Manager, Talent and Employee Experience

Our mission

**We inspire kids to believe in themselves.**

**Who we are**

We are a fast-growing leader in children's programming who offer high-quality bike and swim lessons across North America.

**Why you'll love working at Pedalheads**
- Gain leadership experience and growth opportunities that develop you for any future career
- Work with people in a fun, team environment where peer friendships often last a lifetime
- Work full-time or part-time hours, with the option of working throughout the year
- Inspire kids to believe in themselves and build confidence to last a lifetime. There is no feeling like it.

**Growth**

Pedalheads has 170+ locations in 40+ cities with 2000+ amazing staff who get to teach 70,000+ children every year. Pedalheads has grown more than 50% over the past 2 years while maintaining a “love what you do” culture with considerable flexibility and opportunity for professional growth.

**Culture**

Our people consistently attribute their love of working at Pedalheads to the culture and team. We're passionate about creating a supportive, energizing team environment with fun, friendly and driven people.

**Opportunity**

We are truly known for developing our people and teams to their highest potential in a way that builds skills and confidence for life. Our progressive, collaborative culture and ambitious North American expansion plans translate into all kinds of career growth and development opportunities.

**Purpose**

Learn how to operate at the highest standards of excellence through our industry-leading programs, while doing work that has meaning. By teaching fundamental skills, building confidence and igniting their sense of adventure, we can forever impact the life of a child. Pedalheads also offers a generous bursary program and give back program through annual social giving.

**The Role**

**Your Responsibilities**

**Recruitment**
- Develops and executes full life-cycle recruitment for all corporate positions in Canada and the U.S., including generating job postings, sourcing, interviewing, and assessment.
- Creates engaging job descriptions, job postings, and interview questions.
- Reviews and maintains updates to our employment agreements and contracts.
- Works with the marketing team to build employer brand initiatives.
- Stays up to date on trends in the labour market, including compensation, total rewards, etc.

**Seasonal Hiring**
- Leads Pedalheads seasonal hiring teams to execute pre-camp recruitment and retention strategies and set hiring targets.
- Motivates teams to promote the Pedalheads fun camp instructor experience
- Conducts regular check-ins with seasonal hiring teams to ensure their hiring timelines are met.
- Develops employee communications templates for returning and new hires to maintain connections.
- Be a lead resource when hiring teams are unavailable to conduct hiring, particularly during our busy season May-August.
- Trains and advises hiring teams on interviewing techniques and assessment methods.
- Develops strategy for regional teams to develop networks with local universities/colleges to build a co-op/internship program for seasonal roles.

**Onboarding**
- Creates an engaging onboarding program to enhance the new hire experience, both pre
- and post-employment.
- Reviews and improve the process for collecting pre
- and post-employment documentation such as signed contracts, payroll information, reference/character checks, background checks, and other required certifications.
- Sets up onboarding agendas, conducts onboarding presentations, and creates a welcoming environment for new full-time hires.
- Works with hiring manager to create new employee announcement and completion of employee departure checklist
- Sets up onboarding agendas, conducts onboarding presentations, and creates a welcoming environment for new full-time hires.
- Works with manager to create employee departure announcement, conducts exit interviews, analyses results and reports on feedback and improvement measures

**Qualifications**
- Post-secondary education in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or relevant field. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years working in a talent acquisition role, a minimum 2 years managing teams
- Experience hiring youths 16-24 and high-volume recruitment an asset
- Knowledge of sourcing techniques on social media and niche professional websites like LinkedIn, Facebook
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems an asset, particularly ADP Workforce Now
- Familiarity and knowledge of Canadian and US hiring markets as asset
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Good written and verbal communications skills
- Highly organized with demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete projects within tight deadlines

**Pay and Perks**
- Salary and profit share package commensurate with your attributes. Finding the perfect person for this job is very important to us and we reco