Human Resources Business Partner

**Competition Number**
- S181271P**Position Title**
- Human Resources Business Partner**Position Number**
- A99850**Employee Group**
- Administrator**Position Status**
- Temporary Full-Time**Start Date**

**End Date (if applicable)**

**Department**
- People, Culture and Diversity**Additional Notes**
- This is an 18 month, maternity leave coverage, set to start as soon as possible.**Location**
- North Vancouver**Working with us**
- At Capilano University, students are our focus. Employees play an essential role in creating an exceptional learning experience for students and a thriving campus community. Together, we are a high-performing team of individuals who make Capilano University one of the leading teaching universities in British Columbia and one of BC’s Top Employers. Grounded by our sense of purpose, we offer a meaningful, friendly and dynamic work environment.

Within the People, Culture, & Diversity department, our core focus revolves around people, culture, and diversity. Committed to upholding a foundation grounded in equity, inclusion, respect, and mutual responsibility, we firmly believe that there’s a seat for everyone at the table. We pride ourselves on building a team of individuals who possess a unique collaborative instinct, where creating solutions and walking the path to improvement are both shared and appreciated.

As our employee numbers are set to double in the upcoming years due to our curriculum and campus expansions, we are prioritizing strategic planning and internal evolvement. Our goals are not just to meet but to surpass the expectations that our future state demands. Are you motivated to bring innovative ideas and drive solutions in an ever-evolving environment?

Join us on the journey to employee empowerment, where your contributions will play a pivotal role in shaping the future success of our expanding workforce and vibrant community.**What you’ll do**
- People are at the core of Capilano’s success and the Human Resources Department supports this success through the planning, development, implementation and management of a broad range of human resources services and strategies. These services span EDI, recruitment, development, well-being, compensation, classification and collective agreement negotiation and administration. Additionally, the HR Department provides oversight of employee engagement surveys, and works with managers and employees to help foster opportunities that enhance engagement.

The Human Resources Business Partner supports the work of the HR department and HR Manager, Employee Experience, and is a key HR resource for managers, directors, deans, exempt, support staff and faculty, within their assigned portfolio. The Human Resources Business Partner will also provide leadership and coaching to the HR Advisors, giving direction on HR Advisors duties and responsibilities.

The HR Business Partner provides proactive and responsive professional human resources advice in the HR functional areas of collective agreement administration, recruitment and hiring, performance management and improvement, well-being, learning and development, attendance and abilities management, evaluation and engagement, succession planning and retention. Ultimately, the HR Business Partner is responsible for providing strategic HR and people management support, advice and leading on labour relations issues in partnership with leaders and employees enabling informed decisions and in alignment with Capilano University’s Envisioning 2030 objectives.
- Provides initial point of contact for all human resources and labour relations advice and guidance, and collective agreement interpretation to administrators, deans, chairs, coordinators and other employees, often in sensitive and confidential situations such as problem resolution, employee and labour relations, performance management, regularization and lay-offs, grievances, discipline, and departmental structure.
- Partners with department leaders to assess short and long-term business needs and provides strategic HR direction to meet their operational requirements. Ongoing consultation will assist with the development and implementation of responsive, effective and focused human resource strategies for each business unit.
- Implements policies and procedures and interprets issues and gives advice regarding Capilano University policies and Faculty and Support Staff collective agreements.
- Administers human resources best practices and legal requirements and forecasts HR trends in their respective portfolio, proactively finding solutions and/or developing strategies in support of department and human resources goals and priorities.
- Designs and oversees change management strategies and related targeted communications and plans for employees, in support of strategy implementation and change initiatives.
- Negotiates resolutions and settlements of labour relations issues and arbitrations. Lead investigations, prepare labour relat