Role Responsibilities

Join our team as a Manager, Court of Justice and Court of King’s Bench Operations, where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the division’s vision in facilitating innovation, collaboration, and strategic leadership!
 

This role is perfect for a dynamic and collaborative leader, as you will be managing the Court of Justice and Court of King’s Bench Operations, overseeing activities in Grande Prairie court and circuits related programs and services to the citizens of Alberta.
 

Your primary focus will be on leading court operations within a dynamic business environment, which includes departmental business plans, intakes and disbursement of monies, multiple budget allocations, and a diverse stakeholder group. 
 

Travel to circuit court locations will be required.
 

Your key areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

• Managing the Grande Prairie Court operational teams in all aspects of court administration activities, ensuring that the work of the Division aligns to the complex strategy and policy environment affecting the Government of Alberta, the Ministry, the Court and, more broadly, Albertans who expect to be served by the system.
• Holding Expenditure Officer authority for the Grande Prairie office which involves being accountable to maintaining an accurate budget and variance report process; ensuring that financial management is within acceptable audit definitions and departmental/divisional directions; and managing daily trust accounts and revenue monies. 
• Supporting the Directors, Court of Justice and Court of King’s Bench Operations providing data and input into initiatives that establish and sustain excellent delivery of operational plans that align with the key strategic priorities.
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders using the trust established to assess the capability and capacity of the region to deliver its mandate.
• Effectively lead the resources that will enable transformational change, standardizations of processes, and the continuous improvement of recommended business structures, operations and working practices in court administration.
• Assist in rolling out the Executive Leadership and Court’s vision for working within the court system and the Justice system and the impact this has on the court administrations area.

To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate the following:

• Positive leadership with effective communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, and written).
• Complex problem solving with analytical skills and decisiveness to assess a wide variety of situations, options, and implications.
• Confident and competent in decision making by using evaluative judgement based on logical and sound understanding of the business.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with the judiciary in all levels of court, staff, crown attorneys, members of the Bar, enforcement agencies, government officials, the public, and varied agencies related to the judicial process.
• Strong awareness and understanding of current trends and best practices within and outside of government to deal with the many complex issues across an extremely broad scope in and outside of the department.
   

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.
 

As the ideal candidate, you will demonstrate the following behavioral competencies:
 

• Systems Thinking: You consider the inter-relationships among various 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 solution.
   
• 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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

University graduation in a related field (e.g. Business Management, Criminology, Law, Public Administration, Social Sciences, etc.), supplemented by four (4) years of related management leadership experience, with a background of working with court operations and in a judicial or legal environment.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: 

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

Assets
Preference will be given to candidates with:

• Working knowledge of the Alberta Rules of Court.
• Working knowledge of the different areas of law, legislation, and guidelines, including the Youth Criminal Justice Act, Family Law Act regulation, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Regulation, and Jury Act Regulation.
• Working knowledge of the applicable Criminal Code of Canada, as well as Federal and Provincial Statutes, as they relate to all areas of Traffic and Civil law (Criminal, Family, Surrogate, Adoptions, Youth, Court of King’s Bench and Alberta Court of Justice procedures)
• Working knowledge of JOIN (Justice Online Information Network), CASES (used by the courts for civil cases), FTR Digital Recording Software
• Extensive experience working in management role, preferable in judicial environment is preferred. 
• Experience in projecting and forecasting budget is considered asset.
• Experience in recruitment and selection, annual performance evaluation: assessment and feedback, overseeing training development, coaching & Mentoring is 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

Position Information:

• This posting is for one full-time permanent position in Grande Prairie, located at the Grande Prairie Courthouse.
• Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• You must have access to reliable transportation as public transit may not be readily available to travel to different work sites.
• Hybrid working arrangements are not available for this position.
• Eligibility to be appointed as a Non-Presiding Justice of the Peace requires the incumbent to be a Canadian Citizen.
   

Eligible employees who live and work in northern Alberta may be eligible to receive additional compensation. Please visit https://myaps.alberta.ca/Pages/My-HR/Compensation-Pay/Northern-Alberta-employee-programs.aspx.

 Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
 

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/Security checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. 
 

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.
•  Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.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.