Senior Workforce Management Strategist

BCLC exists to generate win-wins for the greater good.
 

For our people, our players, our communities, our industry, and our planet.
 

Lottery | Casino | Sports
 

Being a social purpose company, we are not only able to better align our business decisions with our purpose, but more importantly, we are committing to doing our part in creating a better world.

We bring our purpose to life by ensuring all our actions, behaviours and decisions create benefits for communities and the planet.

Motivated and guided by our social purpose, everything we do must benefit the greater good. And we encourage our employees, partners, players, industry and communities to engage with us on this ambition.

  We want you to be where you feel you can do your best work. Most of our jobs can be done remotely providing you reside in BC.
 

  For those who prefer working in a community with others, we have two beautiful offices in convenient locations: 
 

                2940 Virtual Way, Vancouver | 74 Seymour Street W, Kamloops
 

  This is a Permanent, Full Time opportunity

  Expected Salary Range: $84,981.00 - $106,227.00 - $132,784.00 
 

                Our typical hiring range will be +/- 5% of the midpoint shown above
 

                 Factors influencing this decision include qualifications and market conditions for the role

The Company
 

For over three decades, BCLC has delivered exceptional gambling entertainment for British Columbians. To fulfill our social purpose we have a vision to revolutionize gambling entertainment through engaging experiences that build and benefit communities. We operate national and provincial lotteries in partnership with 3500 retail partners, provide the games, technology & oversight to 37 brick & mortar casinos, and operate a safe secure and 100% legal online gambling presence PlayNow.com. In our recently completed fiscal year, BCLC generated a record $1.6 billion in net income to the Province of B.C. to support First Nations, local host governments, health care, education and community programs across the province.

SENIOR SPECIALIST WORKFORCE PLANNING
 

Are you interested in working for a passionate Social Purpose company? At BCLC we exist to generate win-wins for the greater good. We believe everything we do must benefit the well-being of all involved. Through our Social Purpose, we aspire to make sure, in all of our endeavors, transactions and relationships – in the most important sense of life, livelihood, meaning, and well-being – nobody loses, and every person we touch comes out ahead. 

BCLC is committed to creating a welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, included, and valued. For us, that means building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We all are winners when differences are respected, valued and celebrated.

THE TEAM
 

Joining the People & Culture (P&C) team at BCLC means you’ll be working with a team of trusted individuals who maintain an employee focus by developing and implementing strategies and practices across the areas of People Recruitment, People Operations, People Development, People Rewards and Wellness, People Systems and Corporate Strategy.

The People and Culture team is driven to create, evolve and enhance practices that are foundational for a healthy, engaged and energized workforce. We are a unique team of innovative solutions seekers who thrive in a world that never stops changing, and neither do we.

Our ideal coworker has strong active listening skills, is self-directed, influential, empathetic, creative, loves problem solving and has a passion for learning.  They also have a strong understanding of people data, understand the application of workforce planning activities, are able to communicate effectively to all levels of the organization and work collaboratively with all areas of P&C. They will have the ability to visualize data and tell a story through presentation.  It's critical you have a strategic mindset and can quickly learn BCLC’s business to ensure BCLC has the right people to deliver on exceptional gambling entertainment, today and tomorrow. We are looking for someone who knows how to manage their time effectively and can prioritize the tasks in front of them. 

If this sounds like a team you want to be part of and the type of coworker you would be, we want to hear from you! 

THE JOB
 

This role is instrumental in implementing and delivering an operational and strategic workforce planning framework.  The Senior Specialist acts as a consultative partner and builds relationships with all business units/stakeholders and external sources as related to the development of workforce planning, succession planning and recruitment strategies.

Your day to day:

• Provide workforce planning services to the business including analyzing workforce and skill gaps, as well as developing a workforce planning action plan including monitoring progress and updating the business.
• Participate in the design and implementation of an operational and strategic workforce planning framework, methodologies and processes.
• Facilitate discussions on key strategic workforce trends and demands, predictive resourcing and capability insights, and future skill gaps.
• Establishes and effectively manages BCLC’s succession planning processes, including high-potential, critical role and critical knowledge assessments. Works with P&C stakeholders and business leaders to ensure effective development plans are put in place to address these roles.
• Designs and presents finding in presentation format to all levels of leadership, including C-Suite.
• Acts as a resource to internal stakeholders to provide support for operational and strategic initiatives that require the use of organizational resources.
• Identifies skill gaps within the organization and provides recommendations through the use of data analysis.
• Work with People Insights & Analytics and the business to help shape the design and development of predictive modelling to create scenarios or forecasting models to help the organization make fact-based talent planning decisions and proactive people strategies pertaining to future workforce.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to get in at the ground level to support the design and implementation of strategic workforce planning at BCLC.  

THE SKILL SET
 

Education / Qualifications:

• A degree or diploma in a relevant discipline (business management and operations, human resources, etc.);
• 4 to 6 years of experience in P&C Business Partnering combined with a solid understanding/ experience working with people workforce data and insights or related experience in previous roles involving strategic workforce planning.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Technical Experience:

• Demonstrated application of best practices in the full range of workforce planning activities;
• Excellent business acumen;
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical documentation and explain complex information in an effective manner;
• Proven ability to simplify complex sets of data to create understanding and to work with large amounts of information to provide actionable insights;
• Proven experience in influencing and helping business stakeholders to frame their business problems;

BEFORE APPLYING YOU SHOULD KNOW:

• To build a rich diverse workforce representing the communities we serve, we welcome individuals from different backgrounds, including but not limited to diverse abilities, ages, and identities to apply. BCLC is committed to building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best and most rewarding work of your career.
• BCLC values work life balance and offers remote work options for its employees.
• Relocation assistance is available for successful job candidates.
• If you are in need of accommodation or special assistance at any step of your application, please send an email with your request to recruitment@bclc.com.
• For over more than a decade, we have been recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers – and we are constantly seeking ways to improve our employee and player experience. To learn more about BCLC, please visit: www.corporate.bclc.com

What’s in it for you

• Defined benefit pension plan which provides a recurring income you can depend on for life throughout retirement
• We pride ourselves on our flexible working model which supports work-life integration and our 37.5 hour work week
• Professional development including education/certification sponsorship, in house leadership cohorts, LinkedIn Learning
• See all our rewards here
   

However you identify, or whatever your path in life, if you see something here that makes you excited to get to work every day, please apply. We hire people for skills, capabilities and potential, not just education and experience.

We value Respect, Integrity and Community, and we provide an inclusive environment where everyone can feel like they belong.

Our social purpose is much more than returning 100% of net income to the province in the form of healthcare & education programs, and community gaming grants. Check it out!

Did you know BCLC is an industry leader in player health and safe & responsible gambling? Find out more!

If you require accommodation so you can be at your best in the interview, please let us know: recruitment@bclc.com.

All candidates must be at least 19 years of age and legally eligible to work in Canada