Applicant Mentoring Academy Coordinator Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51217)

Description

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is seeking a professional with a strong commitment to providing mentorship and promoting equity among applicants, who are interested in pursuing a career with the EPS. The role involves working closely with the public, as well as EPS civilian and sworn personnel, and includes the following responsibilities:

• Create and implement a learning strategy for the Applicant Mentoring Academy (AMA) program including designing curriculum and instructional materials relative to the development of candidates who largely come from underrepresented communities.
• Ensuring processes pursuant to the EPS Recruit Selection Unit's application and hiring procedure are utilized throughout the Applicant Mentoring Academy program.
• As requirements to applications and hiring evolve, ensuring the relevant procedures are met with the aim being best practice standards.
• Identifying trends, practices and emerging issues that relate to equity in application and hiring practices within a policing context. 
• Identifying and eliminating systemic barriers in external employment systems to ensure the EPS represents the community it serves.
• Recruit, select, orient, train and develop police applicants. 
• Supervise and support candidates during the 10-week program by providing advice and guidance with respect to their applications and educating them on what a career could look like with the EPS. 
• Provide coaching and leadership to academy candidates to ensure timelines, policies, procedures and regulation requirements are met, as well as coordinating workload and establishing priorities. 
• Select and orientate those internal and external instructors involved in facilitating the program.
• Develop practical and realistic training scenarios related to aspects of policing (i.e.; communication, active listening) that will enhance the practical learning of the candidates.
• Develop learning plans for all candidates during the academy and recommendations for action.
• Evaluate candidates based on their performance in the Academy.  This could be based on their attitude, participation, presentation skills and their respective ability to successfully complete scenario-based training.
• Work closely with all internal partners within Recruiting Section – this includes recruiters, file managers, background investigators and supervisors in the unit.
• Maintain contact and provide guidance and advice to those who are deferred to increase their chance of success in the application process by developing an action plan to increase their competitiveness.
• Establish and communicate performance expectations and conduct performance appraisals on the candidates.
• Manage Applicant Mentoring Academy budget.
• Communicate and interact with Recruit Training Section to identify trends causing issues for recent recruit training participants. Develop AMA topics and training to address those identified needs as required.
• Develop other means of mentorship for applicants to ensure success 
• Attend, support and participate in other recruiting initiatives as needed including Run with Recruiter sessions, Information sessions, test writes, BDI workshops and similar.
• Other related duties as required.