Experienced Officer - Sheriff Talent Pool

Role Responsibilities

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Law Court Sheriffs 

A Law Court Sheriff is an entry level position, which can lead to opportunities in other directorates across the Branch. Please see https://www.alberta.ca/sheriff-career for more information.

As a Law Court Sheriff you will provide a secure and armed presence within Alberta court facilities. In addition, you will ensure the safety and security of all persons within the above assigned areas including the judiciary, government employees and officials, as well as members of the public.

Specific duties include: 
 

• Escorting prisoners to and from various facilities
• Assisting with out of province prisoner escorts
• Screening persons entering courthouses.
• Monitoring courtrooms and supervising prisoners attending court.
• Supervising prisoners within holding cells ensuring care, custody, and control.
• Providing security services for special events and conferences
• Patrolling designated facilities

As a representative of the Alberta Sheriffs Branch, you must maintain a high level of professionalism and reliability and be able to demonstrate sound judgment and excellent problem-solving skills when interacting with challenging individuals in volatile situations. A high degree of integrity and maturity is essential for this role as well as confident and sound decision-making skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential in this role, as you will interact with various internal and external stakeholders and members of the public.

The Law Court position works 7.75 hours/per day from Monday to Friday.

Protection, Communication, and Investigative Services (Transport Services): 

This position provides effective and efficient prisoner management and transportation throughout the province, transporting and escorting prisoners from RCMP detachments, municipal police agencies, correctional or mental health institutions, provincial centres, and federal penitentiaries to provincial courthouses or the reverse, and escorting prisoners to hospitals as required. In addition, this position performs out-of-province prisoner escorts to bring individuals arrested in Canada but outside of Alberta back to the province. 

11.07 hour – 7 day a week rotating 2-week time balanced schedule. 

Role Responsibilities Cont.

Sheriff Highway Patrol: 

Sheriff Highway Patrol Officer’s work within the “Sheriff Highway Patrol” section of the Sheriffs Branch. The Sheriff Highway Patrol has a mandate to reduce serious injury and fatal motor vehicle collisions on Alberta’s highways, protect highway infrastructure to keep them viable for the movement of traffic that promotes the Alberta economy, and to respond to calls for service and collisions that occur on provincial roadways. 

Sheriff Highway Patrol officers provide complex and highly specialized services in collision response and investigation, awareness and educational presentations, as well as warrant apprehension, and traffic safety enforcement through the investigation of related provincial statute and criminal code offences. The officers work within continually evolving and potentially dangerous environments. Under the Rural Alberta Provincial Integrated Defence Response initiative (RAPID Response), Sheriff Highway Patrol officers are designated primary responders tasked with intercepting, attending, and investigating 911 service calls inclusive of criminal driving offences and motor vehicle collisions up to and including criminal/fatal collisions.

Reporting to a Sheriff Highway Patrol Supervisor (Sergeant,) this position works within applicable legislation, policies and procedures, the Criminal Code, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and other provincial and federal statutes. A Traffic Investigator exercises their authority as a Peace Officer (Sheriff) under the Alberta Peace Officer Act.

This position works a rotating 9.25-hour shift schedule, including evenings and weekends.

Positions under this directorate are eligible for an 8% RAPID salary modifier after completion of required training, including the field training portion of the impaired driving investigations curriculum.

Locations: Various location across the province:

Sheriff Highway Patrol: Peace River, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Slave Lake, Whitecourt, Hinton, Stony Plain, Ardrossan, Leduc, Ponoka, St. Paul, Atmore, Red Deer, Airdrie, Cochrane, Strathmore, High River, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Morin 

Law Courts: High Level, Peace River, Grande Prairie, High Prairie, Fort McMurray, Hinton, Edmonton, Wetaskiwin, Red Deer, St. Paul, Vermillion, Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat

Transport Services: Calgary and Edmonton 


Successful candidates will receive conditional offers of employment until successful completion of the below training located in : Edmonton, AB

• Sheriff Recruit Transition Training (SRT-T) (8 weeks)
• Sheriff Highway Patrol Induction Training (SHP-IT/CVSA) (19 weeks)
• Sheriff Highway Patrol Field Training Program (32 weeks)

Failure to complete and maintain the above certifications will result in termination of the conditional offer, and the candidate may be returned to their previous position in the Branch.

