Legal and Legislative Services Advisor

Role Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

This position currently supports two ministries – Arts, Culture and Status of Women (ACSW) and Tourism and Sport (TS) – through a shared services model, providing legislative, policy, regulatory, and governance support across both organizations.

Based in the Policy, Planning and Legislative Services Branch within ACSW, the Legal and Legislative Services Advisor (PS4) supports legislative, regulatory, policy, and contract related work. This role provides analysis, coordination, and advice to enable effective development, administration, and oversight of legislation, regulations, ministerial orders, contracts, and governance frameworks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support ministry agency, board, and commission governance, including research, interpretation, and coordination related to mandates, appointments, and governance obligations.
• Contribute to the Ministry’s Red Tape Reduction work, including supporting the maintenance and review of regulatory requirement inventories, analyzing impacts of proposals, and identifying opportunities to reduce administrative burden.
• Support contract and grant review processes, ensuring consistency with government requirements and facilitating coordination between program areas and Legal Services when needed.
• Support ministry policy, legislative and regulatory development, including conducting research, drafting materials, and helping ensure policy intent is appropriately reflected in legislative instruments.
• Coordinate cross ministry input and collaboration, responding to information requests, preparing briefing materials, and supporting project management activities.
• Prepare high quality written products, such as briefing notes, correspondence, legislative drafting instructions, technical summaries, and presentations for senior officials.
  
  

This role works closely with program area staff, legal counsel, and cross government partners to ensure ministry initiatives are well supported, legally sound, and aligned with government processes and priorities.

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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: Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues.
• Drive for Results: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict.
• Systems Thinking: Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them.
• Agility: Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks.

Qualifications

University graduation in a related field (e.g., Law, Public Policy or Administration, Political Science, Commerce, Business, etc.), plus four years of progressively responsible and related experience; or equivalent as described below

Equivalency:

Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience.
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
  
  

Related Experience:

• Experience conducting policy, legislative, or regulatory analysis, including research, interpretation, and development of options or recommendations.
• Experience drafting technical documents, such as briefing materials, contract related documents, legislative drafting instructions, or analytical reports.
• Experience working with government processes, including policy cycles, legislative development, regulatory review, or public sector governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting or coordinating projects involving multiple stakeholders, demonstrating strong organizational, communication, and analytical abilities.
  
  

Assets:

• Master’s degree in law or public administration.
• Knowledge of legislative processes, regulatory review requirements, and public sector governance in Alberta.
• Experience in a government or broader public sector environment.
• Experience contributing to Red Tape Reduction or similar regulatory efficiency initiatives.
• Familiarity with interpreting statutes, regulations, or complex policy instruments.
• Understanding of agency, board, and commission governance requirements.
• A law degree or coursework related to administrative law, legislation, or public policy (not required; LSA membership not required but may be beneficial).
  
  

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 (1) permanent, full-time position working 36.25 hours per week.
 
This position is based in Edmonton. We require you to attach a Cover Letter with your application explaining your qualifications and suitability for this role. Shortlisted candidates will also be asked to complete a written assignment as part of the interview process.

The final candidate will be required to undergo a security screening.

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.
• 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.