08 30 Jan 2025

Update - Jan 30 2025 

Hi everyone,

I hope folks had a nice break and/or some quieter work time to over the holiday period. I’m writing with a staffing update and congratulations. Prior to the holiday break Steve Chapman was successful on a two-year TA in an Executive Director role with Social Development and Poverty Reduction. Steve will be working in their information management division as lead for Procurement and Negotiations. It’s a great opportunity to advance procurement and vendor relationship for a vital sector in alignment with our Digital Plan and Digital Code of Practice. 

While losing Steve will be a big loss for DTC and DO, I am always happy to see our team grow and stretch their wings to new challenges and adventures. I am thankful for Steve’s contributions to our leadership team, the team’s he supported, and to DTC at large. He brought the marketplace to another level of customer use, helped advance our strategic planning and branch rigor, and cared for all members of his team along the way.  

 Steve’s last day will be this Friday, January 10^th. Please join me in congratulating Steve!

 At our branch meeting next week I’ll follow up on next steps for backfilling the role

In follow-up to the update below, I’m writing with an update regarding the Sr. Director, Digital Talent Resourcing position that was vacated by Steve Chapman.

I’m happy to share that Hugo Croft-Levesque has accepted a 7-month temporary assignment to continue supporting the marketplace team, digital talent recruitment, and the digital talent product (Job Store) team. Hugo was offered this position as he recently competed and was first on the eligibility list for the Band 4 Director, Cloud Services competition.

We’re still looking at options for backfilling the Band 3 Senior Project Manager role for the Digital Marketplace. In the interim, folks who reported to Hugo—Jason, Ian, and Inderdeep—will continue to report to Hugo along with Gary, Tasha, and Hilary.

We have some exciting work ahead to look at the marketplace and talent resourcing function and how best to support our mandate around strengthening connected services. I appreciate having Hugo’s business perspective as we approach this work with our clients, vendors, and public service partners. 

Thank you to Hugo for providing some interim coverage after Steve’s departure, and thank you to everyone for your patience as I know there was some uncertainty about the next steps. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

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Branch organization chart

Updated: Jan 2025. Org charts are updated every Quarter. Inform your Admin if changes are needed.

Digital Leadership Programs

The team leads the development and delivery of the Digital Era Leadership Program (DELP), an applied learning journey that helps participating ministry leadership teams improve their digital and data abilities to support the delivery of better services for citizens.

They’re currently working with Ernst & Young to design and deliver DELP.

👥 Derek Masselink (Lead), Mackenzie Kitchen, Maia Du Toit

Digital Marketplace

The team is focused on developing an ecosystem of innovation and collaboration between tech entrepreneurs and B.C.'s public sector.

Currently, they are developing the Digital Marketplace, a platform that connects government with external vendors and contractors.

👥 Hugo Croft-Levesque (Lead), Ian Fonberg, Inderdeep Singh, Jason Taylor

Digital Talent Products

The team develops innovative applications to support the recruitment of digital talent into the BC Public Service.

Currently, they are collaborating with the Public Service Agency (PSA) to modernize and enhance the Job Store.

👥 Gary Wong (Lead), Alex Struk, George D’Cruz, Kaegan Mandryk, Shivangani Murti, Sid McLaughlin, Teresa Lee, Tsitsi Chigumba (Scrum Master from Digital Head Office)

Digital Talent Recruitment

The team specializes in designing and implementing strategies to attract and recruit top digital talent for the BC Public Service.

Currently, they are supporting the CITZ Cybersecurity and Digital Trust branch in their efforts to recruit digital talent.

👥 Hilary Walton, Tasha Jose

Digital Talent Development

The team develops resources and strategies to grow the digital skills and knowledge of talent across the BC Public Service.

Currently, they are partnering with cybersecurity to pilot the development of connected career and learning paths for digital talent work streams.

👥 Justine Houchin (Lead), Dana Hudson, Jamie Billingham, Kim Zinke, Kimberley Dunn, Rosa Montgomery, Eromose Ohiosimuan (Scrum Master from Digital Head Office)

As Org charts update every quarter, team information will be updated as frequently as possible. If you are aware of any changes not reflected here, please contact your admin.

Financial Coding for DTC

• Client Number: 112

• Responsibility Center*: 32116

• Service Line: 34805

• Project^: 3200000

• Pay list*: 112-0074

• TCA: 152875

* Unique to DTC
^ DELP has a different project number for each of its course intakes (i.e. 3200412 for EY PO# C24CIO45185)

Submitting an Invoice For Processing

• Please send all invoices and invoice questions to our shared mailbox: exlab.invoicing@gov.bc.ca – this will make sure your admin can get to it asap.

• Please ensure to “quality receive” the invoice with the following wording in your email - invoices cannot be processed without this:

I approve as QR the attached [INV#], $_______ for services rendered in [MMM] 2024.

Business Expense Approvals (BEA)

• A Business Expense Approval (BEA) is needed when the expense is more than $30. Check the policy on Business Meeting and Protocol Event Expenses for more.

• This includes all expenses related to business meetings, or team trainings, such as room rental audio/visual equipment, food/beverage), items purchased etc.

• View file
  name Download the Business Expense Approval Form (314 KB).pdf

• Create an e-Approval request for BEA. If you need support with this, contact your admin.

Forms, policy and guidelines

Explore Forms & Manuals and Ministry Financial Policy and Procedures on the CITZ Hub across a range of Finance-related topics.

Visit Finance Tips & Tools on the Citizens' Services (CITZ) Hub for updated information and specific resources on:

• Procurement

• Fiscal Year End

• General Finance and,

• Who to contact in FASB