Executive opportunities

Executives play a pivotal role as leaders in the execution of government's strategic corporate agenda.

Executives commit to the business goals of government and their ministry, support the deputy minister and develop strategies to implement government policy.

Executives are accountable for the execution of strategies to achieve goals and are measured for their performance.

Current opportunities

Applicants may be considered for other executive opportunities.

Executive opportunities for BC Public Service employees
(internal only)

To achieve government's vision, executives must position and structure their organization for full effectiveness. Executives practice strategic thinking in translating the vision into goals and strategies and support their accomplishment through facilitating and leading change.

To champion diversity and inclusion, executives must create and uphold an organizational culture that prioritizes inclusivity and culturally competent behaviours. As individuals, they act with curiosity and humility to understand, respect and embrace the visible and non-visible parts of individual and collective identities such as abilities, beliefs, cultures, ethnicity, experiences, gender, perspectives, styles, and values. As leaders, they make sure diversity, equity and inclusion practices are embedded in organizational policies, programs, and processes, and hold themselves and other leaders accountable for related outcomes. Executives are passionate about shaping, guiding, and providing inclusive and collaborative leadership on Reconciliation initiatives, strategies, and legislation.

In leading people, executives must motivate, empower and lead employees to accomplish goals and objectives, rewarding high performance, promoting empowerment and developing their employees, providing opportunities for growth, and managing issues with their organization.

Executives model integrity and authenticity, building a culture of trust, integrity, risk taking and creative thinking in the organization by demonstrating personal integrity, using feedback to self- improve, following through on commitments and acting consistently with the espoused values and culture of the organization.

In interpersonal relationships, executives ensure that they are enhancing the organization’s relationships partners. This includes building strategic alliances, managing conflicts among different parties, negotiating to derive optimum solutions, and effectively communicating ideas, analyses and proposals.

Review leadership competencies

Leadership expectations

The BC Public Service has introduced new Leadership Expectations (PDF, 598KB) specific to senior leaders in the BC Public Service.

These expectations are designed to complement the ones set out in the BC Public Service Oath of Employment, Standards of Conduct and values.

The leadership expectations will inform how we assess executive performance and potential as part of our succession management and leadership development efforts.