People & Culture Manager

**This position is 100% remote so you can work anywhere in the world, although we are an immigration company, so if you’d like to move to Canada we can make that happen**

**Our Company**

Our goal is to help make Canadian immigration a one click process for all of our clients. Immigrate uses an online web portal to perform all aspects of the Canadian immigration process.

Our headquarters is in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and we’re a fast growing company that has been doubling in size and revenue annually since 2018.

Immigrate might be right for you if you are interested in working with a dynamic team of people from all over the world. We are very culturally diverse and have a strong female presence. We are looking for people who want to work for a company that loves helping others.

**PEOPLE & CULTURE MANAGER**
Position: Full-time / Permanent

As a key member of the leadership team, you will work to build a world class business. You will be tasked with implementing HR policies and practices that can scale as the business grows. The role will be hands-on at this point, with initial challenges in talent/agent/consultant acquisition, role design and org development. As the business grows, you will build your team and create a contemporary people and culture capability with an international remit. We are 60 people now and plan to double year over year and ensure we have the best inperson/remote employee expereince.

Key responsibilities:

- Recommend, develop and implement programs and strategies that focus on building culture, social engagement, and team development in a way that drives positive employee experience and productivity
- Work closely with leaders to ensure alignment of vision, strategy and plan execution
- Work with leaders to develop and implement new talent acquisition, onboarding, and talent development strategies and plans
- Leverage HRMS tools and capabilities to support planning, measurement and reporting activities
- Develop programs, practices and policies that support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- Refine and/or develop people programs including employee and career development, leader development, rewards & recognition, and compensation and benefits
- Develop a high performing People & Culture team through coaching, learning and continuous support
- Evolve performance management to promote high performance, transparency and alignment
- Act as an advisor to leadership by providing advice, guidance and/or coaching on sensitive confidential and complex people issues
- Ensure compliance across all of our operating geographies pertaining to employment law and health & safety
- Provide advice and expertise to support the integration of acquired staff

This job is for you if you:

- 5+ years in a people and culture role
- University degree in human resources or related discipline and/or CHRP, CHRL, CHRE, SPHR, GPHR or other HR international qualification
- Experience building a team and leading change
- Have experience managing teams in multiple time zones
- Experience conceptualizing, recommending, and involving stakeholders in the development of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
- Able to make effective, timely decisions while dealing with ambiguity
- Experience with the adoption and implementation of systems
- Strong skills in negotiating, coaching, influencing with the ability to mobilize others and build productive partnerships
- Sound knowledge of benefits, employment laws and legal frameworks in Canada and United States
- Ideally, you will also have worked with technology teams and sales driven organisations with focussed, accountable business cultures
- Ability to lead large volume of work, institute metrics and build programs based on insights
- Experience with M&A, particularly integration would be beneficial
- Experience leading and coaching cross-functional teams
- Articulate, with excellent presentation and written communication skills
- Thrive in a startup environment where all teams are agile and ongoing reprioritization is required