Role Responsibilities

This exciting and influential senior management role is brand new to the Training Academy. The Director, Police Conversion Training and Standards position has the unique and challenging opportunity to shape police recruit training in the province for the newly minted Alberta Sheriff Police Service (ASPS).

In this position, you will provide leadership and direction to a team and business area and fosters, through relationship building, a collaborative culture moving the Training Academy forward as a center of training excellence. As the successful candidate, you will support the Training Academy in developiong this new program, Police Conversion Training, ensuring agility and adaptivnes in addressing police recruit training needs and training resources. Your collaborative networking and creative problem solving abilities will allow you to develop solutions and options to address the complex challenges of delivering conversion training and experienced officer programs to support the ASPS. You will be responsible for police conversion training standards to ensure consistency (standards) of content and instructor qualifications, officer safety and consistency in training delivery, and alignment of programs to the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP) and Ministry requirements.

You will need to be agile in order to anticipate and support change by championing a plan of action, creating momentum and finding ways to overcome and remove barriers. In order to do this, you will be required to build and sustain relationships with internal and external stakeholders. As such, exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills are a must. Strong communication, problem solving and decision making skills are also imperative.

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.

The successful candidate will demonstrate following competencies:

• Systems Thinking: Takes a long term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them.
• Develop Networks: Makes working with a wide range of parties an imperative.
• Drive for Results: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict.
• Agility: Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks.

Qualifications

Required:
University graduation in a related field supplemented by seven years’ progressively responsible (and current) experience in a law enforcement police environment is required. 
Experience in a progressively responsible management role is also required.

Equivalencies will be considered on the basis of:
•    One year of directly related experience for one year of directly related education, or 
•    One year of directly related education for one year of directly related experience. 

Related experience may include but is not limited to working in a police training unit, working in a post secondary institution to provide police-related law enforcement training.  

Related education may include but is not limited to Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement diploma and university programs.

Assets & Preferences: 
•    Experience managing and overseeing police training programs.
•    Leading a team of training professionals.
•    Experience with setting and overseeing training standards, policies, audits and processes. 

Note: Please ensure all relevant qualifications are listed in resume. Applicants must provide a cover letter as part of their application. Applicants without a cover letter will not be considered.

***This position may be filled on a permanent or temporary basis. The Training Academy is open to and supportive of Alberta Interchange and Interchange Canada Programs as well. 

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 is one full time permanent position located in Edmonton.

•    Work Location: Alberta training Academy, 1568 Hector Rd NW, Edmonton, AB T6R 2Z4.

•    Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.  

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.
•    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.
•    Professional Learning and development.