Director of Human Resources

**EMPLOYEE GROUP**:Management.

**DEPARTMENT**: Organizational Effectiveness.

**REPORTS TO**: Chief Operating Officer.
**TYPE**:Regular, Full Time (33.75 hours per week).
**COMPENSATION**:$123,218.55 - $149,947.20, 4 weeks vacation, benefits, and OMERS pension plan.

**PURPOSE STATEMENT**:
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of HR provides strategic leadership to the organization on all aspects of Human Resources. The Director develops, executes, and measures HR strategies, processes and organizational objectives and aligns them to the FACS Strategic Plan to affect organizational outcomes. As part of the Senior Leadership Team, the Director of HR will have strong leadership, collaboration and problem-solving skills to foster a workplace where employees work to their highest level of service. This role will have particular focus on labour relations, recruitment, training and development, health & safety, performance management and continuous quality improvement.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Labour Relations**:

- Provides expertise, support and advice on matters related to the Collective Agreement interpretation, labour legislation, relations and practices.
- Monitor compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and recommend strategies for addressing issues proactively.
- Provides strategic and proactive leadership, advice and guidance on employee/labour relations issues to foster a collaborative work environment and meet the evolving needs of the organization.
- Leads the collective bargaining process including developing parameters for a Board mandate for collective bargaining and providing leadership to the management bargaining team, drafting proposals to negotiate a fair agreement. Good knowledge of dispute resolution approaches and lead the grievance process from initial response to resolution, including investigations, preparing for grievance meetings, mediation, and representing the agency in all related meetings and hearings, including arbitration.

**Occupational Health & Safety**:

- Provide strategic oversight of the organization’s Health and Safety programs, ensuring compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and other applicable legislation.
- Oversees the investigation of workplace complaints and incidents and ensure that FACS Niagara employees are treated equitably and that human resource programs are appropriately delivered. Evaluate operational key metrics and develop an action plan to identified areas of excellence and quality improvement.

**Senior Management Accountabilities**:

- Exemplifies and inspires behaviours, actions and attitudes that are consistent with FACS vision, mission and values.
- Contributes to the development of the Strategic Plan with focus on Human Resources Management and Operational planning.
- Ensures all necessary human resource policies, programs, and procedures are developed and implemented in accordance with relevant legislation, agency accreditation and provides leadership on human resource issues and initiatives in line with leader’s functional areas of responsibilities.
- Ensures the proper monitoring and controls are in place to minimize errors and security of Human Resources Employee data to mitigate risk and negative consequences.
- Design, implement, maintain and evaluate all human resource programs; approves human resource program delivery expenditures within delegated approval guidelines.
- Ensures the effective and efficient distribution and utilization of HR department staff based on the established productivity levels, program goals and guidelines and values of FACS Niagara. Holds people accountable to standards of performance including conducting annual performance appraisals that support staff in establishing and attaining performance goals.

**Organizational Development and Training**:

- Ensures that staff orientation, learning and development plans are according to FACS policy, procedure and guidelines. Ensures recruitment, performance evaluation, coaching, discipline and termination where necessary are according to Human Resources policy and within the context of the collective agreement.

**Relationship Management**:

- Establishes and maintains highly effective critical relationships and networks with internal and external partners including community and professional agencies and institutions, funders, governments and the Board of Directors on behalf of FACS Niagara.
- Represents FACS Niagara in critical situations while employing exceptional problem/issue resolution and consensus building skills to manage and direct divergent views to ensure the most beneficial, collaborative outcomes. Establishes and maintains meaningful connections with others that are directed towards the sharing of values and opportunities for collaboration while building rapport and establishing/developing credibility of the FACS Niagara.

**Other Related Activities**:

- Identifies budget requirements and manages t