Manager of People and Culture

**Manager of People and Culture**:
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Posted Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM | Expires Friday, October 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM

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Corporate Services Division
(Internal/External)

**Job Type**: Full-time Permanent
**Hours of Work**:35 hours/week, Monday-Friday
**Work Location**: In-office
**Competition No.** CS-25-25

**The Role**
Are you a people-focused leader that thrives on building relationships and leading people strategies that make a real difference? The City of Wetaskiwin is seeking a Manager of People and Culture to join our team in a rewarding role that touches every corner of our organization. This innovative, impactful and influential position offers the opportunity to shape the future of our workplace by leading in all areas of people and culture, including health and safety. As a strategic thinker, you’ll design and maintain effective processes, build strong connections across departments, and bring your expertise to guide meaningful change that supports both employees and the organization as a whole.

Through our core values, **trust, resourcefulness, and integrity,** we are a diverse, collocative and eager team that cultivates well-being, through our team’s dedication to building positive, trusting, and fulfilling relationships.

Located only 35 minutes south of Edmonton and 55 minutes north of Red Deer, the City of Wetaskiwin provides all the amenities and quality of life of an urban
- rural center.

**The Opportunity**
Reporting to the General Manager of Corporate Services, this position provides strategic consultation and planning services to the City Manager, General Managers, and Managers on a wide range of People & Culture programs including employee relations, recruitment and selection, performance management, organizational design, change management, learning and development, compensation, benefits, legislative compliance, workplace wellbeing, and the City’s health and safety program.

**Responsibilities**
**Organizational Development & Workforce Planning**
- Oversee recruitment, selection, and onboarding processes to ensure the City attracts and retains high-quality employees.
- Provide strategic workforce planning, including succession planning, skills gap analysis, and career development opportunities.
- Support the development and implementation of leadership and employee development programs.
- Ensure compliance with equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in all staffing processes.
- Oversee performance management systems, ensuring clear expectations, accountability, and alignment with corporate goals.
- Facilitate coaching for managers to strengthen leadership capability and employee engagement.
- Coordinate employee engagement surveys, analyze results, and work with leaders to implement action plans.
- Design, implement, and evaluate corporate-wide training and development programs that build employee capability and leadership strength.
- Partner with leaders to identify training needs aligned with organizational goals and employee development plans.
- Facilitate or source training in areas such as leadership, compliance, health and safety, and employee engagement.
- Track, measure, and report on the effectiveness of training initiatives to ensure organizational impact.

**Employee Relations**
- Lead and manage workplace investigations into alleged violations of law, regulation, City policy, or City directives, ensuring processes are fair, consistent, and legally defensible.
- Provide expert advice and guidance to managers and employees on conflict resolution, corrective action, disciplinary processes, and complaints handling.
- OR
- Serve as a coach and trusted advisor to leaders, providing guidance on operational challenges, employee relations, conflict resolution, performance management and other organizational issues.
- Support leadership in building a positive, respectful, and inclusive workplace culture through proactive employee relations strategies.
- Partner with legal counsel as required to mitigate organizational risk.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable legislation and professional standards.
- Lead policy development, review, and interpretation to ensure compliance with legislation and alignment with organizational values.

**Strategy, Leadership & Compliance**
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Senior Leadership and Leadership Teams on P&C-related matters.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate P&C strategies that support the City’s strategic plan and long-term organizational sustainability.
- Lead, coach, and mentor the People & Culture team to foster professional growth and high performance.
- Keep informed of employment and workplace culture trends and best practices and implement process and practice improvements where/when appropriate.
- Project manage key corporate initiatives such as the Corporate Training Development Plan, Internal Social Connectedness Plan, Employee Retention and Recruitment Plan, and any other pro