Director of Human Resources - Cranbrook, Canada - City of Cranbrook

Description

Career Opportunity
**DIRECTOR OF Human Resources

The City of Cranbrook is looking for an experienced and passionate professional to lead its

Human Resources department.

The City of Cranbrook
The City of Cranbrook is in the southeast corner of British Columbia amongst the majestic Rockies and Purcell
mountains, near Alberta and the Canada/USA border. With a population of approximately 20,000, Cranbrook is
the largest community in the East Kootenay. Known as the "Basecamp of the Kootenays", Cranbrook provides an
inviting lifestyle in a beautiful setting that has made our city a welcoming and growing place in which to live, work
and play.


POSTING # POSTING TYPE POSITION TYPE HOURS OF WORK
24-10 Exempt
Full-time 35-hour work week

***Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Human Resources Director is a pragmatic strategist, able to
develop human resources action plans with clear goals to foster a high-performing culture across the City. The
scope of this role includes leading a full suite of human services, including labour relations, recruitment, learning
and development programs, performance management, accessibility, diversity, equity inclusion programs,
change leadership and occupational health & safety programs.

One of the key responsibilities of this job is to provide employee and labour relations support to the City, including
collective agreements administration, grievance resolution, collective bargaining, arbitration preparation and
presentation. The Director of Human Resources must be able to build positive working relationships between
management, employees, and unions to achieve a healthy, safe, and productive work culture for all City
others.

This is an exciting and perfect role for an experienced HR leader who brings to the table, high emotional
intelligence, adaptability, a wealth of HR best practices and a high level of initiative.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide expert advice and support to management staff on collective agreement interpretation, labour

relations practices and employee performance management and progressive discipline procedures for all
union groups and exempt staff.

• Provides HR support to departmental Directors, Managers and their team members, on conflict resolution

strategies, coaching, career development and succession planning.

• Identifies internal and external human resources best practices and employment labour market trends;

recommends improvements, efficiencies, and internal staff development opportunities.

• Prepare grievance reports for arbitrations and communication with counsel as needed.
• Plan, conduct, and summarize employee misconduct investigations.
• Lead collective bargaining processes.
• Fosters effective and collaborative relations with union representatives and anticipates and proactively

resolves potential labour issues.

• Attend and lead Labour/Management meetings, Job Evaluation Committee meetings.
• Develop and implement a Human Resources action plan with goals that support the City's strategic plan.
• Develop an HR strategic plan that aligns with departmental operations and corporate vision, mission and

- goals.

• Manage recruitment, selection, onboarding and orientation procedures for new support staff, management,

- and exempt staff.

• Develop and oversee programs such as orientation & onboarding, attendance management, health & safety,

- and performance management across the City.

• Lead and mentor the Human Resources team through defined performance goals for each year.
• Develop annual HR budgets and monitor, update, and report any budget variances.
• Acts as a resource and champion for change management initiatives to effectively embed change in the

- workplace.

• Manage the group benefits contract, including both occupational and nonoccupational medical claims.
• Ensures compliance with BC regulatory requirements, licensing laws, health and safety and other statutory

- regulations.

• Provide oversight of the requirements of Occupational Health and Safety.
• Performs any other duties as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Human Resources with at least 5 years in senior Human Resources

leadership.

• CPHR or equivalent will be preferred.
• Lean Certification will be an added advantage.
• Managing in a Unionized Environment Certificate will be preferred.

LICENSES / CERTIFICATES:

• Valid Class five (5) Driver's Licence

EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 5 years working in a municipal environment.
• A minimum of 5 years working in a unionized environment, especially working with CUPE, IAFF and

• PSAC.

• Ability to lead collective bargaining, including managing strategic partnerships between the employer and

- unions.

• Overall employee lifecycle experience and developing learning and development programs.
• Coaching leaders and general employee and labour relations guidance within the organization.
• Project management.
• Public sector