Centre Director, ERC

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 Edmonton Remand Centre. 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, adult justice programs, courts, private agencies, and police agencies to ensure the efficient delivery of adult person’s programs. You will utilize a trauma informed approach in all interactions and procedures with adult, families, staff, the general public, and external stakeholders to promote positive outcomes for adult 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 remand centre’s management team.
• You will constitute the executive authority within the remand centre and report directly on all matters to the Executive Director.
• The care and custody of the inmate population of the remand centre while maintaining adult person behaviour management through the review and authorization of behaviour intervention review decisions. 

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 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.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

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 Centre 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 Centre Director will be resourceful in their approach to shifting the 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 Centre 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 Centre 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 Centre 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.

Assets:

• The successful candidate will possess varied management experience within a large-scale business operation and/or organization. Related experience within a law enforcement agency is considered an asset.
• Continued education in leadership, management, human resources and/or change management will be considered an asset.
• Preference 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 competition will be used to fill one, full time permanent position at the Edmonton Remand Centre.

Relocation expenses will be offered to the successful candidate.

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

Work location: Edmonton Remand Centre, 127 Street NW, Edmonton, AB.

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 has 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.