Compliance Advisor

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Peace Officer Program Manager, the Compliance Advisor provides advisory, monitoring, and assessment services to support compliance with legislation, standards, and policy requirements related to policing and oversight.

Key Day to Day Responsibilities:

•    Provide compliance advice and guidance related to Alberta’s Policing Standards, legislation, regulations, and ministry policies.
•    Conduct compliance reviews, assessments, and audits of policing and peace officer programs.
•    Interpret legislative, regulatory, and policy requirements and communicate compliance expectations to stakeholders.
•    Identify compliance risks, gaps, and trends, and develop recommendations to address non compliance.
•    Support oversight activities, including audits, inspections, investigations, and follow up reviews.
•    Monitor and track compliance issues, corrective actions, and outcomes.
•    Prepare briefing notes, reports, and correspondence for management and oversight purposes.
•    Collaborate with internal teams, law enforcement agencies, and external partners to promote consistent application of policing standards.
•    Contribute to the continuous improvement of compliance, oversight, and accountability frameworks.

The successful candidate must have strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly present complex audit findings and research results. This role requires solid planning and organizational skills, the ability to manage individual workloads, and experience working collaboratively in a team environment. Knowledge or experience in policing, police oversight, auditing, or provincial government, will support the Ministry in assessing compliance with Provincial Policing Standards and the effectiveness of policing services. 

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.
• Agility: You are able to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
• Systems Thinking: You consistently take a holistic and long-term view of challenges and opportunities at multiple levels across related areas.
• Develop Networks: You proactively build networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
• Build Collaborative Environments: You lead and contribute to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

Qualifications

A university degree in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Law Enforcement, Police Studies or any other related field, plus a minimum of four (4) years of experience investigations in a law enforcement or regulatory environment is required.

Equivalency:

Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of 1 year education for 1 year of experience, or 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

Requirements of this position include:

•    Valid Alberta driver's license (Class 5)

Assets include:

•    Experience working within provincial, municipal, or other public‑sector environments.
•    Ability to prepare audit reports, briefing notes, or formal written findings.
•    Experience engaging with multiple stakeholders, including regulated entities or community partners.
•    Familiarity with Alberta’s Policing Standards or similar regulatory frameworks.

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

There is one full time temporary (1 year) position available, working Monday-Friday from 8:15am-4:30pm, fully in-person.

•    Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
•    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.
•    Some travel may be required for this role.

 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
•    Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.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