Court Coordinator

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 75928
Ministry: Justice
Location: Various
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent (2 positions)
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: October 14, 2025
Classification: Administration 2

**Salary**: $2,400.86 to $3,151.07 bi-weekly ($62,662 - $82,242 per year)

The Ministry of Alberta Justice helps ensure that all Albertans can live in safe and resilient communities while having access to a fair and innovative justice system. Working alongside its partners in law enforcement, family justice, health, the judiciary, criminal justice system and other stakeholders, the ministry has a direct or shared responsibility in all elements of the justice system in Alberta. Follow the link to see what else we have to offer:
The Court of King’s Bench is the Superior Trial Court for the Province, hearing trials in civil and criminal matters and appeals from decisions of the Court of Justice.
Court of King's Bench of Alberta (albertacourts.ca)

**Role Responsibilities**:
As a Court Coordinator you are responsible for:
Overall, through communication with a complex set of stakeholders, assess and evaluate court files to determine if protocol and legislative requirements have been complied with. If requirements have been met, coordinate the scheduling of hearings as required in an effective manner resulting in the efficient use of judicial and court time on a daily basis. Comply with any instructions or guidelines from the Judiciary and Court Management regarding acceptable practices for scheduling court files.
- The position manages and maintains a structured scheduling system that ensures an equitable distribution of court time and resources.
- Efficient and effective management and control of the civil/family/criminal court case load in accordance with various legislation, policies, procedures, and directions of the Court
- Booking various types of hearings as required
- Monitor and analyze the scheduling system to ensure court time is utilized as efficiently as possible; this includes identifying issues and backlog of files, impacting lead times, and taking appropriate action in consultation with Court Management and the office of the Chief Justice
- Maintaining required statistics
- This position is solely responsible for creating, updating and maintaining calendars for various types of hearings under a broad range of legislation

**Liaison/Collaboration**:

- Responsible for effective management of the interdependencies between the Judiciary, Court Administration, Crown Counsel, members of the Bar, Self-represented Litigants, Court Staff, as well as other Government Agencies and members of the public through the exercise of tact and diplomacy as necessary to accomplish the objectives of having each case proceed in a timely manner and as scheduled
- Identify issues of concern and liaise with Court Management and the office of the Chief Justice as required to modify procedures as needed
- This is a high-profile position encompassing effective communication, collaboration, confidentiality, and diplomacy when dealing with a broad client base
- Responsibility for the sharing of information between stakeholders is crucial and must be relayed in a concise and accurate manner. A Court Coordinator must be aware of the importance of information shared by counsel and the Judiciary and further assess what information should be passed on in order to facilitate an efficient operation

**Role Continue**:
**Administrative**:

- Organize and monitor court bookings and cancellations of various types of criminal, civil and family hearings and communicate this information to Court Management, the Judiciary and other Court Coordinators to ensure these bookings are accurately entered, updated and completed on the assignment schedule.
- Ensure resource availability, including courtrooms, equipment, and technology and coordinate with counsel, parties, IT services, and court staff for the appearance of witness by remote attendance
- Confirm and communicate sittings booked, changed, or cancelled with counsel, legal assistant team, court administration, court staff, and any other participants
- Follow up to confirm assigned dates are completed
- Update and maintain scheduling systems which indicates scheduled matters’ status that is accessed by court administration, staff and the Judiciary
- Ensure timelines and legislative requirements are met
- Support Court Administration by providing up to date information on all areas of Court Coordination

**Quasi-judicial and Delegated authorities**:
The appointments are provided for in legislation and administration and designate the necessary authority to ensure the efficient and effective running of court operations. In addition, a number of quasi-judicial and decision-making functions that this position is responsible for can only be performed with these designations and certifications. This position has deleg