Training Sergeant

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 69908
Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary position (2 years)
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: May 2, 2025
Classification: Program Services 3 Market Adjustment (023PSAMA)

**Salary**: $2,626.89 to $3,448.73 bi-weekly ($68,561 - $90,011/year)

**Role Responsibilities**:
We're looking for a seasoned, motivated, and result-driven **Training Sergeant**to shape the future of our force. If you have the experience, leadership, and passion to train tomorrow’s top-tier officers, this is your call to action.

As a Training Sergeant, you are responsible for leading and collaborating on the design, development and delivery of training for peace officers through collaboration with Training Academy resources, other Training Sergeants and key internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality, professional, relevant and cost-efficient programs and initiatives are available and delivered on a regular basis.

In this position you continually review training programs for relevancy and alignment with Peace Officer Act certification requirements as well as addressing current and future needs with input/feedback from participants and stakeholders.

**Duties and responsibilities include but not limited to are**:

- Developing and designing induction training programs that ensure correctional and public security professionals continually have the skills, knowledge and abilities necessary to fulfill their responsibilities in a safe and proficient manner.
- Oversees and manages the delivery of training including ensuring qualified trainers/instructors are available.
- Contribute to Training Academy’s Culture and Leadership by:

- Promoting collaboration and positive relationships within and across groups and builds commitment to reach desired results.
- Ensuring communication is ongoing by setting up processes or structures that facilitate communication and collaboration.
- Considering how changes might impact colleagues, clients and stakeholders and actively seeks input and involvement.
- Building trust by being open to perspectives while looking for long-term and mutually beneficial outcomes.
- As a member of the Training Academy, contributes to the success of the Training Academy in achieving its mandate.

**Knowledge Skills & Abilities**:

- _Peace Officer Act _and regulations.
- Delegated authority given to the Training Academy by the Director of Law. Enforcement regarding Peace Officer training.
- Development of policies, processes, accreditation criteria.
- Designing, developing, delivering and evaluating training initiatives.
- Different training delivery methodologies, emerging methods, technology and tools.
- Research methodologies.
- Ministry business strategies, priorities, programs, and resources.
- GoA learning, training and development initiatives and strategies.

**Please**

**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**:You consistently take a holistic and long-term view of challenges and opportunities at multiple levels across related areas.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**:You lead and contribute to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
- **Creative Problem Solving**:You are able to assess options, and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solution.
- **Drive for Results**:You are able to determine what outcomes are important and maximize the use of resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and all stakeholders.
- **Develop Self and Others**:You have a commitment to ongoing learning and desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of not only yourself but others as well.
- **Agility**:You can anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
- **Develop Networks**:You proactively build networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.

**Qualifications**:
**Required**:

- University graduation in a related field; Criminal Justice, law Enforcement, Public Safety, Public Administration, Adult Education plus 2 years progressively responsible related experience; Academy Instructor, Field Training Officer, Training Coordinator, Tactical Training Sergeant.
- Completion of a **law enforcement induction training program** from a recognized institution or agency (Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Servi