Investigator, Team Lead - Edmonton, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 52387

Ministry:
Public Safety and Emergency Services

Location:
Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary:
Permanent

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
February 6, 2024

Classification:
Program Services 4 Market Adjustment

Salary:
$2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,968 - $94,069 /year)

About Us
Are you interested in a position that is challenging, rewarding and focused on ensuring regulatory compliance and support of high professional standards for law enforcement-based services in Alberta? Then look no further as we have an exciting opportunity for you

Role Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Manager, Peace Officer and Secuirity Services, this position will supervise the investigator/auditors in conducting enforcement and compliance activities pursuant to the Peace Officer Act (POA) and Regulations, the Security Services and Investigators Act (SSIA), the Body Armour Control Act and the Civil Enforcement Act.

This position will carry on some investigative workload and provide operational oversight, direction, and advice to the investigation/audit team and stakeholders, to ensure that effective government oversight of these programs is exercised.

Key Job duties include but are not limited to the following:

Supervise and oversee a staff of six investigator/auditors located in Edmonton and Calgary and coordinate operational activities with administrative staff;
Assign and review all investigations, compliance audits and professional standards background checks for the peace officer and security programs to ensure they are completed in accordance with legislation and best practice;
Oversee the auditing of a agencies under the POA and SSIA for regulatory compliance;
Conduct investigations and audits as required or to assist investigator/auditors;
Monitor and review agency handling of the legislated public complaints processes;
Assign and monitor legislated request for review (appeal) processes;
Assign investigator/auditors to support the compliance activities for the Civil Enforcement Act and other law enforcementrelated legislation, as required;
Maintain ongoing relationships with participating agencies and various stakeholders, both internal and external;
Identify issues and draft briefing notes to manager and Director of Law Enforcement on emerging issues and sensitive investigations;
Conduct performance assessments with direct reports, manage audit schedules and monitor staff while travelling for work; and
Assist with the development and maintenance of internal operational policy and practices.

As the Team Lead, you must have the ability to establish, foster and maintain professional working relationships; as this role works closely with program participants, governments, police services and other stakeholders in the public safety arena.

You must also have strong time management and organizational skills in order for you to help your team meet required timelines.

Lastly, it is critical that you demonstrate strong decision making abilities based on sound judgement and fairness, and that you can adapt both your verbal and written communication to fit the needs of your audience.

Qualifications:

A university degree in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Law Enforcement, or a related field, plus four (4) years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

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.

Additional requirements for this role:

A minimum of two (2) or more years of experience in a supervisory role;
A minimum of two (2) years of conducting investigations (such as, but not limited to criminal and/or regulatory) is required.

Preference will be given to those with the following:

Experience in law enforcement or regulatory compliance;
Experience conducting code of conduct investigations;
Working knowledge of interpreting legislation, policy and/or procedures;
Experience conducting nonfinancial compliance audits;
Working knowledge of the Canadian Criminal Code, Peace Officer Act, Body Armour Control Act, Security Services and Investigators Act and the Civil Enforcement Act.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. For more information, please refer to

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.

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