Role Responsibilities

The Alberta Legislative Counsel Office is looking for a self-motivated, energetic individual with demonstrated legislative drafting skills who will use their excellent English language writing ability to draft high quality Government Bills for introduction in the Legislative Assembly and to draft Regulations and Orders in Council for Government. You will provide advice to the Government and Crown agencies on the development of legislation and regulatory policies.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Legislative Counsel, you will assist the Alberta Government and its Ministries in achieving their legislative objectives by drafting complex bills and regulations in accordance with Legislative Counsel Office standards and performing related legal services.

This position will ensure client Ministries’ policy objectives are met by:

• Providing legal and legislative advice and opinions on legislative proposals made by ministries;
• Advising ministry officials on their legislative proposals and assisting them in achieving their policy goals through legislation where appropriate;
• Providing impartial, high-quality legislative drafting services to the government;
• Drafting bills and regulations in a timely and effective manner in accordance with drafting standards; and
• Responding to client ministries’ concerns and questions regarding the making, drafting, and filing of regulations.

Intellectual inquiry, problem-solving and innovative thinking, combined with precision and thoroughness, are required in this position. Strong client focus, effective verbal and written communication skills, and effective interpersonal skills are essential to your success in this role, as you must understand your client's policy goals and be able to express them in a legislative framework that the clients can understand and explain to others. The ability to work both independently and collaboratively will ensure you are successful in meeting the demands of this position.

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.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (JD) is required. You must be an active member or must have immediate eligibility for full membership with the Law Society of Alberta.
• A minimum of 6 years of legal experience is required, of which at least 5 years have been spent drafting government legislation as an employee of a Government Legislative Counsel Office.

Experience that will be considered an asset:

• Legislative drafting courses.
• Experience demonstrating exceptional legal, problem solving and communication skills.
• Experience demonstrating exceptional analytical, research and writing skills.
• A graduate diploma or professional certificate in Legislative Drafting.

In your cover letter, please briefly summarize:

• Legal experience and expertise,
• Relevant strengths and skills, and
• Reasons for interest in the position

Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

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

Hours of work: 7.25 hours per day / 36.25 hours per week (Monday - Friday).

Pre-employment checks:

Pre-employment checks will be completed to assess the candidate’s suitability for a role. These checks can include (but are not limited to): references, criminal record check, academic verification, driver’s abstract, and etcetera.

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.

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same or lower classifications.

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.

Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.

Leadership and mentorship programs.