Centre Director, CYOCAFA

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will be responsible for the overall management, administration, development, coordination and monitoring of services provided by the Calgary Young Offender Centre and Adult Female Annex. You will also be responsible for the allocation of human, financial, and material resources in a manner consistent with the efficient and orderly delivery of institutional services.

You will liaise and coordinator with other correctional service agencies and government ministries, youth justice programs, courts, private agencies, and police agencies to ensure the efficient delivery of adult and young person’s programs. You will utilize a trauma informed approach in all interactions and procedures with youth, adults, families, staff, the general public, and external stakeholders to promote positive outcomes for youth and adults and a culture of health and safety for all. 

In addition to the above noted responsibilities, you will also be responsible for:  

• Making recommendations to the Executive Director regarding centre policies and procedures.
• Have direct supervisory responsibility for the centre’s management team.
• You will constitute the executive authority within the young offender centre and report directly on all matters to the Executive Director.
• The care and custody of the young person population of the young offender centre while maintaining young person behaviour management through the review and authorization of behaviour intervention review decisions.
• Liaise directly with adult centres in the management of the adult female annex.

To be successful in this role, you must possess strong leadership skills acquired through leading large, complex teams. You must be motivated to play an active role in shifting cultural paradigms within the Centre and utilizing change management techniques to support the evolution of the Centre. Effective networking skills are essential as this position is required to interact daily and maintain positive relationships with law enforcement agencies, other correctional and remand centres, the judiciary, lawyers, service providers and other ministry agents. You must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and must be able to adjust your communication to suit a variety of audiences.  Interpersonal skills, decision making skills and problem-solving abilities are critical. The ability to promote staff engagement and lead staff effectively will ensure your success in this role.

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

To be successful in this role and working environment, candidates must be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Agility: Ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner and contribute to the organizational goals.
• Systems Thinking: Ability to consider the inter-relationships among different aspects of an approach including how they relate to other programs and areas.
• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to gather information from varied sources, analyze and interpret information to formulate reports and make decisions related to case planning.
• Drive for Results: Sets and accomplishes goals and priorities in order to deliver outcomes consistent with departmental objectives and directives.
• Building Collaborative Environment: Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, community and other Government ministries/agencies to meet client and ministry goals and objectives.
• Developing Networks: Ability to interact positively, build relationships and work effectively with others.
• Develop Self and Others: Ability to contribute to team learnings by sharing information, knowledge, and experiences. Additionally, ability to further develop strengths by volunteering for “stretch” assignments and taking on increase responsibilities.

Qualifications

Required:

• University graduation in a related field (Criminology, Law Enforcement, Justice Studies etc.)
• Seven years of progressively responsible experience (Deputy Director, Assistant Deputy Director, Director, Senior Manager.)

Equivalency:

Directly related experience or education will be considered on the basis of: 

• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education; or
• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience

Assets:

• Related experience within a law enforcement agency.
• Continued education in leadership, management, human resources and/or change management.

Preferences will be given to those with management experience in the Correctional Services Division.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

This posting is intended to fill one permanent full-time position at the Calgary Young Offender Centre.

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week.

Work location: Calgary Young Offender Centre, 12626 85 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta.

A valid Alberta Driver’s license is required for this position. 

Final candidates will be required to provide a Fingerprint Based Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check. Any associated costs will be your responsibility, and you are only required to provide this check if requested. We cannot accept on-line Criminal Record Checks, from a non-Policing Agency.

Any other costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. 

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool - https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Leadership and mentorship programs