Executive Director, Human Resources & Labour Relations

Location: Fort St. John, BC, Canada; Hybrid

Classification: Management Band C, Excluded

Office Location: Fort St John or Victoria

Salary: $156,715 - $187,515 – Permanent Full-Time, based on a 35-hour work week.
An additional 3% Location Allowance will be added to posted salary for northern location.

About the Job:
Reporting the Vice President, Human Resources & Workplace, and working closely with the Executive Director, Workplace & Employee Experience, the Executive Director, Human Resources & Labour Relations (ED) acts as the operational lead with responsibility for human resources development and management activities to support the delivery of human resource services across the organization.

The ED develops and leads core human resource and labour relations programs and activities within a complex unionized and excluded management environment, ensuring the BCER achieves workforce and organizational results.

The ED provides leadership to a team of human resource professionals that ensure core Human Resource and Labour Relations programs and activities adhere to collective agreements and Public Sector Employers Council directives. As priorities shift within the BCER and the organization operates in a rapidly shifting and complex environment, the ED must manage the corresponding changes to human resources programs, and ensure activities and practices are aligned with leading practice.

Organization Chart:
Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, People & Transformation
Vice President, Human Resources & Workplace 
Executive Director, Human Resources & Labour Relations

About Us

About the BC Energy Regulator: 

The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is the Province of B.C.’s life-cycle energy resources regulator. The BCER is a Crown agency with a mandate to ensure energy resource activities are undertaken in a manner that: protects public safety and the environment, supports reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and the transition to low-carbon energy, conserves energy resources and fosters a sound economy and social well-being. 

As a cost recoverable, values driven organization, we prioritize safety, stewardship and Indigenous interests throughout the full project lifecycle – from exploration to reclamation – and support the transition to clean energy. The BCER is committed to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, honouring the Provincial commitment to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action. Through fostering respectful and collaborative relationships with Indigenous partners and stakeholders, the BCER delivers on Government’s priorities. 

The BCER has an innovative forward-thinking workplace that demonstrates our core values. Through continuous improvement and development, the BCER is agile and responsive to the rapidly changing environment in which we operate. We are diverse and inclusive, with transparency, innovation, and integrity as foundation of our respectful culture.

About the Organization

The Human Resources & Workplace team delivers on the end-to-end employee life cycle to recruit, retain, develop, and engage a diverse and empowered workforce. Working in partnership across the organization the team ensures employees have the skills, talent, and training to deliver on the BCER’s mandate.The Executive Director develops and leads core human resource and labour relations programs and activities within a complex unionized and excluded management environment, ensuring the BCER achieves workforce and organizational results.