Hearing Adjudicator

at  Government of Alberta

JOB INFORMATION

Job Requisition ID: 58247
Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services
Location: Various locations across Alberta
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary Employment Contract – up to 3 years
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: June 24, 2024
Classification: Senior Manager, Zone 1
Salary: $3,445.58 - $ $4,701.23 Bi-Weekly ($ 89,929 – 122,702/year)
The Correctional Services Division aims to create a better Alberta by supporting, guiding, and inspiring our clients to make positive, sustainable, and lawful choices. The Correctional Programs and Services Branch achieves this vision by guiding decisions for centre programming and services in collaboration with centre and community operations. The Branch works to continuously improve outcomes and ensure alignment with evidence-based practices. If you thrive in finding innovative solutions and supporting frontline service delivery in a complex environment, this position is for you!

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.
Refer to
University Degree in a related field (e.g., law, criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology) plus six (6) years progressively responsible related experience

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

This is an exciting opportunity that requires a decisive and impartial individual who wants to be a part of the unique inmate disciplinary process within Alberta’s Provincial remand and correctional facilities. Reporting to a Director within the Correctional Programs and Services Branch, the Hearing Adjudicator will play an instrumental role in the disciplinary framework for the Correctional Services Division by conducting quasi-judicial disciplinary hearings for inmates that have been institutionally charged.
Working specifically within Alberta’s Corrections Act, Correctional Regulation and Alberta Correctional Services Policy and Procedures, the hearing adjudicator reviews institutional charges and the associated allegations, conducts disciplinary hearings, and is solely responsible for determining the findings and an appropriate disposition.
The Hearing Adjudicator also identifies procedural issues, makes recommendations regarding processes, manages the change implementation process, and works effectively with all stakeholders. Superior communication skills are essential in conducting disciplinary hearings and in developing and sustaining positive working relationships. Strong organizational and problem-solving skills are required to manage a high volume of hearings fairly and effectively. To ensure the ongoing integrity of the disciplinary framework, the successful candidate will be free of any conflicts of interest.

In this role, you will contribute to our team by demonstrating the following behavioral competencies:

• Build Collaborative Environments: Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, external stakeholders, and other Government ministries/agencies to meet client and ministry goals and objectives.
• Systems Thinking: Ability to provide strategic advice and support to professional staff, management, and executive by considering emerging trends and the broader priorities of Correctional Services.
• Creative Problem Solving: Assess options and implications of complex situations in order to promote innovation ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.
• Develop Networks: Proactively building networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
• Agility: Makes decisions and takes action despite unclear direction and supports others in developing alternative approaches to issues.
• Drive for Results: Determine what outcomes are important, while maintaining accountability to each other and all stakeholders