Compensation Consultant

**Req ID**:191244**
**Location: Flexible within the province**
**Department**:PS Compensation**
**Type of Employment**:Temporary** **Hourly FT long-assignment** (**100%**) x **1**
**Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:25-Nov-24**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager of Compensation, the Compensation Consultant is a member of the People Services Team. The Consultant is responsible for salary administration and evaluating new and existing classifications for unionized positions and supports the job development, reclassification and salary administration for management and non-union positions across the Nova Scotia Health Authority. In collaboration with the Manager Compensation, participates in labour relations strategies on union compensation, recruitment and retention, resource for collective bargaining, compensation grievances and works closely with union partners on salary and classification implementation.

The Consultant plays a key role in operational service delivery by ensuring compensation information, tools and up to date job descriptions required to provide responsive, accurate, and consistent services. Actively participates as a member of compensation related committees and working groups.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Graduate of post-secondary degree/program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) or other relevant professional certification or designation preferred
- Minimum five (5) years related compensation, evaluation and/or human resources experience within an unionized environment
- Demonstrated up-to-date knowledge of labour trends and legislation
- Extensive knowledge of compensation trends, issues, etc.
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Excellent communication (verbal and written), problem solving and decision making skills
- Excellent consultative, influencing and mentoring skills
- Effective work practice - accountable, dependable, flexible, persevering, sets goals and meets deadlines, results-oriented
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and decision-skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills to effectively build relationships
- Knowledge of adult education and learning principles
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Long assignment, Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Approximately a 12-month assignment
- Position location is flexible within the province

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$40.15 - $50.19 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.