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**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 52455
Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services
Location: Various Locations
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 38.75 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open
Closing Date: February 5, 2024
Classification: Sheriff, Security and Transport 3

**Salary**: $2,396.62 to $2,970.69 bi-weekly ($62,552 - $77,535/year)

**About Us**

Are you interested in becoming an officer within the Sheriff Highway Patrol (SHP)? Do you have a passion for traffic safety, and a desire to work in a dynamic and goal-oriented enforcement team? If so, this opportunity may be for you

**Role Responsibilities**:
Sheriff Highway Patrol (SHP) is based out of vehicle inspection stations and GoA offices throughout the province. As an SHP sheriff, you will be responsible for patrolling provincial highways to conduct targeted traffic enforcement to reduce the number of serious injury and fatal collisions in the province and protect roadways and other transportation infrastructure. You will also conduct Criminal Code investigations and respond to collisions and other calls for service on rural highways.

Specific duties include:

- Enforcing traffic safety laws and provincial statutes applicable to motor vehicles;
- Conducting Check stops, impaired driving investigations, and other Criminal Code enforcement;
- Conducting commercial vehicle inspections;
- Responding to and investigating motor vehicle collisions and other calls for service;
- Arresting wanted persons on outstanding warrants;
- Patrolling designated highways and other provincial infrastructure;
- Attending court and providing evidence as required;

As a representative of the Alberta Sheriffs Branch, you must maintain a high level of professionalism and be able to demonstrate sound judgment and excellent problem-solving skills when interacting with challenging individuals in volatile situations. A high degree of integrity and maturity is essential for this role as well as confident and sound decision-making skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential in this role, as you will interact with various internal and external stakeholders and members of the public.

**Qualifications**:
A two-year diploma in a related field plus two (2) years progressively responsible related experience. A post-secondary diploma, degree, or journeyman certification in any field may be considered.

Equivalency:
Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of 1 year education for 1 year of experience, or 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

The following will be considered as assets:

- Previous certification to conduct Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) inspections
- Experience conducting Criminal Code investigations

Required Certifications:

- PARE
- Psych evaluation

To be successful in this role, you must have the following soft skills:

- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to independently problem solve and deescalate complex situations.
- Demonstrated skills and competencies associated with critical thinking.
- You must maintain a high level of professionalism, reliability, and be able to demonstrate sound judgment and excellent problem-solving skills when interacting with challenging individuals in volatile situations.
- A high degree of integrity and maturity, as well as confident and sound decision-making skills are essential for this role.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

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**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.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
**Creative Problem Solving**: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

**Agility**:Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

**Develop Networks**:Proactively building networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.

**Build Collaborative Environments**: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

**Systems Thinking**: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.

**Notes**:
This position averages 38.75 hours per week consisting of rotating shifts that inc