Associate Director, ERC

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Centre Director, Edmonton Remand Centre, the Associate Director position is critical with responsibilities for the assisting the centre director in the overall management, administration, development, co-ordination and monitoring of services in a correctional facility.  The associate director is accordingly responsible for the allocation of human, financial and material resources in a manner consistent with the efficient and orderly delivery of institutional services.

The associate director will also liaise and coordinate with other correctional service agencies and government ministries, offender programs, courts, private agencies, and police agencies to ensure efficient delivery of offender’s programs.

The associate director will manage all legal correspondence and provide required replies as well as be the centre representative in testifying in court for legal purposes.

The associate director is required to manage and respond to all Ombudsman, Human Rights and Office of the Privacy Commissioner requests.

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

• Making recommendations to the Centre Director regarding branch and centre policies and procedures. 
• Have direct supervisory responsibility for the remand centre’s management team.
• You will constitute executive authority within the remand centre and report directly on all matters to the Centre Director. 
• The care and custody of the inmate population of the remand centre while maintaining the safety and security of staff, inmates, stakeholders, and the general public.
  
  

To be successful in this role, you must possess strong leadership skills acquired through leading large, complex teams with a specific focus in corrections or law enforcement. You must be motivated to play an active role in the management of the largest remand facility in Canada. 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.

• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions. The Associate Director will encourage innovation and employees to be proactive and take ownership of identifying solutions within their work.
  
  
• Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment. The Associate Director will be resourceful in their approach to maintaining a positive culture in the centre and move corrections forward, focusing on long-term goals and values-based behaviors.
  
  
• Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes. The Associate Director will provide a safe and respectful environment to allow staff to work together and develop cohesive teams. As a leader, you will create opportunities for people to connect, communicate with transparency, share ideas, and bring different perspectives to a discussion, in a respectful manner working towards a common goal. 
  
  
• Systems Thinking: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems Thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind. The Associate Director will consider the ever-changing environment to adapt and become versatile in a complex, ambiguous world. 
  
  
• Develop Self and Others: A commitment to lifelong learning and the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of yourself and others. The Associate Director will share their knowledge, expertise, skills, and perspective to help change continue, to help to adapt and keep the knowledge of oneself and employee’s current and ahead of new developments. Investing in learning and development in innovative ways to ensure the APS has the capacity to be healthy, successful, and sustainable into the future.

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) 
  
  

Equivalencies: related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

The successful candidate will bring demonstrated management experience within a large-scale business operation and/or complex organization. Related experience within a law enforcement agency, including most recent emergency management experience within the law enforcement and correctional environment, will be considered a strong asset.

Preference will be given to candidates with direct management experience within the Correctional Services Division.

Post-secondary education and/or continued professional development in leadership, management, human resources, change management, or emergency management will be considered an asset.

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

Notes

This competition will be used to fill (1) full time permanent position at the Edmonton Remand Centre.

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

Work location: Edmonton Remand Centre, 10403 172 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1G4

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening including a fingerprint based criminal record check and vulnerable sector check.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• 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.