Leader, Respectful Workplace

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $54.16 - $77.86 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
We are looking for a **Full Time**Leader, Respectful Workplace** to join our team in **Surrey, B.C.**

A career with Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment. We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:
As a member of the Human Resources Management Team, the Leader is responsible and accountable for providing a coordinated approach to the management of Respectful Workplace Investigative, Advisory and Human Rights Services at Fraser Health (FH); creates a proactive and sustained Respectful Workplace Program by ensuring compliance with legislated requirements, various collective agreements and the FH Strategic Plan.

Leads a dedicated team ensuring that all FH leaders, physicians, staff and volunteers are aware of the accountability for their behaviours and actions in support of FH's Great Workplace strategy; partners with key internal and external stakeholders such as the Organization Development, Workplace Health, Human Resources Consulting, Diversity and healthcare unions to increase, support and promote a respectful workplace; instructs and encourages the proactive use of the Respectful Workplace Policy to enhance the conflict resolution and problem solving skills of FH leaders, physicians, staff and volunteers; negotiates and facilitates resolutions to difficult respectful workplace matters with clients and the Unions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Collaborates with the Director, HR Consulting to develop and implement sound employee relations policies and practices for FH to support and maintain a positive and harmonious work environment for employee/management relationships.
- Provides leadership and direction in the development, implementation and evaluation of respectful workplace related strategies to support the business plans of the various client groups and FH-wide projects.
- Works with union representatives to develop a consultative approach to mutual problem solving, enhancing communication, proactively anticipating and resolving issues and implementing required changes.
- Develops and maintains the department by working with and providing direction/advice to Client Partners and other designated staff on a variety of respectful workplace issues; establishes department structure, ensures operations are within financial mandate for the department.
- Provides guidance to Client Partners and takes a lead role in managing third party dispute resolution processes or negotiating complex consulting issues such as organization-wide change initiatives.
- Selects and manages the staff of the portfolio including evaluating performance, coaching, discipline or discharge of staff, as required.
- Participates as a member of the Human Resources Leadership Team in the development of strategic plans, policies and service priorities for Human Resources Services across FH.
- Identifies and communicates HR Consulting Services' needs to the Director; monitors expenditures within assigned budget, analyses and reports on variances, and recommends and implements remedial action.
- Represents FH on committees or task groups, as assigned.

Qualifications**:Education and Experience**
Bachelor's Degree in a related business or social science discipline, supplemented with five (5) years' recent related experience in a leadership role in employee relations, preferably in a health care or other complex unionized setting, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Completion of Mediation Skills 1 and Conflict Coaching Level 1 courses and ab Associate Certificate in Workplace Conflict.

Valid BC Driver's license and access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.
**Competencies** Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.**

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others in a complex unionized environment
- Demonstrated evidence of providing client and solution focused consulting services
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written form, including presenting before groups
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate successful settlement of disputes
- Excellent conflict resolution, team building and change-management skills
- Demonstrated management, administrative and analytical skills
- Extensive knowledge of collective agreements and applicable legislation
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position