CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of this country’s largest cultural institutions, is seeking to appoint a Values and Ethics Commissioner.
The successful candidate will be neutral and completely independent from CBC/Radio-Canada employees, including management, reporting directly to the President and CEO. Based in one of the Corporation’s offices, either in Montréal, Ottawa or Toronto, the incumbent will assume the responsibilities of the Office of the Commissioner, which has a four-fold mandate: an advisory role, an educational role, an investigative role and mediation. The Office of the Values and Ethics Commissioner is the “first point of contact” for all complaints or concerns relating to values and ethics. However, the Office does not conduct investigations.
Responsibilities
-Identify ethical risks, identify policies relevant to mitigating ethical risks, and ensure the organization has clear objective standards that mitigate ethical risks.
-Develop and manage a compliance and values-based ethics program and identify opportunities for program assessment, improvement, and adaptation as the program matures.
-Ensure the short, medium, and long-term goals of the program are directed towards the key elements of organizational ethical culture.
– Ensure opportunities for awareness and learning regarding ethics responsibilities, ethical issues, decision-making, and resolving conflict; provide input into training and development programs.
– Develop and manage an independent mediation function to facilitate conflict resolution.
– Ensure an effective and consistent communication strategy to promote awareness and strengthen engagement.
– Ensure employees have tools to support identification and resolution of ethical issues.
– Ensure a flexible range of options for intervention.
– Facilitate ease of reporting to assist in monitoring workplace standards.
– Ensure measurement of workplace behaviours and compliance with policies and organizational values.
Ideal Profile
– A university degree is required in a relevant discipline such as law. An advanced degree in ethics or law is considered an asset.
– Extensive experience in investigation techniques and the ability to exercise fair, objective and equitable decision-making.
– Excellent understanding and experience within a Crown corporation, a governmental body, and/or a media organization.
– Highly developed people skills including negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution skills.
– Political acuity and ability to maintain relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
– Experience in strategic management and implementing modern governance principles and best practices.
– Ability to identify, analyze and define priorities and have the leadership skills needed to implement those.
– Ability to mobilize staff, stakeholders and partners to work towards a shared vision and common goals.
– Excellent command of English and French, both spoken and written.
– Availability/ability to travel frequently once the pandemic is over.
To Apply
To fill this position, CBC/Radio-Canada has partnered with the executive search firm Odgers Berndtson. If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application online at http://www.odgersberndtson.com/en/careers/17384.
If your application is successful, you may be required to complete a psychometric test and take second language test.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because it can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why, as an employer, CBC/Radio-Canada values equal opportunity and nurtures an inclusive workplace where individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services that CBC/Radio-Canada provides as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of the CBC/Radio-Canada website.
In accordance with the Accessible Canada Act, 2019 and all applicable provincial accessibility standards, upon request, accommodation will be provided by both Odgers Berndtson and CBC/Radio-Canada throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.
Code of Conduct
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with CBC/Radio-Canada’s Code of Conduct, which can be found on its corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at CBC/Radio-Canada’s policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform the organization as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.
We would like to thank all applicants for their interest. We regret that we are only able to personally contact those individuals whose profiles best match the requirements for the role. All applications will be treated confidentially.