Human Resources Partner, Human Resources and Organizational Development
Required Position
Full Time Appointment : Eligible for remote/hybrid work schedule
If the selected candidate will be moving to Sudbury, they may be eligible for moving expense reimbursement
Responsibilities
The Human Resources Partner provides comprehensive, client focused human resource services to a group of client partners. Reporting to the Staff Relations Manager, the Human Resources Partner is part of a team delivering pro-active and value added human resources generalist services to support the Laurentian University community.
The Human Resources Partner is responsible for:
1. Generalist Human Resources Services
- Delivers day to day client services related to employee recruitment, performance development and employee relations 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 pro-active employer/employee, labour and client relationships;
- Supports resolution of employee and labour relations matters by researching potential options to maintain positive labour relations and ensure compliance with the Collective Agreement and University policies and practices;
- 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, training, job classification, and compensation to identify where systems and processes might need to be updated;
- Conducts research related to employment and labour relations topics as needed to support clients and service administration;
- 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, finance and payroll;
- Works with the leadership team to ensure consistency in approaches and resolution of issues across the University;
2. Recruitment and Hiring
- 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, assess candidates and make hiring recommendations. Provide feedback as requested, to unsuccessful candidates;
- Ensures recruitment and compensation practices are followed, including Collective Agreement provisions, job evaluation compliance and policies as applicable;
- Coordinates an onboarding and orientation meeting with new employees.
3. Disability Management:
- Provides day to day administration of short term disability leaves;
- Develops, documents and updates return to work and accommodation plans in collaboration with the respective manager and as applicable with external disability management services;
- Organizes and leads return to work and accommodation meetings, in collaboration with union representatives.
4. 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;
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Post-secondary degree, in Human Resources, Business or a related field;
- Two to five years of related Human Resources experience in a unionized environment;
- CHRP designation or in-progress;
- Knowledge and experience with applying HR practices, including recruitment and selection, labour relations, job evaluation and compensation;
- Able to work independently and take initiative as well as perform effectively as a member of a team;
- Sound knowledge of labour practices, current provincial legislation, best practices and employment standards in Ontario and Canada;
- Ability to contribute to the team through a result-oriented approach and building and maintaining productive and trusting relationships;
- Exceptional customer service skills;
- Strong communicator with ability to present, train and educate in HR process and best practices;
- Critical thinking ability to prevent and solve problems and resolve conflict;
- 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;
- Strong computer skills, with experience with Microsoft and Google suites, Zoom, tracking systems, and HRIS;
- Continuous process improvement training and experience is an asset;
- Oral and written competency in both official languages (French and English) is required.
The official University hours of operation shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, during, and including, the months from September to April, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m Monday through Friday during and including May to August., amounting to thirty-three and three-quarter (33.75) hours per week.
Effective May 1, 2022 the Policy and Program on COVID-19 Vaccination are placed in abeyance.
This means the Policy and Program on COVID-19 Vaccination are paused at this time; however, they are not canceled and could be reinstated at a future date if public health conditions warrant it, or through guidance from federal, provincial or local public health authorities. The evolution of the virus and the course of the disease activity are difficult to predict and it may be necessary to reinstate the Policy in full or in part, on short notice.
When the Policy and Program on COVID-19 Vaccination are paused, persons entering Laurentian’s campus will no longer be required to provide proof of vaccination in order to attend campus.
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