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Position title: Consultant, People and Culture
Department: People and Culture
Type: Full-time continuing position
Opportunity type: Non-academic
Classification: Admin Grade 6
Salary range: $53,894 to $71,854 per annum
Supervisor's title: Director, People and Culture
Posted date: May 30, 2025
Closing date: June 13, 2025

Position description

Reporting to the Director, People and Culture, the Consultant, People and Culture provides expertise and hands-on support to the organization in a broad range of HR functional areas. With a primary focus on recruitment, staffing and onboarding, they will provide advice, guidance and support to management to help ensure that sound and sustainable decisions are made. The Consultant, People and Culture will also provide general consulting services to the organization on a variety of human resources related areas, including in the areas of training and development, health and safety and benefits. They will build the strong relationships necessary to succeed and will identify and implement new and creative approaches to enhance services or improve efficiencies. This developmental role will have an opportunity to support other members of the People and Culture team in their respective areas of focus, thereby expanding their own professional expertise.

Position Responsibilities

General Consulting:

• Coach and provide general consultation on a variety of issues to managers and employees as required
• Respond to urgent matters as they arise
• Seek advice as necessary, which may include consultant engagement

Labour and Employee Relations:

• Understand and work within the parameters of multiple collective agreements
• Conduct related research and information gathering
• Proactively seek and capitalize on opportunities to build relationships and trust with managers, unions, employees and external contacts

Recruitment and Staffing:

• Manage non-academic recruitment and staffing activities; create and implement strategies to identify, attract and select qualified candidates; provide consultation services to hiring managers and search committees before, during and after the recruitment process
• Oversee the updating and tracking of position descriptions
• Participate in the selection processes as required; recommend and approve appropriate staffing-related advertising; issue comprehensive offers of employment
• Source innovative, cost effective advertising mediums as required
• Make salary recommendations during hiring process
• Process work permit applications
• Meet with new and departing employees as required
• Recommend and implement improvements to recruitment and staffing processes

Onboarding:

• Partnering with the other People and Culture consultants, conduct onboarding sessions with new employees
• Recommend and implement improvements to onboarding processes

Benefits:

• Support administration of benefit plan and pension enrolment processes
• Support sick leave/disability management administration as identified

Training and Development:

• Coordinate employee training and professional development initiatives offered to employees, which includes identifying needs, gathering feedback through various means, sourcing providers and facilitators and negotiating arrangements, as well as all related organization and budget management
• Promote training and development opportunities to leaders and employees
• Support performance assessment programs and initiatives as identified

Health & Safety and Wellness:

• Participate in wellness, health and safety initiatives, and coordinate related programs as required
• Participate on related committees as identified

General:

• Interpret and stay current with HR, management and workplace trends, as well as with legal issues, legislation, and human resources related information and issues
• Identify, bring forward, and implement process improvements, efficiency improvements, and new ideas
• Collaborate on and implement HR policies, programs and initiatives as required
• Perform other related duties as assigned, including tasks related to position description development, file management, event coordination, and salary administration

Qualifications/skills

• Bachelor's degree, preferably with major in HR or Business Administration
• CPHR certification is strongly preferred
• Minimum of 3 years progressive HR experience, preferably in a unionized environment, is required
• Knowledge and experience in applying HR policies and procedures, collective agreements and relevant legislation.
• Experience using HR information systems and proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Demonstrated ability to build solid, productive working relationships both internally and externally
• Strong problem-solving and innovation skills in the provision of advice and guidance to managers
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and excellent presentation skills
• Experience working collaboratively in an integrated team
• Ability to identify change opportunities and develop and implement effective alternatives, particularly relating to administrative procedures and processes
• Solid project management skills and able to plan and work proactively
• Effective analytical and decision-making skills
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Ability to manage difficult and sensitive situations as required; possesses a high respect for confidentiality

If you are interested in the challenges and opportunities that this position has to offer, please forward your application to: Human Resources Department, Mount Allison University, 65 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1E4 Fax: (506) 364-2385, e-mail: [email protected] Review of applications will begin on June 13, 2025.

Mount Allison is committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We encourage applications from members of racialized communities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual and gender identities. We seek candidates with qualifications and knowledge to contribute specifically to the further diversification of our campus community.

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