Jill Kot
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Province of BC
Jill Kot was appointed Deputy Minister, Citizens’ Services on July 18, 2017. Jill comes from the Ministry of Education where she was the Assistant Deputy Minister for a broad area of responsibility, including information technology (e.g., student information systems, ministry systems and network connectivity to schools); services such as Student Certification and OpenSchool BC; and the Learning Modernization Project, which is the broad transformation across the education sector (60 school districts, independent schools, etc.) including Kindergarten to grade 12 curriculum, assessment and graduation.
Jill has held a number of roles in different ministries at an Assistant Deputy Minister level, and has led many large scale change initiatives across government. Prior to going to the Ministry of Education Jill led the Integrated Case Management initiative for the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction and the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Before that Jill held various positions in the Ministry of Citizens’ Services, including responsibility for the government network, workstations, data centre, and many corporate systems such as the financial and payroll system for government.
Jill has over 30 years of experience in both the private and public sector and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Calgary.
Jill Kot was appointed Deputy Minister, Citizens’ Services on July 18, 2017. Jill comes from the Ministry of Education where she was the Assistant Deputy Minister for a broad area of responsibility, including information technology (e.g., student information systems, ministry systems and network connectivity to schools); services such as Student Certification and OpenSchool BC; and the Learning Modernization Project, which is the broad transformation across the education sector (60 school districts, independent schools, etc.) including Kindergarten to grade 12 curriculum, assessment and graduation.
Jill has held a number of roles in different ministries at an Assistant Deputy Minister level, and has led many large scale change initiatives across government. Prior to going to the Ministry of Education Jill led the Integrated Case Management initiative for the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction and the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Before that Jill held various positions in the Ministry of Citizens’ Services, including responsibility for the government network, workstations, data centre, and many corporate systems such as the financial and payroll system for government.
Jill has over 30 years of experience in both the private and public sector and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Calgary.
