HR Business Partner

About the role

Reporting directly into the Senior Director of People, this is an experienced level Business Partner role with full spectrum responsibilities for all things 'HR' including employee relations, performance management, training & development, and compensation & benefits. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of the Canadian market and bonus points for global HR knowledge. 

What you'll do

• Support remote based employees inclduing EOR planning, WP for CAN, and or longer term sponsorship etc.

• Oversee the necessary coordinating with Governance, Senior Leadership (VPs/Cs) including status updates and getting approvals

• Manage relevant vendor contacts including Consultants and others assisting in the respective jurisdictions

• Communicating and liaising with affected employees to assist with their resettlement including helping with documentation   

• Provide performance management guidance to people leaders including oversight of probationary reviews, guidelines for performance improvement plans, and coaching on progressive discipline to people leaders

• Partner with people leaders for terminations/departures and provide support for off-boarding tasks including conducting exit interviews, deactivating users in BambooHR and other HR software

• Provide training and support for the Performance Mgt process to people leaders and employees including onboarding to Lattice and communicating quarterly and semi-annual deadlines

• Onboarding and updating listing for OfficeVibe (employee pulse survey) as well as drafting reports for quarterly communications to the business

• Conduct employee engagement checkins as well as action planning based on feedback results (may include external employer branding like certifications)

• Work with Marketing to develop employee content for blogs, social media approach for employer branding 

• Facilitate training initiatives including professional development planning, new manager onboarding, and policy rollouts, etc.

• Demonstrates core competency in HR and organizational matters including health and safety, accommodations, accessibility, equity legislation, etc. 

• Provide 1-on-1 guidance to managers on employee relations including conflict resolution, clarification of employment standards laws, and overall best practices

• Provide support in conducting investigations into harassment and other employee complaints including documentation and interviews

• Remain current with employment standards practices including content development and ensuring policies are being followed throughout the organization via handbook or individualized policy documents

• Benefits review and ongoing analysis in conjunction with employee feedback and best practices during market analysis time

• Compensation benchmarking via salary surveys and job levelling evaluations with people leaders

• Cost/benefit analysis of total compensation including working with finance to support annual forecast reconciliation

• Perks and fringe benefits positioning including market reviews of what’s competitive and how to implement within budget constraints

The ideal candidate

• Degree, Diploma, or Certificate/Professional Development in Human Resources Management

• Fluent in English (verbal and written)

• 5+ years of previous HR Generalist experience ideally in a scale-up/mid sized business supporting multiple stakeholder groups with globally distributed teams

• Demonstrated focus on results and business/operational improvements including meeting or exceeding HR metrics and or completion of stretch goals

• Prior work experience in all fundamental areas of HR: 

• Employee relations (coaching, leadership, decision making, etc.)

• Recruitment and selection

• Compensation and benefits

• HR law (employment standard, common law, occupational health and safety legislation, employment equity, employment contracts, etc.)

• HR accounting

• Performance management process

• Budget planning

• HR reporting (trending, analysis, recommendations)

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