Policy and Divisional Support Coordinator

Role Responsibilities

If you thrive at the intersection of policy support, coordination, and administrative excellence, this role places you at the heart of impactful justice initiatives.

ALP division is responsible for overseeing programs that provide alternatives to traditional court processes, including Alberta Human Rights Commission, Family Support Order Services, and SafeRoads Alberta. ALP strives to ensure a fair and equitable justice system, while improving accessibility, efficiency and affordability of justice services for Albertans. The division operates in a complex legal environment operating a broad range of programs across multiple areas of law and with different statutory frameworks. The division works to support procedural fairness and provide opportunities for diversion of matters outside of traditional court processes. This broad scope includes oversight of independent and/or impartial tribunals as well as more traditional government programs.

Reporting to the ED of Strategy and Policy, you will be responsible for policy development, consultation and liaising with various stakeholders regarding the legislation that the Administrative Law Programs various branches and tribunals operate within. The emphasis will be on the development, maintenance and monitoring of tribunals, their legislative framework and regulations that Administrative Law Programs is responsible for as well as general policy work related to innovation and modernization in the Justice System.

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide leadership and support of new policy and project initiatives and programs and maintain oversight of policies and directives in accordance with the existing legislation.
• Prepares reports, recommendations, and briefing materials, and makes presentations to divisional staff, management and/or internal and external stakeholders to provide information and support evidence-based decision making.
• Provide policy and project implementation support for Administrative Law Programs Division staff, internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and improve Administrative Law Program's website and external communications materials to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Serve as a training resource for internal staff, providing guidance on new initiatives and ongoing procedures.
• Research and consultation on policy and procedural changes for Administrative Law Programs related to its work with independent or arm's length administrative tribunals.
• Conduct ongoing reviews of the legislation Administrative Law Programs Division is responsible for enforcing to ensure it remains responsive, is aligned with government strategic priorities, and facilitate the achievement of program outcomes.
• Develop proposals for reviewing, creating, and amending relevant projects and programs.
• Support the development of briefing materials and other legislative and policy documents (e.g. cabinet reports, legislation charts, etc.).
• Participate in cross-ministry, government and external policy initiatives to ensure Administrative Law Programs needs and interests are represented and stakeholder requirements are considered.
• Represent the Branches and/or Division as required.

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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.

• Systems Thinking: You consider the inter-relationships among different aspects of an approach including how they relate to other programs or areas.
• Creative Problem Solving: You assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.
• Agility: You anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
• Drive for Results: You identify underlying causes for success or lack of success which may or may not involve self and takes action to ensure future success.
• 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.
• Develop Self and Others: You reflect and understand your own and direct reports’ areas of strengths and opportunities for development.

Qualifications

Required:

• A University degree in a related field (e.g. political science, public policy, economics, law enforcement, law etc.) supplemented by a minimum of 2 years of progressively related experience in roles like Policy advisor, Policy Analyst, etc. is required.

 Assets & Preferences:

• Working experience with research methods, project management approaches and information/ data management is an asset.
• Knowledge of the government decision-making processes, objectives, goals and strategies.
• Working knowledge and experience with policy development, program evaluation, legislation development, interpretation and review, including public consultation and implementation is asset.
• Understanding of how to develop and implement policy, program, and legislation within the Government of Alberta context.
• Working experience with projects involving changes to legislation, regulations, and policies in order to provide strategic direction to branches and to make feasible recommendations to Management or leadership.

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency one-for-one for one basis of:

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

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

Additional Position Details:

• Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position.
• Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday (8:15 am – 4:30 pm).
• Location: John E. Brownlee Building, 10365 97th Street NW, Edmonton, AB.

Recruitment Process:

• 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.
• 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.