Date Posted: May 11, 2023
Application Deadline: June 30, 2023
Job Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Job Category:

• Community and Social Services

Job Start Date: June 01, 2023
Job Location: Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Peace River, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Salary: $26.46 - $36.11 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38.75

Job Description

As a Correctional Peace Officer, you will be a valued member of a team that is essential to maintaining the safety and security of a centre. You will perform a variety of security functions to ensure the care and custody of offenders while also ensuring the safety of centre staff and the public. In this environment, you will monitor offender movement, conduct patrols and counts, manage behaviour, complete searches and complete administrative duties associated with the Correctional Peace Officer role, including report writing and data entry. As you will be working directly with offenders, providing support and guidance, acting as a positive role model, and developing an in-depth knowledge of behaviors and personalities is fundamental in order to succeed in this role. You will be highly motivated to work with offenders and thrive in a demanding and stressful work environment. Well-developed interpersonal skills, sound judgment and a professional demeanor are essential to this position. You must have the ability to function effectively in a team environment and possess critical thinking skills. Well-developed verbal and written communication, along with basic computer skills are necessary to ensure success in this position. Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage conflicts effectively are also essential.

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to gather information from varied sources, analyze and interpret information to formulate reports and make decisions related to case planning
• Agility: Ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner and contribute to the organizational goals
• Drive for Results: Sets and accomplishes goals and priorities in order to deliver outcomes consistent with departmental objectives and directives
• Building Collaborative Environment: Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, community and other Government ministries/agencies to meet client and ministry goals and objectives
• Developing Networks: Ability to interact positively, build relationships and work effectively with others.
• Develop Self and Others: Ability to invest in the development of long-term capability of yourself and others

Interested candidates must be available for a variety of shifts: days, afternoons, nights, including weekends and holidays. Some positions are casual/on-call with no guarantee of hours. Successful candidates may at times receive shifts on short notice. A successful candidate could be working full-time hours or have no shifts depending on the week. Shifts vary based on the Centre's needs.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma plus a minimum of two years of experience
• Equivalencies will be considered on the basis of 1 year of experience for 1 year of education or 1 year of education for 1 year of experience
• Valid Standard First Aid and CPR Level-C Certification with AED
• Current Certified Criminal Records Check (with fingerprints and issued within the last six months)
• Young Offenders Centres will require a current Certified Criminal Records Check and a Vulnerable Sector Check (issued within the last six months)
• For interest in Young Offender's Branch experience working with youth will be an asset
• Experience managing conflict
• Experience working in a team environment
• Minimum of 18 years of age
• Valid Class 5 Canadian Driver's License (non-graduated)
• Legally entitled to work in Canada

Assets:

• Previous experience as a Correctional Peace Officer or Correctional Services Worker with our department or equivalent with a Provincial or Federal jurisdiction
• Previous experience as a police officer or auxiliary police member.
• Military Service with focus on protection/security
• Emergency response experience: EMT; Firefighter; Youth worker/client group work (e.g. group homes, aboriginal camps)
• Experience working with adults with serious mental health issues
• Appropriate related security experience such as senior level security, intense complicated security environment, responsible to make decisions regarding people issues (e.g. mall security, hospital security, airport screening officer, loss prevention officer, commissionaire, armed guard)
• Bylaw officer experience

To perform the full scope of the role, the position requires employees to don Personal Protection Equipment (PPE's) and to be clean-shaven where the face piece of the equipment seals to the skin of the face. This is in accordance with the Effective Face Seal, Occupational Health and Safety Code, section 250(2). Exceptions due to medical and religious grounds may be accommodated.

• Salary Correctional Peace Officer 1 - $26.46 to $32.45 per hour ($2,050.68 to $2,514.87 bi-weekly)
• Correctional Peace Officer 2 - $29.15 to $36.11 per hour ($2,259.25 to $2,798.18 bi-weekly)
• Notes:
  • All costs associated with the recruitment process including documentation fees and travel expenses are the candidates responsibility. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the documents requested above from the province they reside in.
  • To learn more about the requirements of the job, click on the following link to read the full job description: https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/psc-benchmarks-correctional-peace-officer.pdf (Click 032CR18 for Correctional Peace Officer 1 job description. Click 034CR10 for Correctional Peace Officer 2 job description.)
  • Candidates will be required to attend interviews and successfully complete an orientation training session over multiple days. Candidates who are successful in the selection process will be placed in a Talent Pool.
  • The number of positions to be filled has not been identified at this time. This competition will be used to create an eligibility list of qualified candidates to fill upcoming opportunities. This competition will be used to fill current and future vacancies for wage and permanent Correctional Peace Officer positions.
  • Wages/casual/on-call positions have no guaranteed hours of work. Public transportation is limited; a personal vehicle will be required to access the majority of the centres.
  • A confirmed misrepresentation may disqualify you from obtaining employment or result in a review of your continued employment

**Recruitment for this position is ongoing; apply ASAP.

How to Apply

Submit your application online at: https://www.alberta.ca/government-of-alberta-jobs.aspx

Company Information

Company Name: Government of Alberta

Address: 8th Floor, Park Plaza, 10611 98 Avenue

City/Town: Edmonton

Postal/Zip Code: T5K 2P7

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

Website: https://www.alberta.ca/index.aspx

Company Contact

Contact Person: Thelma Finch

Contact Person Job Title: Human Resources, Talent Pool Administrator

Telephone: 780-422-9452

Email: thelma.finch@gov.ab.ca