Agency Overview
Purpose of Agency
The BC Public Service Agency provides leadership and services in people management.
The Agency was formed in 2003 to provide a consolidated human resource service to the public service. As established in the
Public Service Act, the Agency supports its clients (government ministries, agencies, etc.) in achieving their human resource needs and improving
overall effectiveness of the public service through the provision of human resource management policies and frameworks and
a variety of human resource services, products and programs.
The Agency has six core business areas that contribute to developing an innovative and responsive public service whose employees
are motivated and supported to reach their highest potential. The core businesses include: Business Transformation, Client
Services, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Compensation, Benefits and Policy and Executive and Support Services.
In response to the looming succession challenge faced by the public service and in support of ministries delivering government's
Five Great Goals, the Agency's service plan is focused on an integrated approach to talent management within a supportive
human resource policy, labour relations and client services environment. The corresponding goals and objectives in this service
plan are reflective of the stewardship role played by the Agency on behalf of ministries. The achievement of results will
be in partnership with ministries and will provide a better yardstick for assessing how the public service as a whole is doing
in relation to human resource management.
Vision, Mission and Values
Vision
To be the leader in Canada and recognized internationally for public service excellence.
Mission
The BC Public Service Agency provides leadership and services that support public service excellence.
Values
Fulfillment of our mission depends on a skilled workforce operating in an innovative and accountable culture, an integrated
approach to service delivery and an emphasis on providing the tools and programs to support the public service to achieve
their highest potential. Our values below guide us in attaining our goals and are related to our objectives and the measures we have developed
to gauge our success in meeting them.
- We provide professional, cost-effective and accountable service.
- Our relationship with our clients is respectful, open and collaborative.
- Through teamwork, we trust and support each other and work across organizational boundaries.
- We model the human resource practices that we wish to see throughout the public service.