Sheriff (Various Positions) - Future Opportunities

Role Responsibilities

Are you interested in becoming part of Alberta’s law enforcement team? Do you consider yourself to be professional, ethical, dedicated, and team oriented? If so, future opportunities with the Alberta Sheriffs may be for you!

The Alberta Sheriffs seeks positive role models that are mature, confident, self-motivated and reliable with cultural and community awareness. Sheriff’s role responsibilities vary by directorate and function, and include the following:

Court and Security Services – Law Court Sheriffs provide a secure and armed presence within Alberta court facilities, ensuring the safety and security of all persons within including the judiciary, government employees and officials, and members of the public.

Protection, Communication, and Investigation Services – Comprised of three sections including Protection Services (Legislature and Government Security, Executive Protection Unit), Communication and Transport Services (Sheriff Operational Communications Centre, Transport Services) and Investigative Services (Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods, Sheriff Investigative Support Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Sheriffs Support Team).

Operational Support Services – Supports all areas of the Sheriffs Branch, allowing operational units to focus their resources on delivering frontline services. Staffed by both sworn and non-sworn personnel, OSS responsibilities includes recruitment and staffing, staff development, policy and communications, procurement and asset management, professional standards, as well as technology and information services.

Sheriff Highway Patrol Services – Conducts intelligence driven traffic enforcement to reduce serious injury and fatal collisions and preserve the public’s investment in transportation infrastructure. Through focused enforcement on speed, seatbelts, distracted and impaired driving, as well as commercial vehicle compliance through on-road inspections, sheriffs endeavor to protect the safety of all highway users.

Representatives of the Alberta Sheriffs 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, as Sheriffs interact with various internal and external stakeholders and members of the public.

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


To be successful in this role, the following competencies must be demonstrated:

•    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 PLUS at least two (2) years of progressively responsible related experience or equivalent (1 year of experience for 1 year of education or 1 year of education for 1 year of experience).

Additional requirements that may be required include:

•    Satisfactory 10-year Commercial Drivers abstract
•    Valid Class 4 Alberta Driver's License or equivalent
•    Valid Standard First Aid and CPR Level-C Certification
•    Enhanced Reliability Clearance
•    Certified evaluation assessment certificate of post-secondary credentials obtained OUTSIDE of Canada (if applicable)

Preference is given to candidates who have previous experience in the following areas:

•    Security, where the role regularly requires direct contact with the public (e.g. mall security, hospital security, airport screening officer, loss prevention officer, commissionaire, armed guard, etc.)
•    Bylaw enforcement
•    Military service with focus on protection or security
•    Emergency response (e.g. EMT or firefighter) 
•    Working with adults with mental health or behavioural issues
•    Client group work
•    Working with youth in areas such as: the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, working with youth in an education setting, providing services to youth with disabilities, youth mentorship, youth counselling service, crisis intervention workers, shelter staff, and/or addiction support workers

The following are considered assets:

•    Previous experience in school support roles (e.g. school support workers, behavioral aides, classroom supervisors)
•    Previous experience in crisis and emergency communication roles (e.g. crisis line operators, emergency dispatchers, regulated customer support)
•    Previous experience in public-facing transit and crowd management roles (e.g. transit operators, fare enforcement officers, crowd control personnel)
•    Previous experience in regulated or service-oriented environments (banking, retail, customer facing food industry roles)
•    Previous experience in healthcare support roles (e.g. unit clerks, patient support staff, physiotherapy assistants)
•    Previous experience in social service and rehabilitation roles (e.g. outreach workers, rehabilitation assistants, childcare workers)

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 position works Monday to Friday, 38.75 hours per week.
•    There are no current vacancies, however, those who express interest in this posting will be notified when active recruitment begins.
•    Northern Alberta work locations 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.
•    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.
•    Final candidates will be required to undergo Enhanced Reliability Clearance (with fingerprints and issued within the last six months).

Please note that any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks and any costs related to interview travel 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.
•    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.