Compliance Manager, Capital District

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 63229
Ministry: Environment and Protected Areas
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: October 22, 2024
Classification: Senior Manager, Zone 1

**Salary**: $3,548.95 to $4,842.27 bi-weekly ($93,567 - $126,383/year)

We support Albertans in being proud stewards of air, land, water, and biodiversity by leading the work required for desired environmental outcomes and sustainable development of natural resources.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Are you an experienced compliance manager with a desire to be a leader of a dynamic team? This is the position for you

Reporting to the Regulatory Assurance Manager (RAM) Capital District, the Compliance Manager holds the legislated designated authority as a Statutory Decision Maker for key pieces of legislation within the Ministry's mandate and is responsible for compliance activities under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, Climate Change and Emission Management Act, Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, Public Lands Act, and the Water Act, in addition to those Acts associated Regulations and Codes of Practice. The position has the authority to issue administrative penalties, Enforcement Orders, Environmental Protection Orders and Water Management Orders and, as such, requires a thorough knowledge of legislation and the various authorizations issued by the department.
- The Compliance Manager provides direct supervision and leadership to Compliance staff within the region in an effort to ensure that Departmental goals and objectives are being achieved effectively and that financial and human resources are being expended within policy and budget.
- The Compliance Manager is the Statutory Decision Maker for many regulatory assurance actions taken under the mandate of the Department such as remedial enforcement orders and water management orders. This position is responsible to ensure that the statutory decisions are informed, consistent with legislation and Departmental and Government's policies, and are considerate of all relevant matters demonstrating the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness.
- The Compliance Manager provides leadership, direction and response during and after environmental emergencies and incidents, and in response to public complaints, to ensure immediate and timely response to prevent and mitigate damage to the environment or natural resources. Emergencies can include both natural and manmade events and may involves the release of substances into the environment (air, land or water bodies).

The Compliance Manager position requires a thorough knowledge of legislation and the various approvals and authorities issued by the department to ensure effective regulatory assurance. With an operational focus, you will be responsible for informed decision-making consistent with legislation using a defensible and transparent process, defending your decisions in front of quasi-judicial appeals board as required.

The Compliance Manager supports effective internal and external relationships and strategic alliances to ensure citizens, industry, communities and governments understand their collective responsibility for the health of Alberta's environment and the appropriate management of the provinces natural resources.

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:
**Agility**:For this role you will need the ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

**Build Collaborative Environments**:Your ability to work with other managers is key to providing effective regulatory assurance in Alberta. You will be expected to collaborate with program areas in the department and other departments to ensure a coordinated regulatory assurance system with a effective, consistent, firm and fair compliance response.

**Drive for Results**: Your desire to complete processes will be critical to ensure that your program completes the inspection and investigation processes in a timely and effective manner. Achieving results in a timely fashion is critical to holding responsible parties accountable and these processes can be complex and require tenacity to complete.

**Systems Thinking**: A systems thinking is needed at all levels of the APS because the results of our work impact our colleagues and a wide range of stakeholders in a variety of different ways. Systems/Strategic Thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind while assessing options and implications when