Human Resource Specialist

**Human Resource Generalist**

**COVE**

**Halifax, NS**

**Who is COVE?**
Since its inception in 2018, COVE has dedicated itself to fostering collaboration among individuals, concepts, resources, and assets to drive solutions and sustainable advancement within Canada's marine sector. At the forefront of building a thriving network, COVE has played a pivotal role in cultivating a robust cluster of companies and cultivating a premier startup environment. Through strategic initiatives, COVE facilitates invaluable networking opportunities, fosters connections, and leads discussions within the global ocean technology community. Moreover, COVE spearheads programs aimed at nurturing talent, expediting the release of ocean technology products, and bolstering the success of emerging ventures by startups, scaleups, and SMEs. These initiatives, coupled with COVE's ability to harness diverse skills and expertise nationally within the marine ecosystem, serve as an enabler for overcoming industry challenges, driving economic growth, and delivering value to investors.

As COVE experiences rapid expansion, we are actively seeking to expand our team to further bolster our transformative influence on the marine sector. With a thriving community of over 60 companies onsite and a global network encompassing over 400 organizations engaged in marine technology, we stand poised to emerge as a premier global hub for industry-driven innovation. We recognize that our journey toward this goal hinges on the strength of our team—a group of individuals who collaborate, innovate, and continually strive for excellence. Join us as we embark on this exciting journey of discovery and advancement.

**The Opportunity**

Reporting to the CFO & VP of Operations, the Human Resource Generalist is responsible for working with the leadership to achieve competitive advantage through strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce including talent acquisition, employee training and development, and performance management.

The Human Resource Generalist will be responsible to create an engaging and productive work atmosphere for employees and will oversee all aspects of human resource practices and processes. People are our most important asset, and the Human Resource Generalist will be primarily responsible to ensure we have a happy and productive workplace where everyone works to realize our established mission and objectives, promoting corporate values and shaping a positive culture.

**What you will be doing**:

- Acting as the primary point of HR contact to all managers and employees in the areas of employee relations, change management, performance management, employee engagement, and best practices.
- Developing, implementing and monitoring HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy.
- Bridging management and employee relations by developing and maintaining human resource policies and procedures, health & safety, addressing requests, grievances or other issues.
- Supporting hiring managers in executing the full-cycle talent acquisition process including recruitment, interviewing, developing employment contracts for hiring of qualified job applicants and their subsequent on-boarding.
- Working with management in addressing and recommending employee disciplinary meetings, terminations and investigations.
- Managing off-boarding - voluntary and involuntary terminations of employment.
- Fostering strong cross-functional relationships with Payroll, Finance and IT, Legal and other stakeholders to drive the effective delivery of HR programs and services.
- Supporting current and future business needs through the development, engagement, motivation and preservation of human capital.
- Overseeing and managing a performance management system that drives high performance.
- Administering benefits, reconciling payroll reports, and advising and recommending on compensation, benefits and rewards programs.
- Reporting to management and providing decision support through HR metrics including employee performance, compensation standards relative to market benchmarks, and other metrics.
- Implementing attendance management, performance management and disability management plans as required.
- Managing employee records and ensuring legal compliance with all regulations including health and safety and worker’s compensation.
- Adhere to COVE’s human resource policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.

**What you will bring**:

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 5 years relevant experience in a similar role.
- Excellent communication skills, including active listening, negotiation and presentation skills.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to exercise confidentiality, sound judgement, and discretion
- Strong organizational skills and a high degree of self-motivation and b