Advisor, Human Resources

6 months ago


Sylvan Lake, Canada Bethany Care Society Full time

**About Bethany**

Bethany Care Society (Bethany) is one of Western Canada’s largest faith-based, not-for-profit providers of care, housing, and community services for seniors and adults with disabilities. For 77 years, Bethany has provided high-quality, person-centred care focused on the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of our residents and tenants. We create caring communities to help Albertans age well.

**Why Bethany?**
Bethany has consecutively won Alberta Top Employer for 15 years for the programs we invest in for our employees. We offer top-ups for maternal leaves, generous vacation and leave time, competitive salaries, benefits, and retirement savings programs. We are committed to employee well-being and giving back to our community. We invest in our people because they are the reason for our success.

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**Working at Bethany**

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Human Resources, you will be the main point of contact for Employee/Labour Relations and Recruitment activities for our Bethany CollegeSide and Bethany Sylvan Lake locations, with mixed workforces comprised of unionized and non-union employees.

The Advisor, Human Resources, will occasionally need to travel to additional sites or to the Corporate offices located in Calgary. You are required to have access to a car and able to drive.

**Office Location**: 99 College Circle, Red Deer, AB

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES**

**1. Leadership**
- Modeling behaviours and actions that support the building of confidence in Bethany’s HR functions by stakeholders that are customer service focused, and aligned with principles of Service Excellence.
- Contribute to the development of clients and leaders’ competency and best practices in the areas of employee & labour relations, recruitment, and performance management.
- Provide advise that identifies risk, is compliant with relevant law, collective agreements, and Bethany Policy, making recommendations and providing rationale as necessary to assist the decision making of clients, leaders, and peers.

**2. Employee & Labour Relations**
- Accountable for all employee & labour relations investigations at assigned sites, and escalating matters involving management to the Senior Manager, HR for action.
- Oversee the grievance process, supporting leaders and acting as employer representative as necessary according to the leaders' experience level and complexity of issues.
- Ensures Bethany policies & procedures, employment, safety and human rights legislation, and collective agreements are adhered to.
- Ensures a consistent approach to problem resolution, discipline, grievance and arbitration processes throughout Bethany. Engages centres of expertise to support restorative actions as appropriate, and to minimize recurrence of issues in areas of concern.
- Ensures a consistent approach to investigation of employee misconduct, with matters regarding sexual harassment, conflict of interest, resident abuse being escalated to HR leadership's attention, prior to outcomes being delivered.

**3. Recruitment**
- With input of clients, responsible for leading client site & department recruitment strategy to optimize workforce, and minimize usage of overtime, or agency supports whenever possible.
- Responsible for full cycle recruitment including, postings, scheduling interviews, screenings, conducting reference checks, generating letters of offer and transfer, notifying union and members of successful applicants.
- Research, plan and participate in recruiting events in support of client sites and Bethany Care Society in general.

**4. Data Management & Reporting**
- Ensure the accurate and timely entry of data entered into Talent Management, HRIS, associated systems and trackers.
- As required, routinely audit own work and that of partners for compliance of service level agreements, reporting recruitment efforts, performance management, accommodation, investigation, and grievance/arbitration file management, and as otherwise assigned.

**5. Total Rewards**
- Review portability letters, recommend step placement accordingly.
- Connect employees and handoff pay and benefit matters to the appropriate Centre of Expertise.
- Acts as a point person for employees with inquiries about maternity and parental leave and provides necessary paperwork. Administers the top-up maternity plan and track time off.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education & Professional Designation**
- Post-secondary education in Human Resources Management or Business-Related Field.
- Possessing or working towards CPHR Designation is considered an asset.

**Minimum Experience**
- Three (3) years’ experience working in a HR administration and advising role.
- Two (2) years’ experience in high volume recruitment.
- Knowledge and understanding of employment law and regulations, legislative issues and industry trends relating to Human Resources



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