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Job Title: Director, Conduct & Legislation Job Family: Director
Department: Regulatory Office Reports To: Deputy Registrar & Chief Regulatory Officer
Division: Regulatory Location: Edmonton
Competition: 25-34 Employment Indicator: Full-time
Position Summary
Reporting to the Deputy Registrar & Chief Regulatory Officer (CRO), the Director, Conduct & Legislation is a key contributor to the work of the Regulatory Division and is responsible for the strategic leadership, direction, and day-to-day operation of APEGA’s professional conduct system (investigations, discipline, and appeals groups), and the unlicensed practice group. The position oversees regulatory policy development and projects and provides expert interpretation of legislation and of regulatory processes and policies. It plays a key leadership role in supporting the CRO in any regulatory changes and is responsible for regulatory review to best practices and training of regulatory staff and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating activities across and on behalf of the regulatory division as directed by the CRO. While not in a direct supervisory relationship with all regulatory directors, the Director, Conduct & Legislation acts as a conduit for coordination of regulatory activities that cross departmental and divisional boundaries and as a nexus of information and data concerning all regulatory operations as directed by the CRO. The Director, Conduct & Legislation is to foster a positive working environment that supports communication, collaboration, and high performance as well as staff engagement, satisfaction, and professional development.
• Providing high-level decision-making and interpretation of legislation and policy in complex cases or situations. This includes developing criteria and refining the intent of the act within the regulatory and political environment.
• Providing advisory services and troubleshooting issues related the Regulatory Division both internal and external to the organization, including aiding or troubleshooting issues for the CRO and other Directors and working collaboratively with other regulators on issues impacting APEGA and the profession. Facilitating both internal and external discussions, identifying issues, and helping all sides find common ground while keeping lines of communication and dialogue open.
• Coordinating legal activities not directly tied to a statutory function involving independent counsel including non-statutory court actions, privacy queries, and complaints against regulatory staff.
• Providing regulatory advice and guidance to the Chief Regulatory Officer, Regulatory Directors, internal and external stakeholders and regulatory review process training for regulatory staff and volunteers.
• Overseeing operational planning and implementation including financial and human resource leadership and direction, and program execution in managing regulatory reviews and regulatory division volunteer and staff training.
• Providing advisory services and troubleshooting issues related to the regulatory division both internal and external to the organization. This includes providing assistance or troubleshooting issues for the CRO and other Directors and working collaboratively with other regulators on issues impacting APEGA and the profession.
• Providing senior leadership to the professional conduct groups through effective program and project planning and execution, financial and human resource oversight and direction, policy development and interpretation, and issues management.
• Overseeing the Investigative Committee, Discipline Committee and Appeal Board to ensure leveling and standards application and consistency in the decision-making process and requirements set out by the EGPA/PGA. This includes ensuring good policy, good methodology, execution, and fair and timely due process.
• Overseeing the professional conduct functions and processes required of a self-regulating professional body, ensuring transparency and the principles of natural justice are respected and reflected throughout.
• Acting as a subject matter expert (SME) for the professional conduct system to interpret statutes, policies, and processes as they relate to these functions with the ultimate responsibility for identifying issues and ensuring credible and defensible processes or policies are created or maintained and issues are resolved or mitigated.
• Providing senior leadership to the unlicensed practice group through effective program and project planning and execution, financial and human resource oversight and direction, policy development and interpretation, and issues management.

Competencies, Skills & Attributes
Competencies Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Coordinating activities across and on behalf of the regulatory division as directed by the CRO. While not in a direct supervisory relationship with all regulatory directors, the Director, Conduct & Legislation acts as a conduit for coordination of regulatory activities that cross departmental and divisional boundaries and as a nexus of information and data concerning all regulatory operations as directed by the CRO. The Director, Conduct & Legislation is to foster a positive working environment that supports communication, collaboration, and high performance as well as staff engagement, satisfaction, and professional development.
• Providing high-level decision-making and interpretation of legislation and policy in complex cases or situations. This includes developing criteria and refining the intent of the act within the regulatory and political environment.
• Providing advisory services and troubleshooting issues related the Regulatory Division both internal and external to the organization, including aiding or troubleshooting issues for the CRO and other Directors and working collaboratively with other regulators on issues impacting APEGA and the profession. Facilitating both internal and external discussions, identifying issues, and helping all sides find common ground while keeping lines of communication and dialogue open.
• Coordinating legal activities not directly tied to a statutory function involving independent counsel including non-statutory court actions, privacy queries, and complaints against regulatory staff.
• Providing regulatory advice and guidance to the Chief Regulatory Officer, Regulatory Directors, internal and external stakeholders and regulatory review process training for regulatory staff and volunteers.
• Overseeing operational planning and implementation including financial and human resource leadership and direction, and program execution in managing regulatory reviews and regulatory division volunteer and staff training.
• Providing advisory services and troubleshooting issues related to the regulatory division both internal and external to the organization. This includes providing assistance or troubleshooting issues for the CRO and other Directors and working collaboratively with other regulators on issues impacting APEGA and the profession.
• Providing senior leadership to the professional conduct groups through effective program and project planning and execution, financial and human resource oversight and direction, policy development and interpretation, and issues management.
• Overseeing the Investigative Committee, Discipline Committee and Appeal Board to ensure leveling and standards application and consistency in the decision-making process and requirements set out by the EGPA/PGA. This includes ensuring good policy, good methodology, execution, and fair and timely due process.
• Overseeing the professional conduct functions and processes required of a self-regulating professional body, ensuring transparency and the principles of natural justice are respected and reflected throughout.
• Acting as a subject matter expert (SME) for the professional conduct system to interpret statutes, policies, and processes as they relate to these functions with the ultimate responsibility for identifying issues and ensuring credible and defensible processes or policies are created or maintained and issues are resolved or mitigated.
• Providing senior leadership to the unlicensed practice group through effective program and project planning and execution, financial and human resource oversight and direction, policy development and interpretation, and issues management