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BC ASSESSMENT | GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

    CONTENTS

    THE ORGANIZATION            BC ASSESSMENT                1

    THE OPPORTUNITY             GENERAL COUNSEL AND
                                CORPORATE SECRETARY          2
        Specific Accountabilities and Deliverables           2

    THE PERSON                                               4

        Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities                     4

        Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience   5

        Leadership Behaviours                                6

    COMPENSATION                                             7

    CONTACT                                                  7
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THE ORGANIZATION                            BC ASSESSMENT

BC Assessment (BCA) is a provincial Crown Corporation created in 1974 with a mandate to establish and

maintain real property assessments that are uniform in the whole of British Columbia. BCA produces an annual

Assessment Roll that contains fair, equitable, independent and trusted property assessments for over two

million properties in the Province.              These assessments play a vital role in the property tax system that

generates more than $7.5 billion annually to support services that people count on in BC communities, such as

schools, libraries, emergency services, infrastructure, parks and recreation and roads.

While carrying out this mandate over 44 years, BCA has developed the single-most comprehensive source of

property data in the province, and deep expertise in the real estate market. BCA leverages these assets to

provide valuable services to a variety of customers that include local governments, First Nations, property

owners, academics and researchers, private businesses, and the provincial government.

BCA’s Head Office is in Victoria, employing over 700 people in 16 offices throughout the province of BC. BCA

is recognized as one of the leading property assessment organizations in the world by the International

Property Tax Institute, and as one of BC’s Top Employers. BCA offers highly flexible work arrangements, an

engaged workforce, and a collegial culture making it an employer-of-choice for BC professionals.

To learn more, please visit BC Assessment’s website.

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THE OPPORTUNITY                     GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

The General Counsel is a trusted legal advisor, accountable for the provision of strategic legal services on a
broad range of governance, finance, procurement and corporate/commercial related matters to ensure BC
Assessment is in compliance with the law. Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer, the position
is involved with risk mitigation and works closely with the executive staff and the senior leadership team to
identify and leverage strategic business opportunities.

The Corporate Secretary provides strategic legal support to BC Assessment’s Board of Directors (Board) and its
Committees. Reporting to the Board Chair, the position also establishes and oversees the governance frame-
work and provides advice on governance requirements and issues.

This is an great opportunity to impact one of BC’s most critical organizations in its next stage of evolution,
providing sage advice to the Board and senior leaders, ensuring sound decisions are made and risks mitigated.

Specific Accountabilities and Deliverables
  • Provides on-going legal advice and interpretation to executive staff and senior leadership team on a

     broad range of business issues;

  • Performs legal research and interprets Canadian federal and provincial legislation and regulations relevant

     to the business of BC Assessment;

  • Reviews, advises, and drafts complex commercial agreements including: business development arrange-

     ments, insurance provisions, service contracts, partnership agreements, public procurement documenta-
     tion, and other corporate agreements;

  • Participates in complex commercial negotiations; develops long-term, sustainable business agreements;

  • Provides legal advice on information technology business transactions such as IT licenses, contracts,

     technology transfers, and data sharing agreements;

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• Provides advice to safe-guard BC Assessment’s                             • Provides legal direction and builds consensus on
    intellectual property assets such as trademarks,                            complex legal problems that impact multiple
    brands, licenses, data warehouse and technology                             departments across BC Assessment;
    transfers;
                                                                            • Understands the Board’s responsibilities and
• Provides legal advice on the acquisition, disposi-                            corporate governance practices, and provides
    tion, leasing, and development of real estate;                              advice on the governance framework;

• Develops        and implements creative practical                         • Advises the Board on governance developments
    solutions to complex legal issues;                                          as part of an annual review of governance rules

• Anticipates issues and risks, proactively identifies                          and maintains currency on governance best

    legal issues, and develops and implements                                   practices and trends;

    creative and practical solutions that will eliminate                    • Advises the Board or BC Assessment senior
    or mitigate risks;                                                          leaders on updates to corporate policies;

• Develops relationships of trust and respect with                          • Develops     and    delivers   training   on   various
    senior staff and internal clients and serves as a                           government and business-related topics such as
    trusted advisor and business partner;                                       legislative interpretation and legal trends in real

• Keeps up-to-date on legislative change, industry                              estate and assessment; and

    best practices, and legal/business trends that                          • Manages the delivery of BC Assessment’s Free-
    could impact the business and communicate                                   dom of Information and Protection of Privacy
    information to internal clients;                                            program.

• Facilitates the effective management of legal                             • Ensures compliance with public service initiatives
    services provided to BC Assessment by external                              such as disclosure requirements and regulatory
    counsel to ensure high quality, cost effective, and                         reforms.
    integrated services through the advice and
    management of legal issues;

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THE PERSON

The ideal candidate should bring discretion, advice, and strong legal skills to BCA’s collaborative, fast-moving

environment. Equally comfortable serving as a sounding board for Board Directors or the CEO, the General

Counsel and Corporate Secretary should keep momentum in a results-oriented culture.

