Reporting to the Executive Director, Human Resources, this position manages labour and employee relations, recruitment, compensation, job evaluation, safety and human resources policy development activities for the corporation.
Provide day- to-day direction and leadership to the human resource consultants, health and safety consultant and the unit administrative support clerk.
Plan and coordinate processes relating to contract negotiations, including research and costing proposals, drafting collective agreement language and compiling of collective agreements and letters of understanding.
Act as chief negotiator for the collective bargaining process as well as any in-term negotiations.
Provide advice and information to managers on the interpretation and application of the collective agreement and on workplace legislation and policies.
Provide guidance to managers on workplace accommodation issues.
Oversee the daily management of the recruitment team and develop and implement recruitment and retention strategies
Responsible to oversee the implementation of a safety management system and associated policies.
Review the appropriateness of disciplinary and non-disciplinary actions and monitor discipline to ensure corporate consistency.
Provide advice and guidance to managers on employees performance issues.
Coordinate and support the grievance handling process, ensuring compliance with contractual timelines.
Analyze data, conduct research and prepare reports on a variety of labour relations, recruitment/retention and compensation issues.
Develop new and amend existing human resource policies and communicate these to staff.
As a member of the HR management team, participate in the planning of HR strategy, programs, policies and processes and act as a champion of these when implementing them.
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