Position Evaluation Program Lead

Are you a visionary HR leader who excels at guiding technical specialists and driving enterprise transformation? The City of Edmonton invites dynamic leaders to join our team as the Position Evaluation Program Lead. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dedicated team of Position Evaluation Consultants overseeing their respective portfolios while balancing client-centric, creative problem-solving with the need to safeguard the integrity and defensibility of our classification framework. As a key leader in our HR transformation, you will play a central role in introducing and embedding a new enterprise-wide job evaluation methodology across the organization.

What will you do?

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of Position Evaluation Consultants across their assigned portfolio domains, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture focused on client service excellence and technical consistency.
• Partner with team members and client departments to uncover innovative, flexible job evaluation solutions that meet unique operational needs while upholding framework standards, internal equity, and defensibility.
• Serve as a key leader in the implementation and enterprise-wide rollout of a new job evaluation methodology, supporting change management, training, and operational alignment.
• Serve as a key subject matter expert providing strategic guidance, evidence-based reasoning, and leadership during formal classification appeals, formal dispute resolutions, and umpire hearings.
• Partner strategically with HR Business Partners, senior operational leaders, and union partners to negotiate and resolve complex, highly sensitive issues surrounding jurisdictional placement, bargaining unit scope, and job evaluation standards.