Employee Relations Consultant, Full Time, Employee

3 weeks ago


Kingston, Canada Providence Care Full time

The Employee & Labour Relations Consultant (ERC) provides leadership of the on-going development and improvement of the labour relations environment by providing timely, expert and strategic professional advice to managers on a wide range of labour relations matters while maintaining a focus on the interests, goals and values of the organization. The ERC functions in a lead role in grievance, arbitration, investigation and collective bargaining processes and ensures consistency in the management of labour relations issues within the organization. The ERC applies a solid knowledge and understanding of employer obligations under collective agreements, legislative requirements and organizational policies and procedures to their daily work. The ERC works closely with management and labour representatives to guide the transformation of the organizational culture by promoting a focus on effective communication between stakeholders, interest-based and alternative dispute resolution and strategic labour relations planning and decision making.

**Skills and Qualifications Required**:

- Masters of Industrial Relations requires; law degree, or other post-secondary degree with focus in Labour Relations combined with at minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Minimum 2 years progressively responsible experience in labour relations field or 4 years progressively responsible experience in human resources including labour relations responsibilities
- An equivalent combination of educational and work experience including leadership responsibilities in dispute resolution and change management of labour relations matters may be considered
- Recent related experience in a unionized environment developing and interpreting policies, collective agreements and relevant legislation, leading strategic dispute resolution and grievance/ mediation/arbitration proceedings required (health care experience preferred)

**Position Responsibilities**:

- Acting as Chief Negotiator, manages the collective bargaining process including formulating the employer negotiation strategy; conducting necessary internal and external research and data collection; conducting demand setting with impacted managers; drafting collective agreement language; developing management’s proposal
- Manages complaint/grievance process including providing professional advice to managers through formal complaint stages; facilitating grievance meetings; conducting related case law research, and; negotiating and drafting settlements
- Leads investigations into complex or critical allegations of employee misconduct including clarifying allegations by developing and conducting interviews of complainant, respondent and witnesses; reaching finding(s), and; advising management on response / course of action to ensure appropriateness, defensibility and consistency with organizational priorities and values
- Conducts human resource impact and labour relations risk assessments of restructuring proposals, collecting relevant information, analyzing information to develop outline of options and impacts, and presenting analysis, risks and options to management
- Manages termination and layoff proceedings including preparing and providing disclosure information in accordance with collective agreement; presenting information to impacted bargaining agents and facilitating effective exchange of information as required to explore and implement mitigating strategies; preparing employee documentation; coordinating and conducting employee notification meetings; tracking employee elections and outcomes, and; managing process timelines
- Leads the administration of the attendance management framework in cases where significant attendance problems exist including determining parties required at each stage of the process to contribute to the development of individual case management strategies, and; leading attendance related meetings or investigations
- Provides strategic professional advice and guidance to senior and operational managers in matters of operational planning, contentious labour relations issues, contract interpretation, employee management, individual attendance management strategies, and relationship management with bargaining agent representatives

**Why Work at Providence Care Hospital**:

- Specialized sub-acute Care in rehabilitation, mental health services, complex medical management and palliative care
- A hospital striving for excellence in care, education and research
- Committed to people centred approach to care delivery
- Competitive salaries with excellent full-time benefits
- Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- State of the Art Building with on-site parking
- On-site café and cafeteria with a variety of food options
- Corporate and unit/service specific orientation for new hires
- Focus on Healthy Workplace & Culture of Quality
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Education, mentorship and bursary opportunities
- Fully affiliated with Quee



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