Description

The Impact the HR Advisor can make:

As an HR Advisor, you will play a key role in the people and culture team, providing expert guidance and support to employees, supervisors and managers on employee relations and talent management. You will play a key role in administering and driving benefit initiatives that enhance the employee experience, including extended benefit and pension programs. Working closely with leaders and staff, you will help deliver people and culture strategies that foster engaged, values-driven and high performing workplace.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities  

Employee Relations:

• Provide support and guidance to employees, supervisors and managers on CHV policies, procedures, including policy interpretation and employment legislation.
• Coach supervisors and managers in attendance and performance management.
• Provide coaching to managers for employee relations issues; conducting investigations and administrating progressive discipline.
• Answer manager and employee questions on P&C policies and practices and provide policy interpretation and guidance as required. 

Talent Management:

• Coach leaders in performance management, including identifying and developing top talent, annual performance review process, career development and succession planning
• Coach managers through the probationary and annual performance review process by training managers and employees on using the online system. 

Benefit Administration:

• Act as primary point of contact for benefit-related inquiries and liaise with providers to resolve issues.
• Administer employee benefit programs, including health, dental, RPP, and wellness initiatives.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding benefit converge, eligibility, claims etc.
• Coordinate annual benefit enrollment for wellness enrollment and re-enrollment period.
• Process benefit enrollment, benefit changes, and other status changes.
• Proactively review current benefit offerings and work with P&C members to recommend enhancements or cost-saving adjustments based on employee needs and market trends.  
• Partner with payroll to complete monthly benefit reconciliation.

Onboarding & Offboarding:

• Lead onboarding activities for all new hires, including coordination of new hire check ins
• Support leaders in onboarding activities for their team members to ensure each new hire has a positive onboarding experience.
• Analyze and report on themes from new hire check ins and recommend changes to continuously improve the onboarding experience for new hires.
• Conduct exit interviews and stay interviews, reporting regularly on themes and trends to identify areas of improvement for departments.

Data and analytics:

Use HR metrics, including data from onboarding check ins and exit interviews, to inform decision making and measure impact of HR initiatives

Other:

• Provide coverage for other HR Advisor as needed
• Provide recruitment support as needed
• Facilitate P&C related training sessions
• Other duties as assigned

This position has the opportunity to work a 9-day fortnight schedule most months of the year, where you’ll work longer days for 9 days and earn every other Friday off.

Compensation:

The successful candidate can expect a starting annual salary of between $59,914.40 and $74,893.00 depending on factors such as internal equity, experience, competencies, and education.

Requirements

Who are we looking for?

Education and Experience

• Degree/Diploma Human Resources or equivalent education and experience
• 3 years of HR experience in progressively more responsible roles
• Strong understanding and knowledge of employment legislation
• CPHR designation (or working towards designation) is an asset

Competencies

• Knowledge of HR best practices and principles
• Strong analytical, attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Confidentiality and integrity
• Interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Coaching and consultation experience
• Knowledge of employee legislation
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Skilled in using HRIS
• A positive, solution-based attitude and customer focused approach
• Self-motivated individual who works well in both teams and individually
• Commitment to continuous learning and development