People & Culture Coordinator - 12 Month Mat Leave

Please note - this position is for a 12-month maternity leave cover.

**What We Do**:
We provide the design and construction community with inspiring architectural products for thoughtful spaces. We believe that our team, inspired by a vision and fueled with passion, will achieve the extraordinary.
Why Longboard?
The Longboard head office and principal manufacturing facility are located in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Situated in the Fraser Valley, just 60km east of Vancouver, Abbotsford is a quickly growing, diverse and family-friendly city with a lot to offer Our brand new state-of-the-art modern corporate office and manufacturing facility features a fitness center, available electric car charging stations, and is in close proximity to Highway 1 for a quick commute from anywhere in the Lower Mainland.
Here at Longboard, we value every team member, offering full benefit options including health spending, employee assistance, RRSP matching, a profit-share program, and frequent team-building events as well as playing an active role in our community. Join a workplace where you can grow, be challenged, and become part of our team atmosphere.

**Watch a short video about what it's like to work with us**: Click Here

**What You Will Do**:

- Recruiting: create job descriptions, headhunt, phone screen, interviews, reference checks, offer
- Management and coordination of the full cycle recruitment process including sourcing, interviewing and performing reference checks, shortlisting, writing and issuing employment contracts etc.
- Manage onboarding and offboarding process
- Coordinate and schedule employee orientations
- Update and maintain the HRIS system
- Meet with hiring managers to discuss hiring needs
- Lead the Culture committee, coordinate and plan company events
- Respond to internal and external HR related inquiries or requests and provide assistance
- Provide assistance to employees eg. Employment letters, safety boot vouchers, vacation, benefit inquiries, immigration advice etc.
- Manage and track employee referral program
- Manage, monitor, and reconcile Granted submissions
- Weekly office hours/walk the plant
- Organizational announcements, Company newsletter, Employee recognition High Five Friday
- Birthday cards, probation cards, awards etc.
- Exit interviews, offboarding
- Console and listen to upset employee’s, help them problem solve, conflict management, etc.
- Responding to online company reviews

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum 2 years of People & Culture experience in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
- Degree or certificate in Human Resources or relevant practical experience
- Strong administrative skills
- Proficient in Google Workspace and Microsoft Suite
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work well in a team environment settings
- Experience with supporting employees residing in the United States would be ideal
- Experience with HRIS systems and specifically Ceridian Dayforce will be considered an asset

**Who You Are**:

- Communication Expert: Posses the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences and the ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will easily understand.
- Confident in Written Expression: Able to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Instructor: Comfortable with teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategist: Experience in selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Problem Sensitive: Easily able to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. Not always solving the problem but recognizing there is a problem.
- Original: Able to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

**We are looking for people who**:
**Identify with our Purpose**:
We help make the world a better place when Longboard products are chosen to enhance inspiring design

**Share Our Values**:

- People Come First
- Transparency
- We are in this together
- There is always a better way
- Simplicity
- Committed to compassionate acts and human flourishing

**Strive for Greatness**:
Built on the belief that a great workplace can be a fantastic development ground for learning the disciplines which lead to living a great life, Longboard is committed to putting our people first and working together to achieve audacious goals.

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Working at Longboard is fun, rewarding, fulfilling, and challenging. Our team is Innovative, Passionate and Dedicated to bringing the best products to the market and to provide Radical Client Care, Relentless Executional Improvement and Revolutionary Product