HR Specialist

1 month ago


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Power Full time
The Opportunity

Company, Department: Emera Inc, Corporate Human Resources

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Closing Date: August 21, 2024

At Emera, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help Emera to safely deliver cleaner, reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by August 21, 2024 and tell us what excites you about this role.

We are currently looking for an HR Specialist to join our Corporate HR team on an 18-month contract term. Reporting to the Director, Total Rewards, and collaborating with HR Colleagues and other operational stakeholders this broad, high profile HR Specialist role will be focused on advancing Total Rewards team initiatives and projects through research, process development, and system enhancements to drive forward HR best practices.

Key elements of this role include:
  • Researching and recommending HR enhancements to advance the employee experience of Emera employees. This work will advance our goal to provide highly valued HR programs.
  • Managing HR projects through their full lifecycle. From researching ideas through stakeholder collaboration, costing, approvals, communication, implementation and change management.
  • Working with HR colleagues on projects assisting with peer review calculations and governance.
  • Supporting the communication and research of Total Rewards and HR programs.
  • Partnering with external partners and service providers to monitor any service changes, contract renewals or reviews, effectively communicating necessary information to senior leadership.
  • Working with communications colleagues to ensure the employee communication plan is effectively developed and rolled out.
  • Perform additional tasks to support the administration of programs as required.
These skills will make you successful:

As the ideal candidate you recognize yourself in many of the following competencies, and possess or are working towards the desired skills and experience listed below:

  • A bachelor's degree or human resources designation combined with a minimum of 3 years' experience.
  • Research and analytical skills relating to the employee experience.
  • Proven stakeholder management experience - in this role you will collaborate with and manage multiple external and internal stakeholders at all levels.
  • Keen attention to detail and proven problem-solving skills with a customer service focus.
  • Ability to work with digital technology and effectively utilize technology to drive change and departmental enhancements.
  • Strong communication skills - both written and verbal.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong relationship building capacity to ensure a positive work environment promoting, change, development and psychological safety for the team.
The perks of joining our team? We offer:
  • Flexibility: Hybrid work model with 2 flexible remote workdays.
  • Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness Centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
  • Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
  • Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching; volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
  • Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.



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