Judicial Clerk

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 62272
Ministry: Ministry of Justice
Location: Wetaskiwin
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent, Temporary and Wage
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 2nd 2024
Classification: Judicial Clerk / Senior Judicial Clerk

**Salary**: Judicial Clerk:
$1,677.68 to $2,044.84 bi-weekly ($43,787 - $53,370/year)

$23.14 to $28.20 hourly

Senior Judicial Clerk:
$1,974.79 to $2,423.65 bi-weekly ($51,542 - $63,257/year)

$27.24 to $33.43 hourly

**About Us**

Build a career with Court and Justice Services We offer employee supports, career growth,competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefit packages

The Alberta Public Service provides a comprehensive total compensation package. For moreinformation and to calculate your potential total compensation as a Judicial Clerk, visit Government of Alberta - Pay Benefits / Careers Research.

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This competition will be used to fill current and future vacancies for wage, temporary and permanent Judicial Clerk positions in Wetaskiwin location in the province of Alberta. Wages/casual/on-call positions have no guaranteed hours of work.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Court and Justice Services Division is looking for motivated, hardworking and reliable individuals to join their team as a Judicial Clerk/Senior Judicial Clerk To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate a high level of integrity, excel in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for supporting Albertans as they navigate the court system. We are currently building a pool of talented professionals for our Judicial Clerk positions in Wetaskiwin.

Court of King’s Bench:

- Criminal
- Civil
- Family
- Divorce
- Wills & Estates / Bankruptcy

Alberta Court of Justice: Alberta Court of Justice (albertacourts.ca)
- Traffic
- Civil
- Criminal
- Family and Youth

As a Judicial Clerk, you will represent the administration of court in a responsible and professional manner that reflects the fair and equitable delivery of justice in Alberta. The shifting priorities between the courtroom and assisting the public and lawyers at the counter provides diversity on a daily basis.

**Role Responsibilities continued**:
Court and Justice Services also offers Judicial Clerk roles that are bilingual and require the ability to read, translate and clearly communicate both verbally and in writing for trials and other court related matters where the accused has chosen to have their trial heard in French as allowed by the Criminal Code of Canada. You will represent the administration of court in a responsible and professional manner that reflects the fair and equitable delivery of justice in Alberta.

Your key responsibilities will include court, counter and office duties and will be the following but are not limited to:

- Organizing and managing administrative processes within the courtroom for both civil and criminal proceedings.
- Maintaining the court record, including operation of the digital recording system; maintaining the decorum of the court.
- Entering and being responsible for exhibits entered into the record.
- Liaising with judiciary, lawyers, police and the general public, including explaining court documentation to the public.
- Reviewing and filing documents in adherence with the Alberta Rules of Court and various Provincial and Federal statutes.
- Providing assistance to the public and legal community at the counter and on the phone
- General office duties, including telephone, scanning, fax and incoming mail.
- Data entry, production, and processing of all civil and criminal court orders.
- Exercising your role as a non-presiding Justice of the Peace, by conducting administrative bail releases, explaining terms of release to offenders in custody and completing bail assignments. Providing assistance to the public and legal community.
- Commissioner of Oaths duties, by conducting oaths and affirmations. A test is required to obtain this designation.
- Managing various databases and programs.
- Facilitating multiple forms of appearances which could include in-person or various web-based technologies.

**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.

The link below will assist you with understanding competencies:
**Build Collaborative Environments**: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

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

**Creative Problem Solving**: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solut