Director Labour and Employee Relations - Full-time

Location: Halifax Regional Municipality

Description

Position at VON Canada Requisition Details:Employment Status:
Regular, Full-time (1.0 FTE)
Program Name:
Labour Relations
Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 75

Work Schedule:

Days

Location:

Candidate must reside in Nova Scotia. This position is hybrid-remote and requires travel to VON sites in Nova Scotia and Ontario when required.

On Call:
No Existing Vacancy:
Yes – we’re currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position.
About Us:VON is a non-profit organization that provides clinical, personal, and social support to people who want to live every day to the fullest while remaining in their own homes and communities.
Job Summary:The Director Labour and Employee Relations ("Director") manages a team of Labour and Employee Relations professionals in the execution of VON’s national Labour and Employee Relations Strategy. The Director is accountable for labour and employee relations services, including collective agreement administration, grievance and arbitration management, labour negotiations, workplace investigations, legislative compliance and management coaching. The Director establishes performance standards, and operational practices to ensure consistent, high-quality labour and employee relations services.

As a subject matter, the Director partners with the Senior Director, Labour and Employee Relations to support organizational priorities and labour relations objectives.
Key Responsibilities:Labour and Employee Relations Leadership, Advisory and Risk Management

Provides strategic labour and employee relations advice to Corporate Services and Operational leaders on collective agreement interpretation, labour legislation, workplace investigations, performance management, grievances, arbitration, complaints, organizational change and employee relations matters.

Identifies emerging Labour and Employee Relations risks, develops mitigation and response strategies and escalates significant organizational, legal, financial, reputational or precedent-setting labour and employee relations matters to the Senior Director.

Leads all labour and employee relations matters ranging from interpretation to arbitration management, providing coaching to leaders ensure accurate and relevant organizational reporting related to labour and employee relations.

Provides support to leaders for organizational restructuring, workforce adjustments, service redesign and other organizational change initiatives.

Partners closely with leaders to support operational excellence through successful implementation of regional labour relations strategy and positive labour-management relationships.

Participates on quality teams and in quality initiatives.

Advises and updates the Senior Director Labour and Employee Relations on all complaints and resolution recommendations.

Collective Bargaining and Negotiations

Supports the Senior Director in the development and execution of bargaining mandates and overall bargaining strategy and negotiations.

Serve as chief spokesperson and lead negotiator for assigned collective bargaining initiatives in alignment with bargaining mandates and strategies established by the Senior Director.

Manages bargaining preparation, including proposal development, financial analysis, background research and stakeholder engagement.

Directs external resources engaged to lead negotiations or other services including compliant investigations.

Grievance, Arbitration and Complaint Management

Manages grievances, arbitrations and complaint management, including investigations, legislative and human rights matters, and the development of resolution strategies.

Liaise with external counsel during arbitration proceedings and provide required documentation and disclosure.

Ensures timely resolution and investigation of all internal and external complaints.

Reviews all legislative complaints in collaboration with stakeholders and external counsel as required.

Oversees team workload allocation, service delivery standards, quality assurance processes, key performance indicators, performance outcomes and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure consistent, effective and high-quality Labour and Employee Relations…