Financial and Administrative Services
The Financial and
Administrative Services Unit is responsible for directing and
administering the financial planning, control, management and
reporting systems in the Department and the associated Crown
corporation. The Unit advises on management, administrative and
financial concerns. Continuous emphasis is placed on consultation with
directors and managers to ensure budgetary adherence to the varied
central and departmental goals and policies.
The Financial and
Administrative Services Unit assists management in the development of
financial support systems, and is responsible for providing
financial services, which include the processing of central revenue
and expenditures in accordance with legislative, departmental and
Treasury Board requirements. The Unit is responsible for central
processing activities, which include parking, procurement card
payments, year-end accrual activities, staff training co-ordination
and departmental branch audits. Other activities of the
Unit include compiling, analyzing, developing and making
recommendations concerning internal and external reports, capital supply
estimates and monthly cashflows.
Human Resource Management Services
The Human Resource Management
Services Unit is responsible for the development, implementation and
administration of the Departmental human resource programs. These
programs involve recruitment and selection, wage and salary
administration, staff training and development, performance management
systems, employee relations, personnel records and benefits
and payrolls. In addition, the Human Resources Unit provides planning
and consultation, human resource services and assistance to the
management of the Food Development Centre (FDC) and the Manitoba
Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC).
Strategic Planning Directorate
The Strategic
Planning Directorate (SPD) is
responsible for providing leadership in the development of the
Department’s vision and strategic and consultations plans; fostering
excellence in unit-level strategic planning and consultation
activities; supporting, monitoring and reporting on implementation
of strategic directions and policies for the Department; and
integrating the strategic directions of the rural sector and
agriculture and food industries into the Departmental strategy.
The SPD provides assistance to the
Department to identify new opportunities for agriculture and rural and northern communities in
Manitoba. The SPD introduces options for management’s consideration
on strategic paths for transformational change in the agriculture
and food industries as well as rural communities. The SPD
invites and
generates discussion on hypothetical scenarios and provides strategic
planning assistance to commodity groups identified by the Department
as having potential for further strategic economic development.
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