Human Resources Advisor

Required Position

Full-Time Term Appointment

Responsibilities

The Human Resources Advisor is part of the Service Excellence team providing foundational human resource recruitment services to a group of assigned clients.  Reporting to the Director, Service Excellence, the Human Resources Advisor is part of a team delivering pro-active and high-quality recruitment solutions that meet the needs of Laurentian University, ensuring the attraction of top talent  to support the Laurentian University community. 

 

Generalist Human Resources Services

• Delivers day to day client services related to employee transactions and recruitment/selection activities  by proactively guiding the application and administration of collective agreements, relevant legislation, recruitment and selection, policies, systems and procedures and terms and conditions of employment;
• Promotes effective, transparent and proactive employer/employee, labour and client relationships;
• Administers the employment contract renewal process with hiring managers, including, but not limited to working with stakeholders such as the managers, Union and budget/payroll/finance;
• Collaborates with others in Human Resources, budget/payroll/finance, regarding issues and developments in information systems, employee records, recruiting, onboarding  , job classification, and compensation to identify where systems and processes might need to be updated; 
• Recommends and contributes to process, service and continuous improvements related to human resources services;
• Ensures employment changes are documented and communicated to stakeholders such as managers, unions,budget/payroll/finance;
• Works with the leadership team to ensure transactional services are consistently applied within  the human resource  service model.

Recruitment & Selection

• Determines recruitment approach for qualified talent in consultation with the hiring manager;
• Prepares and leads the interview process including applicant qualification assessment, preparing interview materials, assessing candidates and making hiring recommendations.   
• Provide feedback as requested, to unsuccessful candidates;
• Ensures recruitment and compensation practices are followed, including Collective Agreement provisions, job evaluation administration and policies as applicable;
• Identify changes in jobs that may impact job evaluation and work collaboratively with the Compensation team.

Administration

• Updates and maintains Human Resources related information on the University Intranet;
• Creates, updates and renews Letters of Agreement;
• Assists in the preparation and submission of HR related reports. Independently processes, reviews and generates reports and employee lists and identifies and/or completes action items;
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree  or diploma , in Human Resources, Business or a related field;
• Two (2) to three (3) years of related Human Resources experience in a unionized environment;
• CHRP designation or in-progress;
• Knowledge and experience with applying  recruitment and selection best practices in accordance with policies and collective agreements;
• Able to work independently and take initiative as well as perform effectively as a member of a team;
• Sound knowledge of  provincial legislation, best practices and employment standards in Ontario;
• Ability to contribute to the team through a result-oriented approach and building and maintaining productive and trusting relationships
• Strong computer skills, with experience with Microsoft and Google suites, Zoom, tracking systems, and HRIS;
• Exceptional customer service skills;
• Proven interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with a diverse group of individuals. Able to deal courteously and effectively with people at all levels;
• Strong communicator with ability to guide educate in HR process and best practices;
• Critical thinking and sound judgment skills;  
• Able to exercise tact and diplomacy and support people in a calm and effective manner in sensitive situations;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Ability to prioritize and organize in a fast-paced, high volume environment with frequent interruptions;
• Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality;
• Able to work independently and take initiative as well as perform effectively as a member of a team;
• Continuous process improvement training and experience is an asset;
• Ability to work fluently (verbal and written) in both official languages, French and English, is required.

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