Position Summary
Our team is actively looking for a motivated and customer-focused individual to join us as a Human Resources Business Partner (‘HRBP’) in Calgary, AB. This role is accountable for leading tactical and operational human resources initiatives across a designated client group. Your primary focus will be fostering a high-performance culture that emphasizes safety, engagement, quality, productivity, growth, collaboration, and teamwork. As the HRBP, you will serve as the key HR point of contact and advisor to the client group, providing effective counsel, feedback, and coaching that align with the organization’s business transformation strategy and implementation.
Our organization is growing significantly while undergoing an enterprise restructuring, creating a high degree of change and unpredictability. Interested professionals seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in an organization and the day-to-day work lives of existing and new employees should expect to work in a fast-paced, low-structured, quickly changing environment where they can contribute to the future of an exciting vision.
Due to the high levels of change and growth in the organization, individuals interested in this role should understand the need to be in-office / on-site with the client group(s).
Key Responsibilities
• Be the primary point of contact and advisor to managers and employees across the client group, providing effective counsel by handling questions, interpreting, and administering policies (and collective agreements where required) and responding to work-related inquiries.
• In coordination with the talent acquisition team members, participate in applicant screening and, along with hiring managers, interviews and the selection process.
• Support managers during the performance management cycle, ensuring improvement plans are documented and implemented, where required, and succession plans are in place.
• Assist with employee engagement activities and surveys, ensuring follow-up on issues as they arise and appropriate escalation.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of human resource policies, ensuring all policies in place are in adherence to legal and regulatory standards.
• In alignment with the H&S staff, promote a behavior-based safety culture to reduce and eliminate safety and environmental incidents.
• Provide input into required HR analytical reports with the objective of reviewing key metrics and assisting HR and business leaders in making strategic HR decisions.
• Review HR reports related to resourcing, turnover, disability, safety, employee engagement, etc. and, with functional leaders, develop action plans that address gaps and areas for improvement.
• Manage the termination and offboarding process for voluntary and involuntary terminations.
• In coordination with internal communications staff, assist in the preparation and distribution of HR communications, including assisting functional leaders with key messaging for town hall and employee meetings.
• In alignment with HR and business leaders, assist in the development of a culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, key employee retention and development, and exemplary performance, never losing sight of creating a culture of collaboration and respect.
Education
• Undergraduate degree in a related area.
• CPHR or CHRL designation
Skills & Experience
• 5+ years of HR experience gained in a spectrum of different types of organizations in a hands-on, business advisor role.
• Proven track record in employee relations, recruitment, performance management, training, communication, succession planning, and human rights compliance
• Specialist knowledge of both provincial and Canadian labor and employment laws, preferably in multi-provincial jurisdictions.
• Experience in the aviation sector or manufacturing/industrial environment is considered a significant asset.
Attributes
• Human resource, operational, and strategic capabilities combined with solid business acumen
• Solid communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Strong personal values and integrity
• has hands-on work habits and is comfortable in an industrial setting.
• Able to think outside the box; has a proven track record of creative problem-solving and consensus. building skills necessary for addressing sensitive business problems.
• energetic with a strong work ethic; exhibits contagious enthusiasm while projecting the level of maturity required in a human resources position.
• Understands how to assess the importance of tasks and decisions and set priorities, focusing time and energy on the most important issues and opportunities.
• Able to work independently and as a team member. • Able to handle challenging situations in a confidential, timely, and diplomatic manner.
• Be able to manage and maintain private and confidential information with a high degree of professionalism.