Employment Type: Permanent Full-time
Location(s): SK-South East-Estevan
Ministry: 020 Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Salary Range: $30.935-$38.764 Hourly
Grade: SGEU.09.
About Us
The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety encourages healthy, safe, and productive workplaces by setting, promoting, and enforcing employment standards legislation. We work with businesses, labour groups, workers, and other stakeholders to foster a positive labour environment.
The Opportunity
The Employment Standards Division is looking for a confident, client focused and conscientious individual for the position of Employment Standards Officer in our Estevan location. Reporting to the Manager of the Compliance and Investigations South unit, you will be provided with comprehensive training, mentorship, and guidance to be successful in this position.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate of choice will:
Be able to deal with a high volume of work within timelines, often in conflict situations, using excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Have demonstrated ability to interpret and understand legislations and regulations
Have demonstrated ability to collect, analyze and verify facts, comprehend the context and dynamics of employment relationships, develop options and solutions; and make binding decisions.
Be able to perform detailed and time sensitive work with demonstrated knowledge of Investigation and enforcement mechanisms and processes, case management principles, corporate and common law, the judicial system, and contract law.
Have knowledge of accounting principles as well as computer skills especially in Microsoft Excel, etc.
Be client-focused, flexible, and adaptable, thorough, conscientious, and attentive to detail to ensure quality work.
Be confident, organized and be a self-starter to meet a high volume of case work in a time-sensitive environment.
Be reliable, professional, respectful, and supportive as a contributing member of a team to achieve common goals.
Employment Standards Officers:
Promote, interpret, apply, and enforce employment standards legislation contained within The Saskatchewan Employment Act and Regulations.
Prepare and present employment standards cases relating to the application of Part II of The Saskatchewan Employment Act in quasi-judicial hearings before an independent adjudicator.
Investigate employment disputes to determine if labour legislation has been contravened and enforces legislation.
Conduct and analyze research on legal jurisprudence, review, interpret, and apply various legislations, and interview parties involved in relation to specific cases.
Monitor cases to ensure employers have complied with enforcement action taken.
Promote labour legislation through speaking engagements and workshops and provide advice and explanations to clients and the public regarding labour requirements and the employment relationship.
Recommend changes to legislation and branch policy based on case experience.
Typically, the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for this position would be obtained through the completion of a university degree, such as but not limited to business administration or accounting, supplemented by several years’ experience in a regulatory role involving comprehensive investigations, and managing a high-volume caseload in a time sensitive client-based environment.
Limited travel time, 5% or less and work with flexible hours with an occasional overnight stay and a valid class 5 Saskatchewan driver’s licence is required.
Preference will be given to qualified equity group members who self-declare in this online application, as identified in “diversity groups” below
Diversity Groups: Aboriginal persons
Hours of Work: B – SGEU Field 37.33 – one day off every three weeks
Number of Openings: 1
Closing Date: Feb 27, 2023, 11:59:00 PM