HR Business Partner

1 week ago

Halifax, Canada Dalhousie University Full time

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Position Title**
- HR Business Partner

**Department/Unit**
- Human Resources

**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- S52-23

**Employee Group**
- DPMG

**Position Type**
- Term

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**
- 2 years

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1

**Salary**
- $55,034 - $73,625 per annum

**Classification**
- ADM-05

**Provisional Statement**
- This is a provisional classification. Formal classification procedures will be initiated by the Job Design Unit in approximately six months.

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.

**Job Summary**
- Reporting to the Employee Relations Consultant, the Human Resources Business Partner will act as a trusted advisor and first point of contact within Central Human Resources to work effectively with administrators and Leaders at the University, and with other HR practitioners to provide full-service human resources support within assigned departments.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide guidance and support to assigned departments on a variety of employee relations matters, such as managing performance, behavior, sick leave and other attendance concerns.
- Advise managers in drafting correspondence from coaching counselling letters to disciplinary letters and advice on next steps in managing employees, while ensuring collective agreements, handbook rules are not being violated.
- Provide ongoing HR advising services to employees and leaders within assigned departments on HR programs, practices, policies, legislation, and regulatory requirements including interpretation of policy, collective agreement interpretation, identification of risk, impact to the business and recommended solutions.
- Provide thoughtful and effective coaching to leaders and support leaders within assigned departments on developing short
- and longer-term people strategies.
- Undertake special projects as assigned in relation to achieving HR strategic goals within assigned departments.

**Note**
The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.

Dalhousie’s vaccine mandate has been suspended at this time, and employees no longer need to provide proof of full vaccination. However, health and safety risks to our community will continue to be monitored and a vaccine mandate may be reinstated if necessary.

**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree in a field such as business administration or public administration, plus a minimum of five years’ related human resource experience (or an equivalent combination of training and experience).
- Ability to professionally manage and deliver priorities in a client focused environment with an appreciation and understanding of diversity and inclusivity.
- The capacity to build effective working relationships and collaborate with individuals or groups in an advising capacity.
- Demonstrated analytical skills and judgement is key, along with adaptive and effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Attention to detail, ability to manage multiple priorities, and problem-solving skills.

**Assets**
- Human resource management certificate or equivalent.
- Experience in a unionized environment.

**Job Competencies**
Self Awareness and Professionalism
- Respect & Inclusion
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Service

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a defined benefit pension plan, health and dental plans, a health spending account, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program._

**Application Consideration**

**Diversity Statement**
- Posting Detail Information**Number of Vacancies**
- 1

**Open Date**
- 03/01/2023

**Close Date**
- 03/15/2023

**Open Until Filled**
- No

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