Labour Relations Specialist, Construction

**Labour Relations Specialist, Construction**:

- **Job ID**:

- 235358
- **Posting status**:

- Open
- **Organization**:

- Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
- **Division**:

- Ontario Labour Relations Board
- **City**:

- Toronto
- **Position(s) language**:

- English
- **Job term**:

- 1 Permanent
- **Job code**:

- I1109C - Legal/Regulatory51
- **Salary**:

- $100,293.00 - $141,361.00 Per year
- **Shape the future of labour relations in Ontario's construction sector.**

As a Labour Relations Specialist (Construction), your work helps resolve complex disputes that impact workers, employers, and communities across the province, with particular focus on the construction sector. Through expert mediation, you'll contribute to safer, fairer workplaces and support the ministry's mission to foster stability and economic growth in Ontario.

**About the job**: You will:

- lead complex mediations and resolve disputes in sensitive and specialized cases
- analyze cases to focus issues and discussions and direct the efforts of the parties towards settlement
- act as a mentor to develop and train staff through tutorials and on-the-job exposure
- develops guides and procedures for new and evolving facets of the Board's work-
- **What you bring to the team**:

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Mandatory requirements**:

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Analytical and Judgment Skills**:

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Labour Relations Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of labour relations theory, principles and practices, relevant legislation, statutes and regulations.
- Knowledge of employment standards and health and safety practices, processes and policies and employment rights under common law.
- Knowledge of developments in the labour relations/ employment law field, and Board jurisprudence and processes..
- Knowledge of the rules of evidence and the conduct of hearings to facilitate procedural and factual agreements.

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Construction Industry Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of the construction industry, related regulations, and construction employment law in the construction field.

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Communication and Negotiation Skills**:

- Demonstrated interpersonal and communications skills to gain and maintain confidence, credibility and respect of the parties in a mediation setting.
- Proven negotiation skills to resolve high-profile, complex disputes.

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy-
- **What we offer**:** Why work for the Ontario Public Service?**
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is committed to being an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment.

**We offer**:

- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Collegial and professional work culture
- Career growth and development opportunities across multiple business areas
- On-the-job training to support your success in the role- **Additional information**:

- Thursday, November 20, 2025 11:59 pm EST
- **Position details**:

- 1 English Permanent, 505 University Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region- **Compensation group**:

- Management Compensation Plan
- **Work hours**:

- Schedule 6
- **Category**:

- Legal Services
- **Posted on**:

- Wednesday, November 5, 2025
- **How to apply**:

- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.-
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.-
- Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.-
- OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.-
- If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

**Language requirements and assessment**:

- **Exi