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.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:
 

• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.
• Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
• Develop Networks: Proactively building networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
• 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.

Qualifications

A minimum of a two-year diploma is required. A post-secondary diploma, degree, or journeyman certification in any field may be considered. At least two years of progressively responsible related experience is also required.

Equivalencies will be considered on the basis of one year of experience for one year of education or one year of education for one year of experience.

To qualify as an experienced officer for Sheriff Highway Patrol, candidates must have:
 

• Previously been employed full time or part time as a sworn police officer for a minimum period of 2 years or
• Previously been employed full time or part time as a Level 1 Community Peace Officer (or equivalent), within Canada at the federal, provincial, or municipal level for a minimum period of 2 years. Must provide proof of training completion.

To qualify as an experienced officer for Law Court Sheriffs and Protection, Communication, and Investigative Services, candidates must have:
 

• Previously been employed full time or part time as a Correctional Peace Officer with the Government of Alberta for a minimum period of 2 years and completed Correctional Services In-service Training (CSIT).

Working as a sworn police officer within Alberta in the past five years is an asset. 

For CSS and PCIS working as a Correctional Peace Officer within the Government of Alberta in the past five years is an asset.

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

Northern Alberta assignments may be eligible for an Attraction Bonus, Northern Allowance and/or Retention Bonus depending on the work location assigned. Please visit the attached link for more details: https://www.alberta.ca/premium-pay-directive.aspx

Please note that relocation expenses will not be granted. 

What We Offer:
 

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits plan - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Pension plan – https://www.pspp.ca 
• Leadership and mentoring programs 
• Professional learning and development
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance

Notes Cont.

The Recruitment Process:
 

• Step 1 – Submit application online with all required documents.
• Step 2 – Must complete a Personal Disclosure Questionnaire (PDQ) and pass.
• Step 3 – If you meet the minimum recruitment standards (MRS) and pass the Personal Disclosure (PDQ), you may be invited to the Recruit Assessment Centre (RAC) in Edmonton. This must be attended in-person and will include a 30-question test and written piece with an in-person interview, the PARE test (4:45 passing time) and a PDQ Interview.
• Step 4 – If successful at RAC, you will be sent to get your psychological assessment done.
• Step 5 – If you pass the psychological assessment, you will be sent for a pre-employment medical assessment. (This is a complete medical examination, including Vision and Hearing tests, paid for by applicant.)
• Step 6 – Cleared by Medical assessment.
• Step 7 – Background and reference checks.
• Step 8 – Training is completed at the Justice and Solicitor General's Training Academy, located in Edmonton.

Applicants may be contacted for a pre-interview discussion for clarification of resume and required documents. 

Interview and relocation expenses will not be granted. Successful candidates must attend paid training program and must successfully complete this program to be eligible for permanent appointment. 

Further documentation will be required as you progress through the subsequent stages of recruitment:
 

• Criminal record check including vulnerable sector check.
• Enhanced security clearance
• Criminal Conviction: You must not have a criminal conviction for which a pardon has not been granted.
• Psychological assessment
• Pre-employment 
• Medical Standards for Alberta Sheriffs Officer Recruits 

Final candidates for this position will be required to complete a pre-employment psychological assessment and must be deemed suitable for employment as a peace officer. For more information on the pre-employment psychological assessment, please visit the following link: https://www.alberta.ca/pre-employment-psychological-assessment-directive.aspx

Resume Instructions:

For employment experience, please indicate on your resume the duration of each job held (month and year), along with the employment status (full-time, part-time, casual). For academic achievements, please specify your major, length of program and confirmation the program was completed/graduated. 

Applicants who have obtained educational credentials from outside of Canada and have not had them previously assessed should obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) - https://www.alberta.ca/iqas-overview.aspx  Applicants should include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

To begin or continue working for the Government of Alberta, you must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or have a valid work permit issued by the Government of Canada.