Judicial Clerk

Job Information

Job Requisition ID: 76629
Ministry: Justice
Location: St. Paul
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent, Temporary and Wage
Scope: Open Competition
Classification: Judicial Clerk / Senior Judicial Clerk

**Salary**: Judicial Clerk (JC):
$2,029.80 to $2,568.34 bi-weekly ($52,977 - $67,033/year)
$28.00 to $35.43 hourly

Senior Judicial Clerk (Sr. JC):
$2,240.86 to $2,835.40 bi-weekly ($58,486 - $74,003/year)
$30.91 to $39.11 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 more information 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 St. Paul, 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 Officers of the Court Success in this role requires a strong sense of integrity, the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and a passion for helping Albertans navigate the court system. We are currently creating a pool of qualified professionals for this highly respected role in the justice system.

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.
- In this essential role, you will professionally represent the court administration, ensuring fair and equitable justice delivery. Your duties will involve a mix of courtroom, counter, and office tasks, including:

- Managing administrative processes in civil and criminal court proceedings
- Maintaining court records and decorum, operating the digital recording system
- Handling exhibits, liaising with judiciary, lawyers, police, and the public
- Filing documents in line with Alberta Rules of Court and relevant statutes
- Assisting the public and legal community both in-person and over the phone
- Performing data entry, court order processing, and general office duties
- Acting as a non-presiding Justice of the Peace, conducting bail releases
- Performing Commissioner of Oaths duties after passing a required test
- Managing databases and facilitating appearances, both in-person and online.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.

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 solutions.

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

**Other Relevant Attributes**: Capability for public speaking; ability to navigate high-volume, fast-paced workloads; capacity to manage tight and coinciding timelines.
- **Qualifications**:

- **JC**: A high school diploma plus a minimum of six months of workplace experience.

**Sr. JC**: A high school diploma plus a minimum of two years of related experience, including 18 months of directly related experience as a Judicial Clerk, as well as the successful completion of the departmental para-legal program.

Equivalency: Related experience or education considered on the basis of one year of experience for one year of education or one year of