People and Culture Consultant

2 days ago


Halifax, Canada Grant Thornton Full time

**Who we are**
You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ over 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live. That’s what’s most important to us. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.

The **People and Culture Consultant**, reports to the Manager, People and Culture.

**As a People and Culture Consultant your responsibilities will include**:

- Connect in inspirational ways with your internal clients and work with them to prioritize successful attraction, engagement and development of talent
- Provide a high level of service while executing on cyclical and event-based processes such as annual reviews, compensation and exiting processes
- Work closely with our National Talent Attraction team and local hiring managers to facilitate the recruitment and selection process
- Coordinate employee movement in and out of the business unit including supervision of certain HR administration
- Provide change management support in the roll out of new processes/policies and integration of new firm acquisitions
- Deliver training sessions on key people and culture best practices and cyclical processes, opportunities to support the development of local trainings
- Collaborate with your colleagues to ensure the exceptional quality of our onboarding experience and deliver local People and Culture orientations monthly
- Engage and support our People Managers to inspire and develop our people, and support them in their own coaching and management development
- Work to ensure meaningful communication throughout the business unit including the provision of just-in-time training, communication on new processes and upcoming P&C cycles, and oversight of the monthly people and culture newsletter
- Provide strategic guidance and support to our campus recruiting campaign and Campus Leads
- Collaborate with your colleagues across the country to execute on the strategic People and Culture vision and share knowledge and best practices
- Report on business unit people metrics
- Provide training and support to the business unit on the firm’s talent management and HRIS system

At Grant Thornton we offer “FlexAbility” with respect to how, when and where you work and we leverage lots of ways of connecting from virtual to in-person. This role requires ability to travel between our offices across Nova Scotia. Ability to drive is a requirement.

**Be Grant Thornton**
If you’re a bit like us, you’re driven to connect with how others are feeling and thinking. Here we walk in others shoes before taking action. Just imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flexAbility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back. At Grant Thornton, you’ll work with inspiring leaders who support your development, both personally and professionally. This is a place where your insatiable curiosity enables you to think, see and hear from a variety of perspectives, a place where every day is different and having the courage to grow is part of who you are. And when all this comes together, well that’s when the magic happens

This role is based in Halifax and supports colleagues locally and in various locations across the province. Travel may be limited. The role requires you to build strong connections within people and culture, as well as with local leadership teams.
**Think you’ve got what it takes to be a People and Culture Consultant? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick**:

- Proven ability to inspire a team, articulate a vision and influence stakeholders
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines through strong organizational skills and sense of personal responsibility
- Enthusiasm for coaching leaders and building your own coaching skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced atmosphere where a sense of urgency has been demonstrated
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written and presentation skills
- Maintenance of strict confidentiality as required in the HR role
- Exposure to a coaching framework would be an asset
- Knowledge of current legislation related to employment as well as current HR theories and practices including recruitment, policy and performance management
- Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team
- Solid judgment and effective interpersonal and facilitation skills
- You build such deep rapport with people that you can easily have the honest conversations that you know are needed to help achieve our organizational goals
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