Associate Director

**JOB POSTING 2024-94-06**
- INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
- People and Culture
- Associate Director
- Wage: $55.61 to $58.95 per hour
- Full Time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
- Permanent
- Location: Abbotsford ** Provide Leadership and Direction for People and Culture**
**Join the team at Archway**
**Come Help Us Help People**

**Location: Abbotsford**

**Hybrid**

**Job Summary**:
The Associate Director of People and Culture provides leadership and overall direction to Archway’s People and Culture employees as well as Archway’s management to uphold and further Archway’s mission, vision, and values. The Associate Director of People and Culture ensures the strategic development and risk management of policies and processes that address best practices in the recruitment, management and termination of employees and volunteers to support new and existing service initiatives. The Associate Director of People and Culture directly supervises and manages the performance of the Supervisor of People and Culture, the Health and Safety Advisor, and the Training Coordinator.

**Your Role**:
Archway’s Associate Director with the People and Culture Program contributes by:

- Overseeing the management of People and Culture staff, program functions and initiatives.
- Providing consultation to directors, managers and supervisors around complex performance management and other complex employee relations issues.
- Ensuring compliance with all labour law and health and safety legislation both federally and provincially.
- Identifying and strategically addressing issues that affect the overall health of the organization; morale, effectiveness, turnover, absenteeism and productivity.
- Anticipating and identifying emerging issues, trends and problems that affect the policies and programs of Archway.
- Providing input to the agency’s strategic and five-year plan.
- Providing regular updates, annual and quarterly reports and summaries to the Director of Internal Operations regarding workforce management.
- Managing performance including investigating incidents and managing disciplinary process up to and including termination of employees in consultation with the Director of Internal Operations and legal counsel.
- Overseeing the agency’s training plans for essential trainings and other required trainings in order to meet CARF accreditation standards.
- Providing oversight to the Health & Safety Committee and Health and Safety Advisor.
- Reviewing Personnel and Health and Safety policies regularly.
- Supervising the P&C Supervisor, Training Coordinator and Health and Safety Advisor positions, providing coaching, support, feedback, development opportunities, performance evaluations and management, and approving payroll hours.

This position is a great fit for someone who has a strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices and procedures, of the non-profit sector community, and knows Employment Law, Human Rights legislation, and WorkSafeBC regulations.

**Our Offer**:

- Wage: $55.61 to $58.95 per hour
- A permanent, full-time position at 35 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays.

**Benefits include**:
- Three weeks vacation in your first year; four weeks in your second year.
- A great benefits plan including extended health and dental; you choose your plan.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
- A pension plan; Archway meets your contribution.
- Great in-house training opportunities.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.

**Getting an Interview-you will be considered if you have**:

- Bachelor’s degree in human services, Business Administration, or a related field.
- CPHR designation.
- At least 10 years’ working in Human Resources within a multi-service work environment.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a senior leadership role.
- Prior experience leading and managing change.
- Prior experience developing and managing budgets.

**The Job Requires you to have**:

- Strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices and procedures.
- Strong understanding of the non-profit community services sector.
- Strong understanding of Employment Law, Human Rights legislation and WorkSafeBC regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to think critically, systematically, and analytically, taking a holistic approach to developing and implementing processes, policies, and practices across the agency.
- Demonstrated supervisory skills including coaching, mentoring, goal setting, problem solving, building relationships and trust, and creating autonomy and accountability.
- Demonstrated facilitation skills; able to effectively facilitate and lead in a variety of situations.
- Strong business writing skills including report writing.
- Clear understanding of Archway’s purpose, vision, mission, values, and behavioural norms.
- Good budgeting skills; able to create, manage, and update budgets, and review monthly financial statemen