Professional Assurance Officer

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 62418

Ministry: Education

Location: EDMONTON

Full or Part-Time: Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary: Permanent

Scope: Open Competition

Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment

**Salary**: $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967 - $94,068/year)

Through safe and caring schools for all students, Alberta’s government is making life better by investing in education - one of the most important investments we can make in our future. The Ministry has the following responsibilities: develop curriculum and set standards; evaluate curriculum and assess outcomes; teacher development and certification; support students with diverse learning needs; fund and support school boards; First Nations, Métis and Inuit and Francophone education; and oversees basic education policy and regulations

**Role Responsibilities**

The Alberta Teaching Profession Commission oversees professional disciplinary matters for all Alberta-certificated teachers and teacher leaders in-line with best practices used in comparable provinces and other regulated professions. The Commission protects students and enhances accountability and transparency for teacher and teacher leader conduct and competency disciplinary matters.

As a Professional Assurance Officer, the incumbent is required to demonstrate a high degree of discretion, neutrality and confidentiality. The incumbent is required to manage a large caseload, navigate complex and nuanced issues, and work within strict guidelines and timelines. The Professional Assurance Officer has a high degree of autonomy in managing their day-to-day activities, but will receive ongoing feedback to ensure legislative, legal and procedural compliance of their work. The Commissioner for the Alberta Teaching Profession Commission is the decision maker on all files.

Key Responsibilities include

• Assess complaints, completed investigation reports and completed dispute resolution/mediation reports in relation to alleged teacher or teacher leader unprofessional conduct or professional incompetence.
• Provide technical advice and prepare draft decisions for consideration for the Manager, Director and Commissioner based on legislation, policy, standards, processes and protocols. Advice must ensure all legislative and procedural requirements have been met, and consider case law and precedent.
• Conduct preliminary inquiries into complaints referred to the Commission, including analyzing complaints, drafting allegation statements, verifying information and gathering additional information relevant to the decision making process.
• Under the direction of the Manager, Director, and/or legal counsel, prosecute/present cases of alleged unprofessional conduct and/or professional incompetence involving teacher and teacher leaders to hearing or appeal committees (as appointed by the Chair of the Professional Conduct and Competency General Panel.) As a member of the team, positively contribute to the Alberta Teaching Profession Commission's success by promoting, developing and implementing best practices and strategies to effect and support teacher and teacher leader conduct and competency in Alberta's education system. 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.

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**Critical Competencies**

• **Drive for Results** - The Professional Assurance Officer must have exceptional organizational skills to set goals, prioritize work, and follow through on tasks in meeting strict deadlines and operational requirements.
• **Develop self and others** - The Professional Assurance Officer collaborates with team members and models a commitment to life-long learning.
• **Creative Problem Solving **- Highly developed critical thinking, problem solving, and relationship building and communication skills, are used by the Professional Assurance Officer to objectively define complex and diverse problems, and develop appropriate recommendations. The Professional Assurance Office will align their work with best practices in addressing professional discipline matters involving Alberta certificated teachers and teacher leaders.
• **Agility** - The Professional Assurance Officer must anticipate, assess and adapt to changing priorities. As a senior level professional, the Professional Assurance Officer will demonstrate the ability to seek out opportunities for innovation and creative problem solving and support the Commissioner through the implementation of operational initiatives. The position requires a high degree of flexibility and ability to implement feedback.

**Qualifications**

University graduation in a related field (Education, Business Administ