JOB PROFILE
Position #00002861
TITLE: Director COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION
MINISTRY: FORESTS, LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
WORK UNIT: TENURES COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION
SUPERVISOR TITLE: DIRECTOR, COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION
SUPERVISOR POSITION #: 00081851
CONTEXT
The Competitiveness and Innovation Branch provides ministry leadership on forest competiveness, climate change,
adaptation and mitigation, carbon, bio-economy development, log exports and economic analysis. This includes
providing solutions to the effects of climate change that include forest sector transformations and investments and forest
product innovations. It co-ordinates ministry work on bio-energy and bio-economy and provides economic analysis for a
number of areas in the ministry, and is responsible for the provincial log export policy and administrative oversight of the
export permit process, supporting the executive and other divisions with data and analyses.
JOB OVERVIEW
The Director, Competitiveness and Innovation Branch provides strategic advice to Ministry Executive and leadership for
the ministry’s work on climate change, carbon markets, bio-economy and related research and business development.
The Director is accountable for and leads the provincial log export policy and administrative oversight of the export
permit, and leads major complex statistical and policy analysis projects that have significant socio-economic impacts for
government for the forest and other natural resource sectors.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
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Leads the development and implementation of strategies, projects, research, guidance and policy for forest
sector competiveness, including, harvest impact, economic analysis and multipliers, and trade issues; for carbon
projects and business development, climate adaptation and mitigation; and for climate change research, bioeconomy and log exports.
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Provides advice to the Minister, Deputy Minister, Treasury Board and Cabinet, or Cabinet Committees, as an
essential support for strategic decision making on policy, programs, and legislation related to forest sector
competiveness, bio-economy, climate change and log exports.
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Leads the preparation of papers, briefing notes, estimate notes, Treasury Board and Cabinet submissions, and
other high level briefing documents to support government interests and initiatives.
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Identifies, develops, engages and negotiates with key partners and stakeholders to further ministry objectives.
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Develops and establishes policy for carbon on Crown land in BC that provides the highest return on investment
and best stewardship of resources for the public.
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Develops, maintains and strengthens stakeholder relationships.
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Acts in the Executive Director’s role as required and contributes to annual strategic, divisional and budget plans.
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Set branch vision, mission, goals and objectives.
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Supervises staff including assignment of work, development and evaluation of performance plans, approval of
leave, response to grievances and initiation of discipline processes.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Master or University degree in Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Climate change, Economics,
Commerce/ Business/Public Administration.
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Minimum of five years’ experience in engaging, establishing and maintaining effective relationships with senior
private or public sector contacts and stakeholders.
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Minimum of five years of proven experience dealing with politically sensitive and provincially significant issues
and with developing policy, procedures and corporate practices.
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Experience in forest sector, natural resource sector management, environment, climate change, or land
management.
Preference may be given to applicants who have:
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Strategic leadership experience.
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Experience leading and coaching, empowering diverse teams.
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Project management leadership experience.
COMPETENCIES
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Building Strategic Alliances involves knowledge and skills to engage in internal and external stakeholder analysis
and to negotiate agreements and alliances based on a full understanding of power and politics.
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Building Partnerships with Stakeholders is the ability to build long-term or on-going relationships with
stakeholders (e.g. someone who shares an interest in what you are doing). This type of relationship is often
quite deliberate and is typically focused on the way the relationship is conducted. Implicit in this competency is
demonstrating a respect for and stating positive expectations of the stakeholder.
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Impact & Influence is the ability to influence, persuade, or convince others to adopt a specific course of action.
It involves the use of persuasive techniques, presentations or negotiation skills to achieve desired results.
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Results Orientation is a concern for surpassing a standard of excellence. The standard may be one’s own past
performance (striving for improvement); an objective measure (results orientation); challenging goals one has
set; or even improving or surpassing what has already been done (continuous improvement). Thus a unique
accomplishment also indicates Results Orientation.
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Promoting Empowerment involves knowledge and skills in using processes such as delegation and information
sharing to enhance subordinate ownership and empowerment over their task and performance.
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Teamwork and Co-operation is the ability to work co-operatively within diverse teams, work groups and across
the organization to achieve group and organizational goals. It includes the desire and ability to understand and
respond effectively to other people from diverse backgrounds with diverse views.