the cost of hosting an intern for a year. Since the program was reintroduced by the Alberta Government in 2002, 275 young professionals have gone through the program, many of whom now hold senior positions within municipalities across Alberta. The City of St. Albert has hired several internship program alumni in the past.
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS OR ENGAGEMENT
If supportive of the application, Administration will submit the application to Alberta Municipal Aff...
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