Executive Staff Officer, Teacher Employment Membership Support (SARO)

The Alberta Teachers’ Association

invites applications for

Executive Staff Officer, Teacher Employment Membership Support (SARO)
Competition number: ESO5/26
Initial placement: Calgary
Commencement: December 1, 2026, or at a mutually agreeable date

Position overview

The executive staff officer will assist with the work of the Teacher Employment Membership Support (TEMS) program area, supporting both teacher employment and collective bargaining functions. Duties may include the following:

• Being responsible for organizing and providing direct service to members as part of the TEMS team, including handling teacher employment field service requests, acting as a representative of the bargaining agent in collective agreement negotiations and providing support to Association subgroups
• Advising members on teacher personnel problems, collective agreement entitlements and legal assistance
• Handling collective agreement grievances and board of reference appeals
• Participating and carrying out presentations and workshops for TEMS conferences
• Serving as an Association resource person in specific areas of expertise
• Carrying out special projects from other areas of the Association’s operations, as assigned

Qualifications

Key requirements:

• Knowledge of the Association’s mission, objects, program areas and how they contribute to improving the profession and the working lives of teachers
• An understanding of the role of TEMS 
• Familiarity with applicable legislation, policy and the Education Act
• A valid teaching certificate and a minimum of five years of successful teaching experience in public education
• Proven commitment to public education
• Ability to undertake travel and evening/weekend work

In addition, the following are considered assets:

• Experience in bargaining, labour relations, application of collective agreements and conducting investigations
• Coursework, training and/or experience in human resources and labour relations and knowledge of pension and benefits
• School leadership experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in written and spoken French 
• A demonstrated commitment to the Alberta Teachers’ Association (or other Canadian teachers’ organization)

Key competencies:    

• Problem solving and decision making
  • Analyzes problems systematically, organizes information, identifies key factors, identifies underlying causes and generates solutions
• Change agility
  • Embraces change and adapts to it effectively in response
• Effective communication
  • Regularly seeks feedback to understand other peoples’ perspectives, and integrates feedback into decisions to improve service to members
• Accountability and self-awareness
  • Manages professional relationships by performing work in a timely and effective way to enable departmental success
• Commitment to collaboration 
  • Works effectively both within the program area/unit and across the organization
  • Contributes to team building and success

The Association is committed to reconciliation and a candidate’s knowledge and experience of related issues and/or membership in an Indigenous community is considered an asset.

Who we are

As a professional organization and the voice of the province’s teachers, the Association is dedicated to advancing the cause of education and to building the teaching profession in Alberta. The Association represents all public, separate and francophone teachers in the province of Alberta.

The provincial Association, its locals and its subgroups perform both union and professional functions. As a union, the Association negotiates and monitors collective agreements and represents teachers in matters of employment. The Association also represents members who may be subject to regulatory processes relating to professional conduct and practice, as administered by the Alberta Teaching Profession Commission.

In its professional role, the Association promotes and supports the preparation of candidates to the profession, provides ongoing professional development to members, makes representation to the government on education policy, advocates for public education, and works with like-minded organizations at the provincial, national and international level. To further these goals, the Association actively promotes the representation and participation of member teachers in its governance and the delivery of its programs.

What the Association offers

Total compensation for the executive staff officer position includes a starting salary of $151,583, pensionable service under the Teachers’ Pension Plan of the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board and employer-paid benefits as stipulated in a collective agreement. The initial location will be in Calgary, but future assignments may be to any present or future Association office. Duties will commence on December 1, 2026 (negotiable).

In their application, applicants should quote position ESO5/26 and must include a cover letter, resume/curriculum vitae and a separate, short professional biography not exceeding 150 words, along with the names, telephone numbers and email addresses of at least two referees who are not Association employees or elected officials of its provincial executive. Applications must be received via email in one file by 4 PM on Friday, September 25, 2026. Applications can be sent to

Ms Kathryn Dick
Human Resources Director
E-mail: careers@ata.ab.ca