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The Resources Corporate Services Unit
The Resources Corporate Services Unit (RCSU) was created in March 1996. It provides financial, human resources and information technology related services to the department, as well as to the Departments of Agriculture and Fisheries, Environment and Labour, and Energy, and the Emergency Measures Organization. The RCSU also provides these services to the Petroleum Directorate and the Emergency Measures Organization.

Various services are also provided to the Department of Finance, the Public Service Commission, and a number of other offices and agencies including Communications Nova Scotia, Executive Council, Premier's office, Treasury and Policy Board, Aboriginal Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Office of the Auditor General.
Financial Services Division is responsible for:
  • Developing and maintaining expenditure and revenue information for the integrated planning and budgeting process.
  • Providing a financial reporting system for management to assist in expenditure control.
  • Processing invoices, contract payments and travel claims as well as requisitions to tender the purchase of goods and services.
  • Preparing invoices, recording and depositing revenues and managing the collection of outstanding accounts.
  • Providing for hunting license sales to the public through a network of private vendors and department offices.
  • Maintaining a registry of qualified hunters.
  • Processing payments under cost-shared agreements and preparing claims to recover federal contributions.
Human Resources Division is responsible for:
  • Personnel and payroll documentation and records.
  • Staff training and development.
  • Staffing, compensation and labour relations.
  • Career counselling, workforce adjustment and employment equity.
  • Providing assistance to clients regarding Occupational Health and Safety issues.
Information Technology Division is responsible for:
  • Developing and communicating government and CSU IT standards and policies.
  • Providing effective IT solutions to business problems within the CSU departments.
  • Supporting IT solutions which have been developed for, or provided to, clients within the CSU departments.
  • Managing and administering the CSU departments’ local area networks.
  • Implementing and maintaining a support process to assist with clients’ hardware and software related problems.
  • Representing the CSU departments’ IT interests before other groups, government departments and agencies.
  • Managing information technology, financial, physical and human resources in the IT Division.
 
 
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