Nanaimo Port Authority Board

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

The City of Nanaimo is recruiting one person to sit on the Nanaimo Port Authority Board of Directors for a three-year term.

The Board is looking for a member with experience in business, community service, the financial sector, legal/governance, marine operations, marine transportation, port operations and Indigenous relations.

Preferred skills and competencies include:

• leadership skills
• community knowledge
• executive performance management
• financial planning
• governance
• human resource management
• international trade relations
• legal/legislative understanding
• political expertise
• property and real estate development
• risk management
• stakeholder relations
• strategic analysis
• economic development and tourism

Directors are expected to attend all regular Board meetings. There are between six to 12 meetings per year held during business hours. Directors sit on at least two Board committees of which there are four meetings per year. 

Directors receive compensation supplied by the Port Authority in the amount of $14,000 per year. 

Section 16 of the Canada Marine Act describes who is not eligible to be a Director of the Port Authority:

16. The following individuals may not be directors of a port authority:

(a) an individual who is a mayor, councillor, officer or employee of a municipality mentioned in the letters patent;
(b) an individual who is a member of the legislature of a province, or an officer or employee of the public service or of a Crown corporation of a province, mentioned in the letters patent;
(c) a Senator or a member of the House of Commons;
       (c.1) an officer or employee of the federal public administration, a federal
       Crown corporation or a port authority;
(d) an individual who is not a resident Canadian, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Business Corporations Act;
(e) an individual who is a director, officer or employee of a person who is a user of the port;
(f) an individual who is under eighteen years of age;
(g) an individual who has been declared mentally incompetent by a court in Canada or elsewhere; or
(h) an undischarged bankrupt.

Applicants should be aware of any conflict or potential conflicts of interest such as:

• competition with the authority
• transactions with the authority or a user; material interests
• interest in material contract
• acceptance of offices with conflicted entities

Please review the documents below prior to submitting an application form:

• Eligibility Criteria
• Nanaimo Port Authority Governing Document - Canada Marine Act
• Nanaimo Port Authority Letters Patent
• Current Board of Directors
• Nanaimo Port Authority Website

Interested residents must submit a completed application form to Legislative Services by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 by:

Mail/Hand:  Legislative Services, 455 Wallace Street, Nanaimo, BC  V9R 5J6
Email:           Legislative.ServicesOffice@nanaimo.ca 

Contact the Legislative Services Department at 250-755-4405 if you have any questions.

Application Form PDF for download
Application Form (fillable)