Nova Scotia Community College - 6 Jobs
Halifax, NS
Job Details:
Benefits:
MANAGEMENT CONFIDENTIAL
HRIS Functional Lead (CL6)
Education
Central Office/ IT Campus
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Human Resources
Continuing Full-time Position: Commencing approximately May 4, 2026
Application deadline is 11:59PM, April 16, 2026
Competition No. 2627-001
Salary range: $97,686.58 to $114,925.38 annually
What you will be doing…
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Payroll, Benefits & HRIS, you are a key member of the Human Resources team as well as the liaison with Digital Innovation & Technical and other functional areas of the College which share data through the College's ERP system (namely Finance and Student). The HRIS Functional Lead:
- Provides leadership and overall management of short and long-term goals in the functional areas of the PeopleSoft system and other related information systems that support or are supported by Human Resources/Payroll.
- Defines business requirements, and develops and implements technology plans to support programs, initiatives, and the service delivery model within Human Resources
- Provides project management or support for HR departmental initiatives as well as initiatives initiated outside of HR but require HR functional expertise.
Qualifications and Occupational Experience:
- The minimum educational qualification for this position is a relevant college diploma, or university degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Management, or a related discipline.
- You have a minimum of seven (7) years of recent and related occupational experience working with finance, student or human resources ERP applications, preferably PeopleSoft, in a multi-departmental business environment. Experience includes any combination of the following:
- 2 or more years' experience in the management of staff in any combination of project execution, operations or a development environment
- 2 or more years' experience with human resources/payroll ERP applications, preferably PeopleSoft. This may be in some combination of management, provision of client functional support and/or hands-on experience
- Experience working in a post-secondary environment would be considered an asset
- Demonstrated leadership in teambuilding.
- Ability to manage support staff by:
- assigning and prioritizing tasks
- supervising, training and evaluating the work of others
- establishing and implementing standards for excellent customer service
- Proficiency using the full MS Office suite. with particularly high-level expertise in Excel.
- Demonstration experience in project management and defining business requirements is an asset.
- Experience in an HR and payroll environment and associated business practices.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with multiple reporting tools and data platforms (i.e. Excel, Cognos, Access, SQL, etc.).
Relevant Skills and Knowledge
- You demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility and anti-racism.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to express technology in business terms.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Exhibit strong ability to handle multiple demands with a sense of urgency, drive and energy working in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.
- Are customer service focused with ability to dissect and improve processes to make them more efficient.
- Ability to balance and manage multiple, competing priorities.
Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent, occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.
NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment, NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations, as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact Nikki Berrigan, HR Generalist at [email protected]. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be found here.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept late or paper applications.