HR Generalist, Byfm

**_Location: Vaughan, ON_**
**_Supporting: Canada Wide (requires flexibility in hours)_**

**Main Purpose of Job**

As the** **HR Generalist**, your responsibilities will include:

- Post openings to appropriate internet sources, company career page, in newspaper advertisements, with professional organizations, and in other position-appropriate venues.
- Review and evaluate applicant qualifications or eligibility for specified licensing according to established guidelines and designated licensing codes.
- Hire applicants and authorize paperwork assigning them to positions.
- Develop and implement Employee Engagement initiatives and help to administer our People and Culture initiatives.
- Evaluate recruitment and selection criteria to ensure conformance to professional, statistical, and testing standards, recommending revision as needed.
- Manages transfers and promotions of selected employees ensuring all applicable standards in hiring are met. Sends completed paperwork to HR Administrator to file and store.
- Partners with managers to access job specific training needs and skill gaps.
- Designs and delivers soft skill workshops to all levels of employees. Creates annual training plans for all skill-sets in the organization.
- Works with Management to access employees’ career goals and development needs.
- Tracks all performance management appraisals and is the point of contact for training needs, courses, etc. Coordinates all training requests.
- Assists with analyzing job positions and pay ranges.
- Creates training budgets for Managers, tracks training attendance and evaluates and monitors the transfer of training through sending post training course evaluations to trainees.
- Providing advice on union issues: seniority, collective agreement clauses to employees and management.
- Sits in on collective bargaining table, assists HR Manager with queries, questions, takes meeting minutes.
- Provides assistance in focus group meetings takes meeting minutes.
- Provides assistance in producing performance management letters to employees and Management; warning, suspension and final warning letters.
- First point of contact for all new hires, conducts new hire orientation, facilitates HR policies and procedures, staff handbook, corporate security, employee of the month program, etc. Escorts new hire to work site and introduces work environment and to meet Manager.
- Ensuring employee engagement by coordinating various activities and initiatives and being a physical contact for employees and Management at all sites.
- Assists with performance development and career development; liases with Management for their employees’ performance development, training and career aspirations.
- Proving support/coverage for benefits administration, short and long term disability Work Safe claims and HRIS System.
- Support payroll functions by ensuring employee time/vacation/sick/schedules are all entered into payroll system and communicated to Payoll department.
- Coordinates intra-transfers and works with immigration consultants to assist with international new hires and is the point of contact for questions and concerns.
- Develop training initiatives and creates training plans as required by the organization.
- Gather and analyze information to design, develop and deliver efficient and effective training programs including training materials.
- Present course material to employees through traditional classroom approach, one-on-one coaching or other method using computers, instructional videos, written material and/or PowerPoint presentations.
- Perform training needs analysis by assessing the skill level, performance and competence of each learner.
- Sources wages information/collective agreements for future business development.
- Comply with the Company’s Policies, Management Plans and Procedures.
- Fulfil Health & Safety responsibilities by adherence to the requirements of the Company's Health & Safety Policy and Health & Safety Management Plans.
- Maintain current knowledge of Pay Equity, human rights and employment standards guidelines and laws.
- Support the Company's Quality Policy Statement and actively participate in the achievement of Company and personal Quality objectives.
- Undertake such other duties appropriate to the level and character of work as may reasonably be required within the Department / Service. Significant permanent changes in duties will require agreed revisions to be made to this Job Description.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Minimum three (3) years of recruitment experience within large public or private organizations.
- Minimum two (2) years of training experience within large public or private organizations.
- Two (2) to five (5) years of progressive Human Resources Experience.
- Diploma/Degree in Human Resources or comparable experience preferred.
- Outstanding interviewing skills.
- Through understanding of collective agreements in a unionized workforce.
- Direct knowedge of training methodolo