Deputy Chief, Regional Ops

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 63646
Ministry: Forestry and Parks
Location: Edmonton is preferred, other locations may be considered
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 20, 2025
Classification: Senior Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $4,402.49 to $5,590.52 bi-weekly ($114,904 - $145,912/year)

Step into the heart of Alberta’s wild future, and lead its protection.

Join a passionate and dedicated team that is blazing trails in conservation enforcement. As Deputy Chief of the Conservation Officer Service within the Crown Land Enforcement Branch, you will be a key force in driving high-stakes initiatives that protect ecosystems, ensure public safety, and promote sustainable land-use across Alberta’s vast and iconic landscapes.

This is not just a job, it is your chance to command strategy, shape the future of conservation enforcement, and deliver province wide results that will leave a lasting legacy. You will champion integrated conservation enforcement while forging powerful partnerships with Indigenous communities, environmental Non Government organizations, recreational stakeholders and all levels of government.

You will be part of a high performing, forward-thinking leadership team that thrives on bold ideas, collaboration and professional growth to ensure Alberta’s wild spaces remain protected for generations to come.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting directly to the Executive Director/Chief Conservation Officer, the Deputy Chief of the Conservation Officer Service is a senior, uniformed, and sworn peace officer position responsible for strategic leadership, operational oversight, and provincial coordination of Alberta’s field-based Conservation Officers. This role ensures the professional and effective delivery of law enforcement, human-wildlife conflict response, and public safety services, all in alignment with legislative requirements and cross-ministry priorities.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing strategic leadership to four Regional Inspectors and up to 90 armed Conservation Officers, ensuring consistent enforcement, public safety response, and human-wildlife conflict management across Alberta.
- Leading program planning and execution by implementing CLEB’s operational priorities, setting provincial enforcement standards, and coordinating multi-agency operations and emergency responses.
- Ensuring legal and policy compliance by upholding Peace Officer Program standards, managing occupational health and safety risks, and overseeing investigations into officer conduct and public complaints.
- Fostering stakeholder and Indigenous relations through engagement with local governments, Indigenous communities, and law enforcement partners, and representing the program on cross-ministry committees and interagency collaborations.
- Overseeing human resource management including recruitment, training, mentorship, succession planning, and enforcement of professional conduct and discipline standards.
- Managing budgets and resources by administering operational expenditures, overseeing infrastructure and IT systems, and serving as Expenditure Officer to ensure fiscal responsibility.
- Supporting executive leadership by advising on enforcement strategies, legislative matters, staffing, and contributing to program innovation and provincial consistency.

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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:

- **Systems Thinking**: Strategic systems thinking to work within a broadly defined conceptual framework and manage multiple complex issues, programs and functions while delivering results and creative solutions within rigid time frames.
- **Creative Problem Solving**: Researching, analyzing and problem-solving to assess and respond to varied and complex issues through synthesizing different viewpoints and risks, and making decisions in alignment with legislation, and Ministry and government business priorities, direction and intent.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**: Develops and maintains effective working relationships and partnerships with senior representatives of the Ministry, other departments, Municipal decision makers, agencies, industry, and stakeholder organizations to address issues and lead organizational change efforts relating to the lands program.
- **Agility**: Leadership and influencing to promote innovation, build consensus and motivate others to accept and adopt innovative concepts and approaches.

**Qualifications**:
Required Qualifications:

- Completion of university degree (4 years) in a field related to natural resource law enforcement, criminology, police sc