Leadership & Communication
  • Leads a team and provides direction; plans and assigns work; set priorities and monitors progress.

  • Conducts performance reviews; provides feedback and identifies areas for development.

  • Identifies training needs; provides coaching and mentors the team.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities                                       Skills

Knowledge                                                                 • Extensive negotiation skills in developing long-term

  • In-depth knowledge of preparing and interpreting                         and sustainable business agreements;

    statutes, regulations, and policies;                                  • Extensive skill in researching and investigating issues,

                                                                             determining facts, and applying law and policy and
  • Principals of corporate, real property, and admin-
                                                                             making reasoned analyses;
    istrative law;
                                                                          • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills;
  • FOIPPA, technology agreements and data sales;
                                                                          • Proven oral communications skills in multiple work
  • Strong business acumen and strategic thinker with
                                                                             situations at a senior level;
    focus on practical client advice relating to legal
                                                                          • Demonstrated proficiency in writing for drafting of
    risks within a business context; and
                                                                             contracts and agreements, development of project
  • Board governance and best practices.                                     plans, reports and presentations;

                                                                          • Excellent analysis/planning skills; attention to detail;

                                                                          • Demonstrated superior organizational and creative

                                                                             problem-solving skills.

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Ability to                                                                Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience

  • Draft/negotiate complex commercial agreements                            • A post-secondary law degree;

     including business development arrangements,                            • Eligibility to practice law in BC;

     insurance provisions, service contracts, partner-
                                                                             • A minimum of seven years of experience (with
     ship agreements, public procurement documen-
                                                                                 preference for ten years) working in a general
     tation, and other corporate agreements;
                                                                                 law practice;
  • Explain complex legal issues as well as issue
                                                                             • Experience in real property assessment and
     recommendations to address those issues to a
                                                                                 taxation would be an asset; and
     wide range of people within and outside of BCA;
                                                                             • Preference will be given to those applicants with
  • Multi-task and handle a variety of priority
                                                                                 experience working in a BC crown corporation.
     projects simultaneously;

  • Build solid internal relationships and serve as a

     strategic business partner;                                             Note: An equivalent combination of education and

  • Exercise sound judgment and make difficult                               experience may be considered. A limited amount

     decisions in a complex business environment;                            of travel is a requirement of the position.

  • Plan, negotiate and manage externally resourced

     legal services; and

  • Deal with politically sensitive information with

     discretion and confidentiality.

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Leadership Behaviours
Drive High Performance – Inspires and delivers                            Be Strategic – Thinks and acts to shape the future.
outstanding results. Remains focused in the face of                       Considers organizational issues in a broad, systemic
ambiguity,     building      on     past    experiences        while      sense, linking long-range visions and concepts to
remaining open to new approaches to consistently                          daily work. Has strong business acumen and industry
achieve results and improve performance.                   Sets the       insight, a sharp awareness of the impact of internal
standard for all employees, encouraging others to
                                                                          and external factors on the business, and integrates
make the right decisions and acting in the best
                                                                          this insight into decisions and future plans.
interests of the organization.
                                                                          Foster Talent – Develops people to reach their full
Innovate and Improve – Generates and implements
                                                                          potential and address talent needs. Ensures others
improvements that will realize strategy.                Stimulates
                                                                          have the capability to perform at their best; actively
new ideas and approaches; challenges the status quo;
                                                                          coaches to foster learning, development, and the
encourages others to continually re-conceptualize
                                                                          retention of key talent for the organization. Provides
parts of the business; driven by an underlying curiosity
                                                                          regular, timely, and specific feedback to colleagues.
and desire to know more about things, people, and
situations for the purpose of innovating/improving.                       Lead Change – Identify, prioritize, and lead change

Values action, and looks for ways to be proactive in                      successfully. Articulates a vision for change that will

implementing new or unique approaches and tech-                           enable engagement, responsiveness, and a successful

nology in order to have a clear impact.                                   transformation. Ensures change is executed from start

Build Trusted Relationships – Collaborates broadly to                     to finish; provides ongoing guidance and support; is

deliver on shared goals. Understands their impact on                      adaptive to meet and willingly embrace change.

others, and applies insight and understanding of situ-
ations in order to work effectively together. Reconciles
conflicting interests to foster a genuine mutual con-
cern for and investment in each other's success.

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COMPENSATION
A competitive compensation package will be provided including an attractive base salary and excellent benefits.
Further details will be discussed in a personal interview.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Leo McPeak or Tony Kirschner
LEADERS INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE SEARCH
#880—609 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC     V7Y 1G5
Phone: (604) 688-8422
Email: vancouver@leadersinternational.com
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