Ben (Benjamin) Hendriksen Email & Phone Number

Yellowknife, Nt, Ca

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

City Councillor for the City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Elected to serve a 4-year term from November 2022 to November 2026. Represent Yellowknifers across the City.-Council member and Chairperson on the Community Advisory Board (CAB) on Homelessness; -Council member on the Homelessness Commission-Council member and Chairperson on the Grant Review Committee

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

-Responsible for providing strategic policy advice and analysis on a wide variety of Policy and program matters to the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC), its President, Senior Management Team and the Governance Council. -Leads priority setting, management and review of WSCC policies, directives, briefing notes and decision-making documents. -Working under the legislative framework of the Workers’ Compensation Acts, Safety Acts, Mine Health and Safety Acts, Explosive Use Acts, and Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Acts, develop and contribute to a wide variety of complex documents for Senior Management and the Governance Council to support decisions that impacts the breadth of WSCC stakeholders. -Sit on the interjurisdictional panel of Workers’ Compensation Board policy professionals across Canada to contribute to, monitor, and act on emerging issues that impact workers’ compensation and occupational health & safety legislation and policy.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Providing strategic systems-level analysis and advice to Departmental senior management and the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Specifically working on legislative and policy reviews, and public engagement that will lead to planned modernization of the territorial Education Act.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Working on a specific project for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment with the Government of the Northwest Territories. The role is leading project management for Education Act modernization.

Currently working as an independent Project Contractor undertaking stakeholder engagement and public consultation for a Canadian government agency regarding potential legislative change.The project includes online stakeholder engagement including online surveys and online public town halls. The work will culminate in a report to the agency outlining stakeholder feedback on the proposed legislative changes.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Through my role as Advocacy Lead with AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation in Ireland I was privileged to serve as a Vice President and as a member on the Executive Board of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA).

County Dublin, Ireland

• Engaged and worked with external stakeholders like political party spokespersons, public sector officials, and political and public service decision makers to convey and progress AONTAS’ policy position• Engaged with, communicated with and listened to AONTAS members to understand their needs• Provided evidence-based policy positions that responds to members’ needs• Analysed Irish and European education policy• Stayed informed of current issues, trends and changes in the adult learning environment in Ireland and across Europe• Wrote reports, position papers and responses to Government and EU consultations• Communicated with the media on adult education policy in Ireland• Built productive relationships with national and European research funding bodies• Managed a team of staff that supported AONTAS collaboration on European projects, the Community Education Network, and Information Referral Service

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

• As Chief Governance Officer and Senior Advisor for the WSCC I was a member of the Senior Management Team. • I served a dual role, reporting directly to the President & CEO as Senior Advisor and the Chairperson of the Governance Council [board of directors] as the Chief Governance Officer. I ensured decisions; directions; and requirements of the Governance Council, President and Senior Management Team, as well as Minister's of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are communicated throughout the WSCC.• It was my role to research and provide background materials and advice to these senior decision makers within the WSCC hierarchy. In the first 6 months I revised and rolled out governance decision documents that had not been reviewed and revised in more than 20 years.• In my role I was responsible for the coordination of action between the President’s office, Governance Council and Minister’s office. It was my responsibility to ensure direction was communicated through the organization and ensure everyone has the resources and information they need to meet the requirements of these senior officials.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

• Managed four unique operational processes; policy and program analysis and development, statistical and data analysis, corporate and strategic planning and reporting and access to information and protection of privacy coordination.• Led a team of talented professionals within the above operational processes. In little more than a year the team grew to command respect within the organization for their work and recommendations for program improvement.• Provided strategic and operational analysis and advice to the Governance Council, President and Senior Management Team. In 2014 I was able to support the Governance Council in the development of a new three-year strategic plan as well as corresponding key performance indicators.• Developed and implemented a performance management framework and key performance indicators as tools to monitor the success of the organization’s strategic and corporate plans.• Developed reporting tools to provide fellow Managers, Senior Managers and Governance Council Directors with critical business information.• Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data to make informed and objective recommendations to fellow Managers, Senior Managers and the Governance Council on variety of topics, particularly issues with financial and performance management impacts on the WSCC.• Mentored, coached, trained, developed and worked, alongside WSCC Continuous Excellence leaders. Continuous Excellence is the WSCC’s Lean continuous improvement program.• Conducted Continuous Excellence training for both organizational staff and activities.• Implemented and monitored organizational occupational health and safety policies and procedures.• Managed an operational budget of ~$600,000 Canadian.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

• Develop project plans and timelines such as the planning for the public rollout of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Occupational Health and Safety Regulation(s).• Responsible for developing reports for the Senior Management Team and Governance Council and analytical summaries that improve organizational decision making, helping achieve strategic objectives.• Undertake quantitative and qualitative research to evaluate policy options and make recommendations on policy issues affecting the organization and its stakeholders.• Liaise with interdepartmental staff and external stakeholders to understand internal and external political, economic, societal, technological, legal and environmental factors and their potential implications.• Manage interdepartmental teams during the planning, research, analysis and recommendations for solving policy and strategic planning challenges.• Prepare background papers, briefing notes, and presentations for Ministers responsible for the WSCC and for other organizational leaders.• Develop publications for external stakeholders which help them understand their legislative responsibilities according to territorial workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety legislation. Publications include the WSCC Policy Manual and Codes of Practice. Development of these publications requires • initial research • environmental scans • stakeholder engagement which may include but is not limited to questionnaires and focus groups, and • analysis and recommendations for decision makers when setting organizational standards within the legislative framework.• Prioritize work on a daily basis, ensuring the successful and timely delivery of short and long-term projects.

Media representative and Regional Chairperson

• Self-motivated to ensure timely completion of work. As the primary analyst researching the financial viability of independent family farms in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley, it was necessary to work independently to ensure the report’s complete research and writing in a timely manner.• Critical thinking, research and analysis allows the evaluation of a project issue which at the onset I have minimal knowledge. Use of critical thinking tools and techniques shows that while issues change, the skills in analysis, policy and program development are easily applicable to multiple issues and changing scenarios.

Masters, Public Policy

Courses emphasize the practical application of policy analysis, economics,politics and quantitative methods. Completion of major policy.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Focused studies in political science, particularly Canadian constitutional politics and history Completed minor studies in history.

Certifcate, Technical Writing

The Humber College Certificate in Technical Writing is an online certification. Courses include education in production of online.

Emerging Managers' Leadership Development Program

Activities and Societies: Module 1: Authentic Leadership & Managing People Module 2: Engaging Others Module 3: Systems Thinking Module 4.