Manager - Medicine Hat, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Medicine Hat, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Information:

Job Requisition ID: 37581

Ministry:
Justice

Location:
Medicine Hat and Wetaskiwin/Camrose

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Regular/Temporary: 2 Permanent Positions

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
February 4, 2023

Classification:
Management Manager Zone 2

About Us:

The Court and Justice Services (CJS) Branch provides a wide range of resolution and court services for people involved in legal disputes.

In collaboration with the courts of Alberta, Court and Justice Services provides various programs and services including educating and helping Albertans finding solutions for legal issues, navigating the court system, offering programs at no cost or a nominal charge, and administrative support to all courts in Alberta.

Role:

This position applies extensive knowledge of Provincial and Federal Statutes that are required to carry out responsibilities of all divisions of Provincial Court and court of King's Bench.

This position makes quasi-judicial decisions and associated leadership decisions to ensure that the Justice system operates as efficiently as possible without interference that would bring judicial independence into question.

Your key areas of responsibility include but not limited to:

Assist the Directors by providing data and input into initiatives that establish and sustain excellent delivery of operational plans that align with key strategic priorities.
Establish and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders using the trust established to assess the capability and capacity of the area to deliver its mandate.
Coordinate and balance workloads and staff productivity to ensure that work is completed in a timely process while meeting legislative requirements.
Effectively lead the resources that will enable transformational change, standardization of processes, and the continuous improvement of recommended business structures, operations and working practices in court administration
Exercise full supervisory, management and leadership for human resources. Provide guidance and direction to the operational administration of the courts and court related programs. Including determining the staffing levels necessary for the operations, initiating recruitment and selection, evaluating performance, reviewing and submitting position reclassification requests and overseeing training, development, coaching and mentoring. Handle Human Resource and Union employee relation issues as required.
Develop and maintain an accurate budget and variance report process that is consistent with Department goals.
Accountable to maintain an accurate budget and variance report process. Financial management must be within acceptable audit definitions and departmental/divisional directions. Awareness of spending pressures and trends is required. Responsible for the management of daily trust accounts and revenue monies.

Knowledge and abilities required are:

Extensive knowledge and the ability to interpret Federal and Provincial legislation; regulations and rules governing the operation of court administration; technical and administrative policy, procedures and directives of the Department and the APS.
Excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with the judiciary in all levels of court, staff, Crown Counsel, members of the Bar, enforcement agencies, government officials, the public and varied agencies related to the judicial process.
Can positively influence others and facilitate change. The position is expected to be creative and resourceful in identifying and implementing solutions to complex and difficult problems.
This position is also required to be aware of current trends and best practices within and outside of government so the awareness can be applied when dealing with the many complex issues across a very broad scope in and outside of the department.
The experience is necessary to bring sound judgement and extensive skills to the job for dealing with problems, change, implementations, new initiatives and legislation, in a realistic fastpaced environment in a multifaceted organization.

Qualifications:

Required:

University degree in a related field such as Criminology, Law, Public Administration and/or Social Sciences supplemented by a minimum of four years' related experience is required.
Experience in supervision & leadership role is also required.

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.

Preference will be given based on following:

Experience working in a judicial environment, specifically within a Provincial Court and/or King's Bench operations.
Knowledge of the Alberta Rules of Court, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Family Law Act regulation, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Regulation, Jury Act Regulation and other related l