Talent Specialist - Hamilton, Canada - City of Hamilton

City of Hamilton

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Hamilton, Canada

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

About the City of Hamilton

Contribute to the City of Hamilton, one of Canada's largest cities - home to a diverse and strong economy, an active and inclusive community, a robust cultural and dining scene, hundreds of kilometres of hiking trails and natural beauty just minutes from the downtown core, and so much more. Join our diverse team of talented and ambitious staff who embody our values of sensational service, courageous change, steadfast integrity, collective ownership and being engaged empowered employees. Help us achieve our vision of being the best place to raise a child and age successfully. #BeTheReason

JOB POSTING
JOB ID #: 21710

Talent Specialist
City Manager's Office
Human Resources
100 King Street

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NUMBER OF VACANCIES:
3 Full-Time Temporary

UNION/NON-

UNION:
Non Union Management Professional

HOURS Of

WORK:
35 per week

GRADE:
SALARY/

HOUR:
$ $50.189 per hour (2023 rates)-
Note:
See appropriate Collective Agreement or the Non Union Salary Range for details.

STATUS/

LENGTH:
Full-Time Temporary

Note:
these temporary vacancies are expected to be up to 24 months in length, with the possibility of extension.

Job Description ID #: 7135

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Reporting to the Supervisor, Talent Services, the Talent Specialist consults, recommends, and implements City-wide recruitment, selection and retention strategies that are compliant with all relevant employment legislation and policies in accordance with the City of Hamilton's Vision, Mission, Values and Corporate Culture.

The Talent Specialist designs and manages, in consultation with management from client departments, the internal and external recruitment strategy, while ensuring adherence to the recruitment and selection process to ensure fair, efficient and equitable practices.

GENERAL DUTIES
Provides guidance and consultation to all levels of management on wide range of recruitment issues.

Provides leadership in designing, recommending, implementing and managing the recruitment, selection, and retention strategies that comply with all relevant employment legislation, collective agreements and with corporate and departmental hiring objectives.

Ensures recruitment processes are conducted in a bias-free manner and comply with the collective agreements, policies, procedures and relevant legislation (i.e. Human Rights code, Employment Standards, etc).

Works collaboratively and consults regularly with other Human Resources staff to ensure effective service delivery to support business needs of client groups and corporate priorities.

Collaborates and works in partnership with Labour Relations in placing laid off / surplus employees by determining if employee is qualified for potential positions and guides management through the process.

Participates in and defends staffing process and decisions at union grievances, mediation, arbitration and Human Rights complaints.

Works in partnership with Return to Work Services / Supervisor, Talent Services on placement of employees requiring accommodation.

Consultation with leaders determining changing needs and creating new job descriptions as well as making suggestions for changes to existing job descriptions.

Working in consultation with client department management and HRBP to support workforce planning initiatives by creating and implementing strategic recruitment plans to meet client needs where positions have been deemed difficult to fill and/or critical.

Assists in the planning of results-oriented Talent services to the client department reflecting corporate and departmental service priorities, service standards and objectives.

Leads large-scale or specialized recruitment activities.

Recommends appropriate media to advertise job vacancies (newspapers, professional journals, Internet, Intranet, etc.) with due regard to effectiveness and cost.

Provides feedback, advice and training to applicants/employees on resume writing, interview performance, interview preparation and test results.

Designs and delivers selection and recruitment training to management.

Collects and accurately inputs corporate and human resources metrics for the purposes of determining recruitment, client/applicant feedback. Makes recommendations on policy and procedural changes to optimize the organization's recruitment, selection, motivation and retention of employees.

Ensures accurate, efficient, and timely processes.

Works in accordance with the provisions of applicable Health and Safety legislation and all City of Hamilton corporate and departmental policies and procedures related to Occupational Health and Safety.

QUALIFICATIONS

Proven human resources experience in recruitment and selection normally acquired through completed degree/certification or related education in human resources, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

CHRL designation would be considered an asset.

Must possess superior decision making abilities, sound judgement and ability to mai