Purpose of the 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. The Agency is a shared service accountable to our Province’s Deputy Ministers’ Council through a Memorandum of Understanding, and to individual ministries through service level agreements. 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 public service has approximately 30,000 employees in ministries and agencies that provide an amazing volume and variety of services to the people of British Columbia. Government takes seriously the role and responsibility of the public service and knows that the positive changes desired for our province are possible only with the energy and ability of its staff.

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.