2025-36 Manager of Human Resources

Position Details

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent, Non-Union
Salary Range: $99,906.00 to $112,894.00
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week

About Us

Located 20 minutes from Winnipeg, Selkirk is a vibrant small city with a hometown feel. Our close-knit community loves to celebrate, learn and explore in the company of good neighbours. All through the year, there are many opportunities to enjoy local talent, learn about our past and seek out new interests.

The Opportunity

Job Duties

1 - Leadership and Employee Development
- In consultation with the director establish annual goals and objectives for the division.
- Supports an environment that encourages creative thinking and innovation; stimulates others to learn; and inspires others to perform to their highest potential.
- Manages appropriate succession planning and works with management to support training plans to ensure employees are competent and qualified to perform their duties.
- Influences and inspires others to achieve goals and objectives.
- Leads others in adapting to innovative work environments and ensures awareness of department initiatives, decisions, committees, policies, etc., is communicated.
- Communicates and guides others to understand delivery of effective services and achievement of objectives and interpersonal relationships.
- Promotes productive employee relations while guiding and coaching employees and supervisors.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the organization by actively participating in committees, programs, and organizational initiatives.
- Direct, administer and monitor all work assignments, equipment, and inventory supplies within the division, including the maintenance of records of daily time, preparation of time for payroll to ensure the efficient and effective provision of services to other departments and divisions.

2 - Administrative Management
- Participate in the hiring process for personnel within the division as per the City’s hiring policy.
- Participate as a member of the departmental management team. Responsible for the division’s committee meeting agendas and attending meetings as required.
- Prepare reports, processes, and procedures for accomplishing approved objectives including the development of methods, standards, scheduling, and reporting systems for the effective delivery of services by the division.
- Responsible for providing strategic advice to management and attending management meetings, as required.

3 - Human Resource Management
- Participate in the development of a human resources blueprint and the creation and implementation of the established initiatives and programs for the City.
- Conduct research and analysis on HR issues/initiatives and undertake projects to strengthen human resource policies, functions, and activities across the division.
- Provide comprehensive labour relations guidance and participate in collective bargaining.
- Lead investigations, grievances, progressive discipline, performance management, and conflict resolution activities to resolve workplace issues.
- Manage return to work, disability cases, Worker’s Compensation claims, and reasonable accommodations.
- Oversee the CAO performance evaluation process.
- Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work by training managers to coach and discipline employees.
- Manage the talent acquisition process including the formation of job descriptions, job posting optimization, interviews, offers, and onboarding/offboarding of employees.
- Conduct and analyze exit interviews and make actionable recommendations based on data.
- Collaborate with the management team to understand and execute the organization's human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
- Oversee employee underfill agreements.
- Oversee, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding training initiatives for the City.
- Oversee the development of comprehensive employee orientation and onboarding programs.
- Facilitate the development and improvement of HR reporting practices, records management and other information systems that support HR functions and activities.
- Maintain a secure confidential personnel filing system and ensure controlled access to all current and archived employee files. Vetting of archive files as per retention requirements.
- Direct work assignments of contractors hired within the division and monitor completion of all assignments as per the contract documents.

4 - Payroll Management
- Oversee and monitor the administration of the payroll system including bi-weekly payroll, payroll records, reports and remittances, pay structure and benefits program. Provide back-up to the bi-weekly payroll, as required.
- Provide advice and assist all departments on the interpretation of applicable collective agreement articles, Employment Standard regulation and legislation as they relate to payroll.
- Oversee and ensure accuracy of payroll