HR Business Partner

If you put the human in human resources
and the partner in partnership,
then you belong here

Type - Full Time, Permanent, Excluded
Location - Alberta
Pay Group - V

What you’re passionate about
You’re passionate about delivering excellence every day to internal customer service. As an analytical thinker, you look at complex problems from all angles and provide HR solutions that help achieve key business results.

A typical day for the Human Resources Business Partner
- Build, foster and grow partnerships between the HR function and APS business areas to deliver value-added services to management and employees that support APS’ strategic plan
- Maintain the relevant business acumen about the departments and teams within a portfolio, including the function, connections and interdependencies with other APS departments
- Use an intimate understanding of the short, medium, and long-range goals and how those goals drive the delivery of pension administration services to APS’ clients
- Support recruitment and retention, performance management, attendance management, employee engagement, job evaluation, compensation, employee/labour relations and occupational health and safety
- Provide consultation on talent acquisition, organization and job design, and employee engagement in addition to other related HR tasks, duties, and responsibilities
- Work through challenging employee and labour relations issues, including labor relations support by advising, coordinating, coaching and providing strategic direction on a variety of human resource functions
- Provide insights and supports that build capacity in leaders at all levels

What you bring
- University degree in a related field
- Minimum 8 years of experience in a similar role, resolving complex employee issues, building relationships and supporting clients at a strategic level
- Equivalent education and experience will be considered
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (including Teams)
- Working knowledge of multiple human resources disciplines, including compensation practices, recruitment, organizational diagnosis, employee and union relations, diversity and inclusion, performance management and progressive discipline
- Proven track record of fostering and maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with operational leaders, HR colleagues, HR service partners and union representatives
- Strong understanding of employee relations, performance management and interpretation of collective agreements
- Thorough understanding of organizational design, jobs, qualifications, compensation practices and related administrative practices
- Sound ability to successfully lead and manage significant organization-wide initiatives
- Comfortable working with diverse stakeholders with diverse backgrounds, in a highly confidential environment requiring tact, diplomacy and discretion
- Willing to accommodate flexible hours of work

Why choose APS
APS is made up of hard-working, respectful and talented people who understand and invite diversity to the workplace. We take pride in holding ourselves accountable and continuing to meet or exceed service levels for plan members, pensioners and employers. We ensure they receive quality services because they—along with our people—are the reason we endure and succeed.

And it sure feels good helping hard-working Albertans receive their well-deserved pensions.
What APS has to offer
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Flexible work arrangements that make sense to you: work from home, compressed work weeks and more
- Community-minded workplace with a friendly team environment
- Vacation starting at 15 days per year, 13 statutory holidays, personal days, plus office closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Competitive benefit package featuring extended health and dental benefits and a 100% employer-paid flexible spending account
- In-house training programs, extensive career development and coaching program, access to LinkedIn Learning tracks
- Discount programs through various partner agencies