Job Description

Overview

As a Senior Business Advisor within Executive Operations, youll work under the direction of the Director, Strategy and Corporate Governance, to provide confidential advice and guidance to executive leadership on corporate governance, strategic initiatives, and issues management, while providing operations management support for the Office of the President and executive office functions.

Through research, business knowledge, project management, change management, and management consulting expertise, youll guide executive and senior divisional leadership in decision making, and problem solving. In this role, youll also engage with staff across the organization to determine strategic opportunities that will increase operational effectiveness and deliver value to the business.

How youll make a difference:

Youll guide the strategies that ensure we best serve B.C.s workers and employers.

Where youll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, youll work primarily from your B.C. home and occasionally in our Richmond office and other offices across B.C. as required.

What you\'ll do

As a Senior Business Advisor you will:

• Create and evaluate alternatives, engage in continuous assessment and improvement to develop solutions, and guide appropriate decisions regarding processes, while exercising financial prudence, confidentiality and discretion
• Plan, schedule work, facilitate, and develop realistic action plans while having to be sensitive to other priorities, time constraints, resource availability and confidentiality
• Develop change management plans and lead change activities to implement business solutions
• Understand organizational issues, plan, research, direct and coordinate staff, and present solutions to executives and senior leadership
• Read and comprehend governance and policy documents, analyze facts and make impartial, systematic, well-reasoned recommendations
• Act as a liaison between management and the Board of Directors (BOD) office on governance related matters
• Anticipate and plan for future requirements of the organization and stakeholders

Is this a good fit for you?

Were looking for someone who can:

• Provide advice and expertise to executive leadership on corporate governance, issues management and strategic initiatives
• Lead the ongoing operational management in executive operations in collaboration with executive and senior leadership
• Research and participate in assessing new or changed business models and their impacts
• Complete program reviews of current business operations and provide thorough and objective analysis using all available data to determine optimal efficiency from different perspectives
• Conduct client and stakeholder impact assessments, and client working group planning, documentation and scheduling
• Identify risks to the organization and stakeholders; provide advice to management on issues
• Develop and deliver presentations and reporting to the Board of Directors, executive and senior leadership and internal and external stakeholders on critical issues, priorities, and initiatives

Your experience and educational background:

• A Masters degree in Business Administration or equivalent
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, or a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) designation is an asset
• A minimum of three years of related experience, such as management consulting, business process management, business analysis, innovation, design thinking, strategic planning, change management or project management
• General knowledge of a unionized environment and the administration of a collective agreement
• Experience in a management consulting role is considered an asset

Well consider an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Important to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Consent to a criminal record check
• Confirm youre legally entitled to work in Canada

WorkSafeBCs COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the Policy) is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re- implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. Were honored to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

Whats it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

Its challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experience that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

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Our benefits

As a member of our team, youll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire.
• 4 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service.
• Benefits package that includes customizable options for health care and dental benefits, additional days off, and a health care spending account
• Optional leave arrangements
• Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more)

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Want to apply?

• Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
• Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email when you submit your application.

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