HR Business Partner

**Marketing Statement**:
A career at TransLink and our family of companies means working with people with a wide range of skills and perspectives, all teaming up towards a common goal: preserving and enhancing the region's world-envied quality of life. Together, we connect the region and enhance its livability by providing a sustainable transit and transportation network, embraced by our communities and people.

At TransLink we are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace, recognizing the unique value and skills every individual brings.

Looking for a great place to work where your contributions are valued and you can make a difference in a vibrant city? At TransLink, one of BC’s Top Employers, you'll help make Metro Vancouver a better place to live, built on transportation excellence. Put your future in motion

**Responsibilities**:
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
As a HR business partner, provides trusted consultation, advice, coaching, and other related support to business leaders and employees in designated groups across the enterprise. Acts as first point of contact for clients, and works collaboratively with specialists across all HR disciplines to ensure plans, programs and practices are aligned to support the achievement of business objectives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Develops and maintains effective partnerships with designated business leaders, and serves as a strategic HR advisor, providing trusted advice to proactively support the execution of a positive employee experience and achievement of business objectives. Coordinates access to the full range of HR services, identifying and assessing talent needs and opportunities.

Applies HR expertise and a deep knowledge of the business to develop talent strategies and tactics for assigned business portfolios. Leverages specialist team expertise across all HR disciplines to facilitate effective talent practices and processes. Involves employee relations, performance management, recruitment and staffing, workforce planning, compensation, organization design, employee engagement, resource planning, labour relations, change management, learning and career development, and succession planning.

Provides business input and supports the specialist teams across all HR disciplines on the development of new people initiatives. Manages the implementation and execution of HR Services and Organization Development programs and related value added HR processes that support business goals and objectives.

Maintains an external perspective anticipating people trends and researches best practice as necessary to ensure HR Service solutions are optimized for business leaders and employees. Practices continuous learning by keeping abreast of human resources generalist knowledge and leveraging internal human resources specialists.

Actively contributes to the shaping of Translink’s people strategy. Contributes to the assessment of existing programs and processes, and leverages talent metrics/data to proactively develop talent solution.

**Qualifications**:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
The requirements for this job are typically acquired through a degree in human resources or a related discipline, and five years of related experience as an Advisor, Business Partner or Consultant. A professional designation (CPHR) is preferred.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Advanced knowledge of the concepts, principles, and practices pertaining to the human resources field

Solid knowledge of the relevant policies, labour law, employment standards and other regulatory requirements as well as the provisions of the collective agreement

Advanced interpersonal and communications skills to provide general HR consultation, advice and coaching to business leaders and employees

Solid analytical, and problem solving skills with the ability to influence clients and promote new ideas and processes

Advanced relationship-building skills with ability to develop critical partnerships with business leaders and employees, and ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary context

Solid business acumen with ability to develop a deep understanding of business functions, strategies and objectives

Solid project and change management skills to manage multi-disciplinary initiatives and facilitate implementation and related change

Solid planning skills to develop HR plans in alignment to business objectives

Solid organizational and time management skills to effectively deliver HR expertise and services to diverse clients

**Other Information**:
Recruitment Process: An applicant will be required to demonstrate their suitability for this position by meeting the minimum level of qualifications and experience in order to be invited into the selection process. A standard interview format will be used including general, scenario and behavioural descriptive interview questi