Bilingual Senior Manager, People and Culture

Join a top employer and advance your career. Aplin has partnered with an Ottawa-based company to hire a remote Bilingual Senior Manager, People and Culture.

Benefits & Perks:

• 130K base + bonus

Reporting to the SVP, People & Culture, this is an opportunity to join an organization that is on a journey of transformation where you will provide strategic direction and leadership for a wide variety of HR Programs, with the objective of empowering, supporting, and building a diverse and collaborative team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the ongoing evolution of their approach to talent and succession management, which includes designing programs to enable the identification, assessment, and active development of talent in support of DEI strategy
• Drive the development of the next generation of leaders across all levels of the organization.  Facilitate talent review processes and ensure follow up activities are delivered
• Actively partner with business leaders to support and challenge leaders’ thinking in achieving optimal outcomes related to talent and organization effectiveness
• Lead a team of HR/LR practitioners to develop, support and sustain the effective delivery of HR services, policies, programs and best practices
• Act as key resource in the interpretation and administration of collective agreements
• Participate in, and/or takes lead role in negotiating union contracts
• Lead the design, delivery and implementation of workplace change management
• Develop the talent acquisition strategy that is routinely updated to ensure that staffing needs are met
• Develops and/or customizes performance management program

Qualifications:

• University degree with 8-10 years’ experience in human resources/labour relations management in a unionized environment is a must
• Completion of a Certified HR professional designation (CHRL) an asset
• Demonstrated progressive experience managing HR/LR teams and handling an HR portfolio that includes a wide range of HR programs
• Demonstrated ability to set and communicate a strategic vision, strong leadership capability
• Demonstrates an understanding of DEI that encompasses empathy, compassion, intercultural communication skills and boundary setting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively influence and build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders and confidential/sensitive information
• Proven ability to impact and influence at all levels of the organization to achieve optimal outcomes
• Conflict resolution skills and mediation skills with a DEI lens
• Strong knowledge of Human Rights Act, Canada Labour Code, Employment Equity Act, Official Languages Act, Pay Equity, Public Servant Disclosure Protection Act and HR standards
• Bilingual – French/English

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