HR Business Partner (Contract up to 14 months)
Location: Carlton. Remote work two days per week; onsite Tuesday–Thursday. Applicants should live in Ontario, within reasonable commuting distance.
Contract type: Contract up to 14 months. Full‐time equivalent unspecified.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborates and partners with assigned internal client group(s) to deliver efficient, effective and high-quality services in the areas of talent acquisition, onboarding, succession planning, job design, career management, and employee labour relations.
Acts as the first point of contact for assigned business unit leaders to obtain human resources advice, consultation to day-to-day people services inquiries, and issues to support the employee life cycle.
Plans and executes key activities for the attraction, development and retention of talent.
Manages risks at each phase of talent acquisition to support on time, quality outcomes for departmental performance and attract top tier, diverse talent to meet short and long-term resourcing needs for the organization.
Provides advice, recommendations and coaching to leaders to support employee labour relations queries and issues, collective agreement interpretation, and attendance and performance improvement initiatives.
Conducts employee investigations (as needed) to address employee labour relations matters.
Identifies opportunities and recommends actions to support people services strategies and plans, in consideration of specific client business unit needs and operations.
Utilizes technology systems and tools to support people services process delivery as per program requirements to confirm and report on client group satisfaction, results, and outcomes.




Creates professional presentations and reports to consolidate information and recommendations for use in the delivery of people services.
Drafts and updates talent acquisition and onboarding program content to continually improve the delivery of people services to the organization, create a strong employment brand, attract top-tier diverse talent to the organization, and advance the employee experience.
Supports the design, review and testing of current or updated management and technology systems and/or tools for talent acquisition, onboarding, job design, succession planning, career management and/or employee labour relations.
Supports change management, engagement, and implementation plans for new or updated systems and/or tools.
Drafts employee labour relations program content to continually improve the delivery of people services to the organization.
Consolidates and compiles documents to support the escalation and resolution of grievances and arbitrations.
Reviews historical cases, legislation, and relevant collective agreements and internal documents, working with internal leaders to document evidence to support the successful resolution of grievances and arbitrations, summarizing relevant facts and information to support defensible results.
Meets with union stewards and representatives to assist with grievance resolution and prepares letters of reply.
Acts as a subject matter expert to provide advice on People & Culture and/or departmental special projects.




Participates and engages across the business unit and/or organizational to support project goals and outcomes.
Requirements
Five (5) or more years of progressive and relevant human resources experience, with a focus on consulting in unionized environments preferred.
Demonstrated experience serving as an HR Business Partner to diverse client groups, partnering with leaders to develop and execute people strategies.
Experience in interpreting collective agreements, supporting grievance/ arbitration preparation, participating in collective bargaining activities, and/or delivering recruitment services in a unionized environment strongly preferred.
Certified Human Resources Professional or Leader (preferred).
Internal/external consulting experience (considered an asset).
Knowledge of human resources best practices (processes and systems) in the areas of human resources, organizational development, succession planning, talent acquisition and strategic sourcing, job design, compensation and employee labour relations.
Working knowledge of Canadian labour and employment laws.
Knowledge of or aptitude to learn direct sourcing/talent acquisition skills – experience with LinkedIn® recruiter and Boolean searches.
Well-developed business acumen and leadership consultative skills.
Exhibits discretion with confidential and sensitive information.
Superior ability to develop and foster business relationships.
Superior verbal and written communication skills.
Strong presentation, facilitation and active listening skills.
Strong problem solving, decision-making and conflict management skills.
Internal consulting skills.
Strong influence and negotiation skills.
Change management and stakeholder engagement skills.
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