HR Business Partner

**We Offer**
- 100% Employer Paid Medical and Dental Benefits
- Employer RRSP Matching Program
- Annual Health/Wellness Spending Accounts
- Professional Growth & Development

**What You’ll Do - The Role (Responsibilities)**
- Formulate partnerships across the organization to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflects the business objectives
- Conduct and attend meetings with respective client group
- Provide support to business leaders, managers, and employees across all levels of the organization
- Act as a resource, advise, and support HR Team members
- Develop and maintain a “pulse” on respective client group
- Work with HR team to achieve and execute departmental key performance indicators (KPIs), goals and objectives
- Employee Relations_
- Serve as first point of contact for employees, internal customer service, and management for any employee-related items
- Conduct and attend meetings with respective client group
- Lead performance management with the management team by coaching on corrective action, helping prepare warning letters, probationary reviews, terminations, etc.
- Work with management and senior leadership on increasing employee engagement, building morale, and improve productivity and retention by utilizing HR trends and strategies
- Facilitate onboarding and offboarding, including collaborating on onboarding plans and training schedules, and conducting and reporting on exit interviews
- Provide support on merger and acquisition activities
- Contribute to organizational planning, including restructuring and succession planning, by providing guidance and input
- Oversee the internal transfer and change process, including collaboration with management on changes and the HR team on the administration
- Identify and communicate trends and challenges within the assigned client group to the Director, Human Resources and business leaders and suggest action items to assist with mitigation
- Take appropriate action to mediate interpersonal conflicts and conduct investigations
- Training & Development_
- Identify training needs, facilitate training sessions, and facilitate developmental conversations on soft skills and legislative requirements
- Provide counselling and career development support and resources for all levels of staff
- Work to create and collaborate on maintaining a national database of employee skills
- Facilitate formal and informal training/coaching sessions on relevant HR topics and skills for designated client group
- Participate in the evaluation and monitoring of training programs to ensure success. Follows up to ensure training objectives are met.
- Talent Acquisition_
- Participate in the execution of the company’s recruitment strategy
- Strategize with management on current and future talent needs and provide support on requests
- Support client group recruitment efforts when backup is needed
- Health & Wellness_
- Consult and participate in leave of absence, disability, return-to-work plans, acting as a liaison between management, HR, and employees, and collaborating with Health & Safety Team as needed
- Collaborate on any educational items regarding benefits and wellness programs
- Develop and promote work-life balance initiatives and understanding
- General Duties_
- Act as backup and support to the HR team
- Ensure regulatory compliance and reduce legal risks. Partners on legal claims as needed
- Records management tasks as applicable
- Maintain an effective level of business literacy
- Stay current on emerging developments within the Human Resources field, employment legislation.
- Projects as assigned
- Provide employment verifications and references as needed
- Other tasks and responsibilities as may be required from time to time

**What You Need (Requirements)**
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Human Resources or related field
- Minimum five years’ experience in Human Resources
- CHRP designation preferred
- Bilingual in French and English considered an asset
- Leadership experience preferred
- Excellent interpersonal relationship-building and communication skills
- Ability to conduct meetings and host training sessions
- Self motivated with strong organizational skills; must be able to work in a fast-paced, high performance and team work environment
- Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality as well as sensitive and confidential situations
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, MS Projects, HRIS Systems
- Experience with ADP Workforce Now HRIS system is considered an asset

**Working Conditions**
- Office environment, hybrid work available
- In the case of a power outage or declared State of Emergency by any level of Government in Ontario, be available for work
- Periodic travel as required
- Ability to attend and conduct presentations
- Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals
- Overtime as required
- Lifting or moving up to 10lbs may be required

**External - HR Bus