Ethics Advisor - Burnaby, Canada - BC Hydro

BC Hydro

Verified Company

Burnaby, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that's where you come
in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our
customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond
during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.

Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a
solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.

We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be
ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we
build an even cleaner B.C.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Duties:

Provides confidential expert consulting and advisory services on matters under the Code of

Conduct and Contractor Standards.- Manages case handling, including intake, initial assessment, analysis and resolution of conflict of

interest disclosures and reports of possible breaches of the Code of Conduct and Contractor

Standards.
Conducts research and analysis, makes recommendations to management, employees and

contractors to resolve ethics concerns related to conflicts of interest, procurement, close
- relationships at work, outside activities, gifts and hospitality and protection against retaliation.

Leads investigations and coordinates complex investigations into possible breaches of the Code

of Conduct and Contractor Standards including by setting terms of reference, monitoring progress,
- supporting parties, and developing remedial actions.

Develops & improves program procedures and tools to enable effective and timely

documentation, investigation, resolution and reporting of Code of Conduct matters, in consultation
- with Human Resources and other stakeholders.

Partners with stakeholders to review, update and develop communications and annual and

targeted training programs that support awareness of organizational ethics, compliance with the

Code of Conduct and an ethical culture.
Coaches and influences all levels of managers on acting on the organization's values and

modeling and supporting an ethical culture including supporting privacy and protecting personal
- information, proper use of BC Hydro assets and systems, avoiding conflicts of interest, employing
- fair and transparent decision-making.

Provides expert advice and recommendations on updates to the Code of Conduct, Contractor

Standards, and the Ethics Program, develops supporting procedures, standards and guidelines
- and program resources as needed, and ensures coordinated rollouts to support change
- implementation and adoption.

Identifies critical cases and workplace trends, issues and risks and develops and implements

appropriate mitigation strategies, in consultation with Human Resources, Legal, Internal Audit, and
- other stakeholders.

Builds and maintains effective partnerships with program partners including Human Resources,

Employee Relations, Legal, Internal Audit, Security and others, and maintains positive relations
- with Union representatives and other external parties.

Ensures effective program evaluation & reporting measures are in place, supporting effective

and regular quarterly and annual reporting to senior leadership and the Board of Directors.- Upholds the credibility and reputation of the Ethics Office by ensuring issues, inquiries and cases

are handled with empathy, sensitivity, consistency, respect and professionalism with all parties
- and stakeholders.

Provides support for other programs and projects in the Ethics Office as required.

Qualifications:

***- A university degree or equivalent qualification in Law, Business Management/Administration,

Human Resources Management, Medicine, Social Sciences, or Philosophy is preferred, or similar
- completion of professional designation with a focus on administrative or corporate ethics or compliance programs and conducting or coordinating workplace or professional
- practice investigations.

Proven track record of critical thinking and problemsolving skills and sound, independent

judgment in complex pragmatic and effective in the business.- Strong interpersonal skills with knowledge and experience in consulting and facilitation, with the

ability to influence leaders to align with strategic HR goals.- Strong written communication skills to prepare, present and discuss findings and

recommendations on issues clearly and concisely and to share complex ideas effectively.- Ability to adapt to quickly shifting priorities and changing contexts.