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President’s Office Overview

The Office of the President is responsible for providing oversight, support, vision and leadership to all areas of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) and its utility operations.

The Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) leadership role entails being responsible for all day-to-day management decisions and implementing the Corporation’s long and short term plans. Oversight of the O&M and Capital Programs is the responsibility of the Office of the President ensuring that value is provided to the Customers and Shareholder. The CEO is ultimately accountable for fiscal responsibility of the Corporation to its Board of Directors and Shareholder. Administrative functions required to operate the Office of the President are largely directed by the Executive Assistant of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

A key role of the Office is to disseminate information to the organization from all stakeholders, as well as current issues that are of concern and success stories highlighting corporate improvement at all levels. The Office of the President works to communicate with stakeholders in the communities of the NWT including town councils as well as Aboriginal groups. Additionally the CEO is also responsible to work with media to ensure that accurate and timely information is provided and made available to residents of the NWT on issues that matter to them.

The CEO also works closely with the Board of Directors and its Shareholder, the GNWT. The CEO ensures the organization is in alignment with the mandate provided, and that a strong governance model is in place.

Development of the Mission, Vision and Value statements, in conjunction with the Board of Directors, is the responsibility of the CEO. The Office of the President is also responsible to lead the annual strategic planning session and all associated initiatives each year.

Development of targets and objectives for all divisions within the corporation is an important aspect that is provided by the CEO to all of Senior Management. These targets and objectives are to be in alignment with the Mission, Vision and Value statements that are used to direct the organization.

Roles and Responsibilities

   More specifically, the duties and responsibilities of the CEO include the following:

1.   To lead, in conjunction with the Board, the development of the Corporation’s strategy;
2.   To lead and oversee the implementation of the Corporation’s long and short term plans in accordance with its strategy;
3.   To ensure the Corporation is appropriately organized and staffed and to have the authority to hire and terminate staff as necessary to enable it to achieve the approved strategy;
4.   To ensure that expenditures of the Corporation are within the authorized annual budget of the Corporation;
5.   To assess the principal risks of the Corporation and to ensure that these risks are being monitored and managed;
6.   To ensure effective internal controls and management information systems are in place;
7.   To ensure complete commitment to safety and environmental programs;
8.   To ensure that the Corporation has appropriate systems to enable it to conduct its activities both lawfully and ethically;
9.   To ensure that the Corporation maintains high standards of corporate citizenship and social responsibility wherever it does business;
10.   To act as a liaison between management and the Board;
11.   To communicate effectively with the Shareholder, employees, Government authorities, Aboriginal groups, Town Councils other stakeholders and the public;
12.   To provide guidance and direction on GNWT policy to the employees and management
13.   To keep abreast of all material undertakings and activities of the Corporation and all material external factors affecting the Corporation and to ensure that processes and systems are in place to ensure that the CEO and  
      management of the Corporation are adequately informed;
14.   To ensure that the Directors of the Corporation are properly informed and that sufficient information is provided to the Board to enable the Directors to form appropriate judgments;
15.   To ensure the integrity of all public disclosure by the Corporation;
16.   In conjunction with the Chairman, develop Board agendas;
17.   In conjunction with the Chairman, provide briefing notes to Minister responsible for NTPC  and to develop the agenda for those meetings;
18.   To sit on committees of the Board where appropriate as determined by the Board; and
19.   To abide by specific internally established control systems and authorities, to lead by personal example and encourage all employees to conduct their activities in accordance with all applicable laws and the Corporation’s 
      standards and policies, including its environmental, safety and health policies.

Within the Office of the President there exist two additional functions; those being Energy Services and Performance & Benchmarking.

Energy Services is generally responsible for:

• Negotiating new large customer connections

• Ancillary sales such as residual heat

• Power purchase agreements with independent power producers

• Conservation initiatives

• Some small scale renewable projects

• Development of stakeholder and large customer relations

Performance & Benchmarking is responsible for:

• Developing, implementing and maintaining performance improvement throughout organization

• Collecting, analyzing and benchmarking against industry standards

• Identifying areas requiring process changes or additional investigation.

• Driving process and change.