Cabinet Secretary of British Columbia

The Cabinet Secretary of British Columbia is the de facto fifth-most important position within the Executive Council of British Columbia, the top executive body of the provincial government of the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), and the cabinet of the Premier of BC. The Cabinet Secretary of BC is considered the highest-ranking member of the British Columbia Civil Service (BCCS), the provincial government's civil service commission. The Cabinet Secretary of BC is the only member of the Executive Council of BC not to have been elected to the post or appointed by the Premier, rather holding the position ex officio as Director of the BCCS.

The Cabinet Secretary of BC's primary responsibilities outside of heading the BCCS (that is, when attending meetings of the Executive Council of BC) include hosting Executive Council meetings, moderating debates, arranging transcriptions and sometimes recordings of Executive Council meetings.

While the Cabinet Secretary is the de jure Director and highest-ranking member of the Civil Service of British Columbia, the Cabinet Secretary appoints a deputy director to handle the day-to-day affairs of leading the provincial civil service to allow for the Cabinet Secretary to meet his/her responsibilities to the Executive Council of BC.