HR Generalist

Position Title: Human Resources Generalist

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer and/or HR Manager

Job/Pay Type: Full-time, Permanent, Salaried

Location: Brantford, ON

**About Us**

Our strength is backed by our people and we are looking to grow. Join us today

**What Extend Communications will offer you**

Extend Communications offers comprehensive health care benefits, a retirement plan with company matching, vacation time, and many other employee perks including:

- Hybrid work environment
- Profit sharing plan
- Wellness spending account
- Professional development reimbursement (up to 100% if related to role)
- Paid day off for your birthday
- Employee recognition program - live our company values and be rewarded
- Dream initiative - a program to help our employees bring their dreams to life
- Lots of other fun company events

Extend Communications also offers an incredible Mental Health Program that has been nominated for its initiative and innovation towards truly helping employees with their mental health needs.

**Job Overview**

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**
- Participate in daily employee relations and general human resources administration tasks
- Act as point of contact for all incoming employee inquiries and requests
- Maintain crucial internal documents, including but not limited to employee personnel files, job descriptions, policies and procedures, and work instructions
- Assist with the creation and execution of performance improvement plans, evaluations, and surveys; assessing the data and providing input towards action plans
- Maintain compliance with federal, provincial, and local employment laws and regulations, specifically including the Occupational Health & Safety Act
- Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in HR, talent management, and employment law
- Assist in the design, develop, and implement organizational tools and programs to support and promote employee engagement, moral, motivation, satisfaction, work/life balance, change management, and team effectiveness
- Partner with management to investigate employee relation issues
- Provide coaching to mitigate employee performance and issues
- Participate in employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and exit interviews
- Oversee the payroll process, providing back-up when needed
- Manage the full cycle recruitment process
- Develop and implement talent acquisition, succession planning, and retention initiatives
- Assist in the creation and development of job descriptions and job postings
- Evaluate existing training programs and initiatives; recommend improvements
- Assist in facilitating professional development opportunities for employees
- Oversee the occupational (WSIB) and non-occupational injuries and return-to-work process
- Administer company benefit plans
- Attend health and safety meetings regularly and update records, policies, and procedures
- Foster a safe and healthy work environment that focuses on positive team culture
- Ensure consistent high levels of communication are kept among management and employees, both in-house and remote, jumping in to provide support as necessary
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in HR related field combined with a minimum of 3 years’ experience
- CHRL or CHRP designation preferred
- Demonstrated ability to meet the strategic objectives for HR and the organization; to maintain and enhance our culture for our team
- Strong experience supporting full-cycle recruiting
- Highly organized with a great attention to detail
- Experience handling employee relations issues; conducting investigations considered a plus
- Strong knowledge of the Dayforce Ceridian platform
- Sound ownership, presentation, and teambuilding skills
- Knowledge of and the ability to interpret the ESA and other applicable legislations
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with individuals at all levels of the organization
- Ability to anticipate and manage change effectively
- A positive and proactive approach towards solving problems and meeting challenges
- Ability to learn the existing call answering platform to assist with the recruitment process
- Well versed in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $55,000.00-$60,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Brantford, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Human resources: 3 years (preferred)
- Ceridian Dayforce: 1 year (preferred)