Associate Secretary

SF4 Senior Officer 4

Regular/full-time

Manitoba Finance

The Public Utilities Board (PUB)

Winnipeg MB

Advertisement Number: 44481

Salary(s): SF4 $122,462.00 - $139,824.00 per year

Closing Date: September 1, 2025

The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation. The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).

Employment Equity is a factor in selection for this competition. Consideration will be given to women, Indigenous people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

An eligibility list may be created for similar positions and will remain in effect for 12 months.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

• Must provide a Satisfactory Criminal Record Check

• Must be able to work overtime including evenings and weekends as required

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Accredited Masters of Public Administration or Masters of Business Administration program; equivalent suitable post-secondary education may be considered
• Management experience within a quasi-judicial board, agency or commission
• Knowledge of laws and regulations concerning rates regulation for energy and/or water and waste water filings and applications
• Experience with financial analysis
• Experience in policy development and administration
• Experience in a management role, preferably supervising staff, with responsibility for human resource related matters
• Investigatory and auditing skills with the ability to apply political acumen to convey information clearly to executive and/or senior leadership
• Experience in handling highly sensitive information in a confidential and professional manner.
• Strong written communication skills including experience in developing correspondence, reports, submissions, briefing notes, and other communication materials
• Exceptional verbal communication skills including experience in understanding technical material and be able to communicate it to individuals with various backgrounds
• Interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively in a team environment and manage conflict
• Organizational and time-management skills to prioritize work to meet strict and sometimes competing deadlines

Duties:

The Associate Secretary is the immediate back-up to the Executive Director for all executive administrative matters, including but not limited to budgeting, policy development, HR oversight and recruitment, briefing note development and presentation, Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial presentations, representation of the PUB to provincial, national and international stakeholder associations and organizations.

The Associate Secretary takes the lead staff role for an assigned portfolio of responsibilities within the Public Utilities Board (Board); this portfolio, which is subject to change, may include any combination of:

• Manitoba Hydro Centra Gas (natural gas - all of its operations, including rates, gas safety oversight, gas advisor budgets, approvals, and authorizations)
• Manitoba Hydro (rates, rate design, capital projects and export markets, hydro electric advisor budgets, approvals, and authorizations, and recruitment and management of independent expert consultants, Stittco Utilities Man Ltd. (propane - all of its operations, including rates)
• Service disconnections - gas and electricity, primary contact with the General Public and with the Utility in investigating and resolving these issues
• Gas Pipeline Safety activities
• Natural gas marketers / brokers monitoring and licencing
• Bill Affordability Initiatives
• Electrical Transmission Reliability responsibilities
• Manitoba Public Insurance ( review of rates, rate design, capital projects, advisor budgets, approvals, and authorizations, and recruitment and management of independent expert consultants)
• Water and Waste Water Utilities (review of rates, rate design, capital projects, advisor budgets, approvals)
• Efficiency Manitoba

Apply to:

Advertisement # 44481

Talent Acquisition - Executive Recruitment

Human Resource Services

608-330 Portage Avenue

Winnipeg, MB , R3C 0C4

Phone: 204-945-6892

Fax: 204-945-0601

Email: PSCExecutivejobs@gov.mb.ca

Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process. When applying to this position, please indicate the advertisement number and position title in the subject line and/or body of your email. Your cover letter, resumé and/or application must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications.

Please be advised that job competitions for represented positions may be grieved by internal represented applicants. Should a selection grievance be filed, information from the competition file will be provided to the grievor's representative. Personal information irrelevant to the grievance and other information protected under legislation will be redacted.

We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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