Human Resources Manager
- Waterloo, ON, Canada
$80,000 to $100,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $80,000 to $100,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 5-7+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner and people leadership responsibilities.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Our client is seeking an experienced People & Culture Manager who is passionate about building positive workplace cultures, developing leaders, and creating environments where employees feel supported, valued, and empowered to do their best work. This is a unique opportunity to play a key leadership role within a growing organization dedicated to enriching the lives of residents and their families.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the People & Culture team, ensuring high-quality HR service delivery across multiple locations.
- Partner with operational leaders to drive employee engagement, leadership development, and organizational culture initiatives.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on employee and labor relations, including grievances, investigations, performance management, and collective agreement interpretation.
- Support collective bargaining activities and foster positive relationships with union representatives.
- Lead recruitment and workforce planning initiatives, including leadership hiring and large-scale staffing projects.
- Oversee talent management programs including onboarding, succession planning, performance management, and employee development.
- Ensure compliance with employment legislation, labor regulations, WSIB, accommodations, and workplace policies.
- Utilize workforce analytics and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance HR programs, processes, and employee experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field; CHRP required, CHRL preferred.
- 5-7+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner and people leadership responsibilities.
- Strong experience in unionized, multi-site environments; healthcare, seniors living, or long-term care experience is preferred.
- Proven expertise in labour relations, employee relations, workforce planning, talent management, and employment legislation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence leaders, manage complex workplace issues, and build trusted relationships across all levels of an organization.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, HRIS systems, workforce analytics, and data-driven decision-making.
This position is bonus eligible.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the People & Culture team and deliver HR services across multiple locations, partnering with operational leaders on engagement, leadership development, and organizational culture. Oversee labor and employee relations, recruitment and workforce planning, talent programs, compliance, and data-driven improvements to HR processes and employee experience.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field and CHRP certification; CHRL is preferred. Candidates should have 5–7+ years of progressive HR experience, including people leadership, with strong unionized multi-site experience and expertise in labor relations, workforce planning, talent management, and employment legislation.
Skills
- People Leadership
- Human Resources Business Partnering
- Employee Engagement
- Leadership Development
- Organizational Culture
- Labor Relations
- Employee Relations
- Collective Bargaining
- Recruitment
- Workforce Planning
- Talent Management
- Workforce Analytics
- HRIS
- Performance Management
- Microsoft 365
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Human Resources
- Management & Leadership
- Healthcare
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Human Resources
- People & Culture
- CHRP
- CHRL
- HR Business Partner
- Unionized Environment
- Multi-Site Operations
- Labor Relations
- Employee Relations
- Collective Bargaining
- Grievances
- Workplace Investigations
- Collective Agreement Interpretation
- Recruitment
- Workforce Planning
- Onboarding
- Succession Planning
- Performance Management
- Employee Development
- Employment Legislation
- Labor Regulations
- WSIB
- Workplace Accommodations
- Workforce Analytics
- HRIS
- Microsoft 365
- Healthcare
- Long-Term Care
- Seniors Living