Director, Employment Relations - Hamilton, Canada - Mohawk College

Mohawk College

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Hamilton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Director, Employment Relations & Talent Acquisition Status**: Full Time

Home Campus:
Fennell (Hybrid)

Rate of Pay:
Payband 13 ($122,699 - $153,374)

Posting Date:
May 6th, 2024

Closing Date:
May 17th, 2024 at 4:00pm

We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce.

As educators, we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles of reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our community.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Director, Employment Relations and Talent Acquisition is a member of the Human Resources Leadership Team and is accountable for providing expert advice, leadership, strategic planning, direction, and effective management of the Employment Relations, and Talent Acquisition portfolio.

As a member of the Human Resources Leadership Team, the incumbent is responsible for championing the College's People Strategy and advancing its important initiatives and priorities.

The incumbent is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering leading and equitable human resources practices and policies to promote mature employment relations with all employee groups (i.e. Academic, Administrative, Support Staff and Non-Bargaining Unit employees), and is accountable for ensuring that the College is compliant with all contractual and legislative requirements, while recruiting and retaining staff to meet both current and future College needs.

The incumbent represents and/or acts as a resource/representative at various College/Union Committees and at grievance and arbitration hearings and other administrative tribunals.

What you'll be doing:

Operational Leadership - Employment Relations:

Leads employment relations strategy and ensures the provision of effective and efficient HR consulting services to clients to support the achievement of the College's strategic objectives.
Leads all labour relations activity to ensure compliance with all pertinent contractual and legislative requirements and regulations
Liaises with union representatives to investigate and informally resolve labour relations issues. Arranging and carrying out alternative dispute resolution processes to resolve grievances and other disputes.
Administers the layoff/redeployment process.
Acts as the College's representative and/or resource to legal counsel and management representatives throughout the grievance and arbitration process to ensure the satisfactory and expedient handling and resolution of grievances. This may include utilization of the mediation process, preparing the case, managers, and any other witnesses, researching and advising on strategy, negotiating with union representatives, recommending and executing settlements on behalf of the College.

Operational Leadership - Talent Acquisition:

Provides oversight to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, who is accountable to lead and execute the comprehensive talent acquisition strategy.
Oversees the College's talent acquisition policies and procedures to ensure all staffing matters including hiring, promotions, secondments, temporary assignments and transfers are equitable and in compliance with applicable collective agreements, College policies and legislation, and best practices.
Ensures Mohawk College's talent acquisition policies and procedures promote equity, diversity and inclusion.
Collaborates with college partners to ensure that Mohawk College's talent acquisition aligns with Mohawk College's People Strategy, and in particular the pillars of EDI and Truth & Reconciliation.

Administration & Management:

Leads and Manages Staff:

Plans, organizes, supervises and manages the Employment Relations and Talent Acquisition teams of the Human Resources department including the full scope of managerial / supervisory responsibility within the employee life cycle i.e. mentoring and coaching; performance and project management; fosters learning and growth, promotes currency and continuous improvement, assigns and monitors tasks and ensures completion; sets work priorities; supports team development. Meets all supervisor obligations under Occupational Health and Safety Act and supports continuous improvement of health and safety at Mohawk College.

Management of Financial and Physical Resources:

Accountable for budget and physical resource management, including efficiencies and optimization.

Other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring to the role:

A four (4) year Degree or equivalent in such disciplines as Human Resources Management/Labour Relations, Business with Human Resources/Labour Relations or a related field is required at the point of hire into this position.
A minimum of nine (9) years of progressive human resource consulting and/or labour relations experience.
A minimum of nine (9) years of progressive management experience.

Experience m