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Paralegal Officer

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 66114
Ministry: Treasury Board & Finance
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary for 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: January 30, 2025
Classification: Program Services 3 Market Adjustment

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

Treasury Board and Finance - Tax and Revenue Administration (TRA) is responsible for the collection of revenue and the administration of Alberta’s tax, revenue and related benefit programs. The focus of our organization is to ensure a fair, efficient and effective provincial tax and revenue system. Our organization offers a balance between work and your home life and provides options for flexible work arrangements.

Business Solutions within TRA provides a diverse scope of services to the Branch and to Alberta Government Ministries, in the support of Collections and Recoveries activities. The Paralegal Services teams within Business Solutions perform activities such as management of highly sensitive portfolios and paralegal services involving collection, legal and enforcement actions.

For further information about Treasury Board and Finance, see our website at

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Reporting to the Team Lead - Paralegal Services, the Paralegal Officer provides a variety of collection and legal enforcement services.

Key responsibilities for the Paralegal Officer role are:

- Investigating facts surrounding accounts and advise parties of available resolutions including repayment arrangements and schedules;
- Communicating account information to collection agencies and work with agencies on resolutions.
- Performing research in various databases and utilize legal remedies to maximize account recovery such as Garnishee Summons and Writs of Enforcement.
- Representing the Crown’s position at mediation hearings, pre-trial conferences and Provincial Court trials.

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:
If you haven’t included competency information in the “Role” section, you can include the critical competencies with examples of how they relate to the role being recruited to in this section; below is a list of the APS Competencies to assist you:

- Agility
- Drive for Results
- Develop Self and Others
- Build Collaborative Environments
- Develop Networks
- Systems Thinking
- Creative Problem Solving

**Qualifications**:

- A University degree in a related field (e.g. Paralegal Studies, Business Administration) supplemented by a minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in a civil litigation/civil enforcement environment or Legal Assistant/Paralegal Studies Diploma plus 4 years’ experience in a civil litigation environment.

Required experience includes:

- Knowledge of the Alberta Rules of Court
- Experience with legal terminology and practices, court processes and relevant legislation and regulations
- Experience in a collections environment and excellent understanding of government structure

Assets for this role include:

- Commissioner of Oaths designation
- Paralegal level membership with the Alberta Association of Alberta Paralegals (AAPP)
- Previous experience working in complex program administration

Equivalency:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education

A cover letter outlining how your experience relates to the qualifications of this role is required. The cover letter may be used to assess your communication skills.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.
Refer to

**Notes**:

- This is a **permanent, full-time** position working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

This position will be located in Downtown Edmonton.

Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Please also indicate whether your work experience was part-time or full-time.

For example:
January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Executive Director of

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
- Working for the Alberta Public Service
- Pension plans:

- Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)
- Alberta Public Service Benefit Information
- Leadership and mentorship programs
- Professional learning and development
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