Careers

Why join the Office of Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) team?

The OPCC performs a vital role in BC by promoting accountable policing in our communities and enhancing public confidence in policing. We provide impartial and transparent civilian oversight to the police complaints process. You could be part of this valuable service.

We are an independent office of the Legislature and offer excellent benefits, competitive salaries, and a healthy work-life balance. We play an important role in advising, assisting, and informing the public on how to voice concerns about municipal police or department conduct. Your work at the OPCC is both challenging and rewarding.

Our office is centrally located in BC’s capital, Victoria, on Vancouver Island. It offers beautiful Pacific Northwest coastal views of the ocean and mountains. OPCC staff locations are located in Victoria, unless otherwise indicated in the career opportunity posted. We support flexible work options including remote and hybrid work arrangements with formal telework agreements where possible and appropriate.

If you have any questions about opportunities with the OPCC, please contact recruitment@opcc.bc.ca.

Current Opportunities

Senior Executive Assistant
SEA 15 (S15)

Salary range: $63,026.27 – $71,285.88

Regular Full-Time
Victoria, BC


The Senior Executive Assistant is responsible for providing executive secretarial and administrative services to the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.

This includes responding to inquiries and distributing information internally and externally, executive schedule management, correspondence handling, report compilation and distribution, presentation development, records management, travel research and booking, and claim processing. The position makes use of a wide variety of office equipment and systems including telephone, voicemail, email, online calendar, word processing, scanning, multifunction printing, internet research, proprietary database input and queries, shredding, etc.

The Senior Executive Assistant is required to exercise discretion and ensure confidentiality is respected in dealing with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

This position will be of interest to applicants who demonstrate the following:

Required Qualifications:

  • Secondary school graduation and courses in public, business, or office administration.
  • Minimum one year of recent (within the last three years) experience providing administrative support services in an office environment and in a confidential capacity.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and electronic databases.
  • Experience preparing, proofing, and formatting documents such as reports, briefing notes, letters, etc.
  • An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
  • Successful completion of an Enhanced Security Screening will be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Preference may be given to candidates with two or more years of recent (within the last three years) experience providing administrative support services in an office environment and in a confidential capacity.
  • Preference may be given to candidates who demonstrate experience providing administrative support to senior management in a public service context.
  • Preference may be given to candidates who are familiar with the mandate and operation of Independent Offices of the Legislature.

Complete qualifications, including competencies, are outlined in the job profile, which can be found linked at the bottom of this page.

This posting is for one permanent full-time position. An eligibility list for similar temporary or permanent future opportunities may be established. Temporary positions may become full or part-time, permanent status. This position is excluded from union membership.

The OPCC seeks to foster an inclusive work environment that values diversity, equity, inclusivity and respect. It is our goal to have a workforce that reflects the British Columbians we serve. To support employment equity and diversity in the workplace, we welcome applications from all groups. This includes women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), and others who may contribute to diversity in the BC Public Service. Qualified applicants from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

Applicants who identify as Indigenous may choose to seek assistance with their application by accessing the Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service available through the BC Public Service.

TO APPLY:
Your application package must be submitted by email to Recruitment@opcc.bc.ca, quoting the competition number 110938 in the subject line.

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete application package, which includes:

  • Your resume
  • A completed Employment Application Form to further demonstrate how you meet the job requirements consistent with your resume.

Your application package must clearly demonstrate how your education and experience meet the position requirements and preferred qualifications. You must identify which positions you are relying upon to meet the criteria of relevant experience and how the position meets that criteria. In describing your education and experience, please pay particular attention to the job profile, including the competencies and qualifications. The OPCC recognizes unique styles, perspectives, beliefs and creativity that support a diverse, respectful, inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Following the instructions above, only those applications received by 12:00 pm PST (noon) on Monday, March 25, 2024 will be considered. Incomplete applications or late applications will not be evaluated or acknowledged, and only those applicants who pass all initial screening requirements will be considered for the next step in the selection process. Your resume and Employment Application Form may be evaluated as part of the screening process with respect to the position requirement to be able to communicate in writing in an effective and clear manner. Candidates may be required to complete a written assignment or other assessment(s) as part of the selection process.

To apply for this position, you must be eligible to work in Canada. You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada or authorized in writing to work in Canada under the federal Immigration Act. For further information, please refer to the BC Public Service website.

NOTE: If your degree was obtained outside of Canada, you will need to confirm it has been assessed for equivalency through a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluation Service. Education credentials will be subject to verification before an offer of employment is made and will be requested if required.

If you have questions related to the application process, please email the HR team at Recruitment@opcc.bc.ca, quoting the competition number 110938 in the subject line.

By submitting your application, you confirm that you have worked on it independently and you have not used AI technology or paraphrasing technology to prepare it.

Job Profile Senior Executive Assistant

Senior Executive Assistant Employment-Application-Form

Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner

Effective and accessible civilian oversight that builds trust in police accountability. 

www.opcc.bc.ca

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