Human Resources Generalist

**Why Join Norsat International Inc.?**

We have an innovative and outstanding team of industry professionals who drive our ongoing success at Norsat International Inc. We strive to offer a supportive, inclusive and nurturing environment that helps our employees expand their careers and reach their highest potential.

**Summary**:
The HR Generalist role entails a wide range of responsibilities. As an HR Generalist, you will be overseeing and facilitating the full-cycle recruitment and onboarding process to ensure a smooth transition for new hires. You will play a crucial role in training and development initiatives, working closely with employees and managers to identify their learning needs and providing hands-on support to enhance their skills and knowledge. Employee relations will be another key aspect of the role, where you will address any concerns or conflicts, promote a positive work environment, and foster strong relationships between employees and management. Performance and compensation management will be an essential part of your responsibilities. Some general office administration backup support for the administration team may also be required.

**What You’ll Do**:

- ** Strategic partner**: work closely with senior management in strategic alignment and corporate objectives.
- ** Talent management**: identifying and nurturing high-potential employees, implementing succession planning strategies, and creating opportunities for career growth and development within the organization.
- ** Recruitment**: support and oversee the full-cycle recruitment process for all positions across Canada - including job posting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checking, and offer negotiating.
- ** Onboarding/orientation**: oversee and/or facilitate onboarding/orientation for new hires, ensuring positive experience for new hires.
- ** Performance management**:administer implementation, monitoring of performance evaluation systems, providing feedback, and assisting in development of performance improvement plans.
- ** Compensation management**: provide compensation benchmarking to senior management for review. Ensuring fair and competitive packages for employees based on their roles and contributions.
- ** Employee engagement**:administer employee surveys; assess and analyze survey results, present data to management, work with management team and identify gaps to improve morale and engagement, execute action plans.
- ** HRIS management**:oversee the HRIS implementation and management, ensure compliance with current law and legislation. Provide training for new hires and current employees.
- ** Training & development**: partner with management, assess training and development gaps, facilitate/administer training and development programs for managers and staff. Work with external vendors and implement training programs.
- ** Payroll collaborator**:work closely with payroll and ensure reconciliation is complete prior to payroll processing, identify any employee changes or updates.
- ** Employee relations**:manage employee relations, partner with managers, and provide mentorship and guidance if needed.
- ** Investigation & mediation**:resolve workplace issues. Lead and conduct investigation, mediate situations if required. Analyze and conclude findings, complete written reports, and provide feedback.
- ** Committee partners**:participate/provide support in various committees, such as Social, Occupational Health & Safety, Sustainability committees.
- ** Reporting & metrics**: analyze and create reports on HR metrics, such as weekly and month-end reporting, turnover rates, KPIs, headcounts, HR trends and analyzing the effectiveness of current HR programs and processes, identifies and recommends improvements to HR service level.
- ** HR administrations**:oversee, prepare, and approve employee documents, such as employee verification, termination, LOA, performance/disciplinary letters, salary increases and bonus letters.
- ** HR expert matters**: maintaining up-to-date industry knowledge, understanding employment laws and regulations in BC and ON, ensuring legal compliance and initiating policy changes/updates where required.
- ** Adhoc**: provides coverage for the administration functions, ad-hoc projects, and other duties as assigned.

**Travel**:

- This position requires periodic travel to Ontario.

**What You’ll Bring**:

- Bachelor’s degree/diploma in Commerce, Business Administration, Human Resources or related field.
- 3-5 years of HR Generalist experience.
- Proven recruitment success.
- Experience in a similar role dealing with multiple locations (i.e. Canada, US, UK).
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize time/workload to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines.
- Ability to manage fast-changing business circumstances, thrive in a constantly changing business environment and handle multiple (and sometimes conflicting) deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, organization, time man