Labour Relations Consultant

• Vacancy Type:
  Full-time Permanent
• Salary/Hourly Range: $93,035.14 - $
• Work Details (Days/Hours):
  Monday - Friday, 36.25 hours per week
• Hybrid Eligible:
  Yes
• Affiliation:
  Non-Union:
  Management/Exempt
• Division and Department:
  People and Culture
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Existing/New Job:
  Existing
• Grade: 06
• Vacancy Status:
  Existing Vacancy
• Candidate List or Eligibility List:
  Candidate List
• Recruitment Contact:
  Victor Nobrega, Talent Acquisition Specialist

In addition to a competitive salary and a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that meets the various needs of our diverse employees, including:

• Minimum three (3) weeks of paid annual vacation days, increasing with years of service;
• Four (4) paid personal days;
• Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, includes 100-per-cent employer matching;
• Health and dental benefits, including a health spending account available upon your start date;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Maternity and parental leave top up (93% of base salary);
• Training and development programs including tuition reimbursement of $1500 per calendar year.
• Fitness membership discount;

This job offers the opportunity to work from home as part of a hybrid work arrangement. This arrangement will allow you to work some days at a TCHC work location and the rest of the time from home. The amount of time required to work at a TCHC work location is flexible, while considering operational and service delivery requirements.

The Employee and Labour Relations Consultant provides a range of coaching, strategic advice and administrative support functions and participates in the provision of a wide range of services in the areas of labour and employee relations, interpretation of various collective agreements, employment and labour legislation, Toronto Community Housing policies and procedures to an assigned client portfolio(s).

• Provides a range of coaching, consulting and strategic advice to clients in the areas of human rights, labour and employee relations, interpretation of collective agreements, employment and labour legislation, policies and procedures
• Provides advice/assistance/guidance to managers and consultants in all phases of re-organization
• Works closely with people and culture personnel to communicate pertinent information and documents
• Responsible for the timely and effective delivery of people and culture services including but not limited to consultation and advice in all disciplinary and non-disciplinary matters, investigations, complaints, collective agreement interpretation and workplace accommodations, etc. to clients to ensure business objectives are met
• Provides guidance to people leaders and assist with formal accommodation plans for workplace accommodations
• Assists in developing, organizing and leading various labour relations, collective agreement interpretation, and workforce planning workshops, guidelines, policies and procedures

Works closely with the various bargaining unions to sustain positive employee and labour relations:

• Provides assistance in the grievance process including but not limited to grievance tracking, scheduling, investigating, attend and lead Step 2 and 3 grievance hearings, preparation of written responses and settlement agreements
• Responsible for gathering documentation in preparation for and or attending mediations and arbitration hearings
• Participates as a team member on negotiation teams when negotiating collective agreements with unions
• Interprets and administers multiple collective agreements, assists in the preparation and representation for grievance hearings and conflict resolution and the promotion of a positive labour relations environment
• Participates in labour management meetings and other meetings with union representative on a variety of labour relations matters

Provides work direction and leadership within the labour relations unit

• Mentors, coaches and provides work direction to Employee and Labour Relations Associates and HR Assistants and provides leadership and guidance to resolve complex People and Culture issues and ensures quality in service delivery.

Assistswithrecruitment related activities for an assigned client portfolio:

• Assists with recruitment activities for an assigned client portfolio including but not limited to ensuring seniority calculations are performed in accordance with the collective agreement, participating and providing input at various stages in the…