Bilingual HR Business Partner

***French Translation to Follow ***

At Heart & Stroke our mission is to promote health, save lives and enhance recovery. We are committed to a culture that exemplifies our core values**:CHAMPION Health, PRACTICE Humility, EMBRACE Change, DRIVE impact, LEARN and GROW and BE HEARTFELT **as we work together to beat heart disease and stroke.

**Who we need**

Reporting to the HR Manager, the Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for providing general HR support to their assigned client group(s). Ideally you are a HR Generalist, Business Partner or a Recruiter with generalist experience who wants to grow your career at a national foundation and support business units working across multiple provinces. The HR Partner recruits for all bilingual positions and provides recruitment support to all areas of the organization and across the country. Through understanding annual business goals and strategic plans, they will be expected to help anticipate, plan for and implement employee solutions that maximize support to the organization.

As the first point of contact for requirements related to Human Resources, you will be accountable for providing professional advice and support to enable the Foundation to attract, manage, develop and retain employees.

**How you will make an impact every day**

**Recruitment and Resourcing**
- Deliver full recruitment services including job description review/creation, postings, sourcing, testing, interviewing, and employee offers through to on-boarding.
- Appy an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens to the recruitment/onboarding process
- Provide pro-active and responsive solutions to departmental hiring needs.
- Work closely with managers to support them in the development/revision of job descriptions
- Facilitate decision process to conclusion, providing advice and guidance to hiring managers in their decision and ensure a fair, objective and equitable decision process.
- Update reports weekly/as required

**Employee Relations**
- Provide advice and counsel on a range of employee relations issues including
- Coaching managers on performance improvement discussions and performance improvement plans. Facilitate discussions between manager and employee in helping to resolve issues.
- Ensuring compliance with H&S policies, culture and values, and employment regulations for each province in each and every employee relations situation.
- Planning and facilitating all terminations to ensure Foundation standards and best practices followed.

**Performance and Compensation Management**
- Support the annual performance appraisal & compensation merit program roll out
- Work with leaders to help identify and assess HR issues that may be affecting the business and the performance of the team.
- Identify patterns for attention or action and counsel leaders on approaches and solutions.
- Provide guidance and recommended solutions on a wide array of performance effectiveness issues including, role clarity, structure, performance management, management skills gaps analysis and development plans, talent development, succession planning and team building.

**Disability Management**
- Proactively work with managers and employees providing counsel on absence management cases, including Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability.
- Liaise with manager, employee, payroll and insurance provider to coordinate documentation follow-up and ensure compliance with H&S standards and policies
- Facilitate and support effective return to work phase; coordinate with manager to facilitate any accommodation requirements

**Employee Data Administration/HR Policies & Procedures**
- Ensure high general understanding and compliance with H&S HR policies and practices.
- Educate and ensure managers know their accountabilities and obligations in relation to employee management and employee data administration information: absence records, vacation, title, etc.
- Support national initiatives or special projects as required

**What you bring**
- Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Resources Management
- CRHA designation would be an asset
- 5 years of progressive experience in human resources, with a combination of employee relations and talent acquisition
- **Must be fluently bilingual in English and French**:

- Understanding of HR as a strategic partner that supports business goals and culture.
- Proven critical thinking and ability to assess risk and create plans to mitigate
- A collaborative HR professional who cultivates trust and shows discretion, confidentiality, and sound judgment
- Experience supporting multiple provinces an asset
- Flexibility and ability to work with a wide range of people in building effective relationships
- Strong proficiency in core Microsoft Office suite of products, MS Teams, HRIS and applicant tracking systems (JazzHR would be an asset)
- Knowledge or experience working in multi-level/matrix reporting organization
- Highly organized and able to multitask while maintaini