EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, PEOPLE & SAFETY

Victoria

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and trusted Executive Assistant to support our Vice President, People & Safety—a key leader driving initiatives that keep our people safe, engaged, and thriving.

This is more than just an administrative role. As the Executive Assistant, you’ll act as a strategic partner, anticipating needs, managing sensitive information, and providing seamless support to a senior executive. You will be a trusted liaison across the organization, helping to keep high-priority initiatives and relationships moving forward. This involves managing complex tasks that require evaluating multiple factors to determine the appropriate course of action, usually within established guidelines. Additionally, the position may include leading and providing guidance to junior support staff.

To thrive in this role, you bring deep experience, a versatile skill set, and a strong understanding of organizational policies and practices. Exceptional communication skills enable you to confidently engage with peers, senior leadership, and key stakeholders.

The Role

Reporting to the Vice President, People & Safety, you add value by key areas of oversight such as:

• Providing proactive, complex, diverse, and confidential administrative support to the Vice President, People & Safety, including handling details of a highly confidential and critical nature;
• Assisting with projects and information that is highly sensitive in nature including Board level material;
• Preparing and coordinating materials for executive meetings, presentations, and strategic discussions of Executive staff and outside individuals as well as department team;
• Coordinating, creating, editing and assembling materials and assists with collecting and effectively presenting executive level information;
• Arranging department and group meetings, speaking engagements, conferences and large functions ensuring all necessary information and support is available;
• Making administrative decisions, handling correspondence, determining priorities and scheduling calendar appointments;
• Planning and organizing meetings, events, and conferences, ensuring logistics, materials, and follow-up actions are in place;
• Coordinating travel arrangements, itineraries, and expense submissions in accordance with corporate policies;
• Tracking and monitoring budgets, process purchase orders and invoices, and support variance reporting within the administrative cost centre;
• Maintaining organized, secure records and filing systems aligned with BC Ferries’ information management standards.

What you bring to the team

• A certificate or diploma in Business or Office Administration (or related discipline)
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in a senior administrative or executive support role
• Exceptional judgment, discretion, and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and the ability to manage information of a highly confidential and time-sensitive nature
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive) and SharePoint

Join us!

If this sounds like your next great career move, please submit your cover letter and resume by September 28, 2025.

Additional information

The target salary range: $66,500 - $83,100 per annum. The starting salary is determined based on the successful candidate’s knowledge, experience and internal equity.

"We connect communities and customers to people and places important in their lives”

At BC Ferries, our employees are our most important assets in delivering our commitment to customer safety, service and satisfaction. We support employment equity and diversity in the workplace and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals including women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), and others who reflect our ever-changing workplace.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.