Crown Prosecutor Ministry: Justice Full or Part-Time: Full Time Permanent/Temporary/Wage: Permanent Crown Prosecutor 1-3 Crown Prosecutor 1 - ($3,947.31 to $4,972.47/bi-weekly) ($103,024.79 to $129,781.47/year) Crown Prosecutor 2 - ($5,593.60 to $6,926.96 /Biweekly) ($145,992.96 to $180,793.66/year) Crown Prosecutor 3 - ($7,450.08 to $8,260.75/bi-weekly) ($194,447.09 to $215,605.58/year) Crown Prosecutor Incentives Crown Prosecutors shall receive a retention incentive after one year of continual employment in the Peace River Office. This retention incentive shall be ten percent (10%) of the Crown Prosecutor’s current salary as of the date the one (1) continual year of employment is reached. Also, Crown Prosecutors, get one earned day off per month for excess hours worked.

The Alberta Crown Prosecution

Service (ACPS) prosecutes persons charged with Criminal Code, Youth Criminal Justice Act, and provincial statute offences. The ACPS promotes secure communities by vigorously prosecuting cases involving serious and violent crime and working with individuals and organizations in the community to identify and implement improved and alternative approaches to the administration of criminal justice. To learn more about Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, please visit To find out more, please visit the sites below for a more detailed description: Are you a lawyer with exceptional litigation work?

The Alberta Crown Prosecution Services

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has an exciting opportunity for a Crown Prosecutor to join their Prosecutions team at the Peace River Regional Crown’s Office in Alberta. As a Crown Prosecutor, you will help deliver justice through fearless, fair and effective prosecutions. The daily responsibilities of Crown Prosecutors encompass a multitude of duties, such as: bail, charge screening, early case resolution, alternative measures, whether to proceed to trial or discontinue a prosecution, conduct of alsl prosecutions, entering a stay of proceedings, withdrawing charges, plea resolution, provision of disclosure, electing to proceed summarily or by indictment, taking a position on sentence, drafting legal opinions/briefings, dealing with victims, witnesses and police, and launching appeals.

Drafting legal opinions/briefings and court documents professionally and appropriately Communication skills: ability to effectively convey, receive, and interpret information in various forms, whether verbally, non-verbally, or in writing An on-going effort to improve one’s own performance.

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans.

Develop Self and Others: Desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of self and others Develop Networks: Proactively builds networks,



connects and build trust in relationships with different stakeholders Creative Problem Solving: A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD), and active membership or immediate eligibility for membership with the Law Society of Alberta is required.

Crown

Prosecutor 1: a minimum of 0-4 years legal experience is required.

Crown

Prosecutor 2: a minimum of 4 years legal experience is required.

Crown

Prosecutor 3: a minimum of 11 years legal experience is required. For Law degrees obtained outside Canada, proof of accreditation from the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) is required. A valid Alberta Motor Vehicle Operators License and travel within the province. In addition to your resume, please include a cover letter briefly outlining your criminal law experience and your bar call date (applications without the Cover Letter may not be considered).

Asset

Experience in Criminal Litigation. The Hours of Work are 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Travel within Alberta to circuit court locations is a requirement for this role Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week. Final candidates will be required to undergo a criminal records check (CRC). Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate.

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