Human Resources Advisor

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Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description

The Human Resources Advisor provides strategic counsel and advice on human resource management issues to executives or senior leaders, supervisors and managers across multiple faculties and departments, ensuring alignment in approach and practice with the unit’s strategic goals as well as University’s stated values, policies and strategies. They provide leadership in the development and implementation of strategic human resource programs, practices and policies within their portfolio, and participate in the development, launch and standardization of campus wide HR Advisory resources and initiatives.

The Human Resources Advisor is responsible for managing critical human resource and labour relations issues, providing both timely management of emerging and critical issues, as well as leadership on broader issues such as respectful environment and an engaging workplace.

Organizational Status

Reports to the Director, Staff Relations Academic Portfolio. Provides consultation to senior leaders, senior faculty human resource administrators/managers, academic department Heads, directors and managers/supervisors. Provides direction to Human Resources Associates and administrative staff.

Work Performed

Cultivates an environment of sound HR management by providing coaching and counsel to clients with regard to various human resources management issues such as: organizational development; recruitment; leadership planning; performance management; organizational change; conflict resolution; personal harassment issues; crafting a respectful workplace; equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives; university policies and procedures; and applicable government legislation.

Provides strategic HR advice to each faculty, or departments’ respective managers, directors, and senior leaders. Provides senior leadership with the advice and counsel necessary to effectively support the department’s strategic objectives within the context of the University and HR’s strategic objectives. Builds relationships and partnerships with portfolio clients by regularly meeting with them to discuss current issues and strategic initiatives. Advocates for consideration of human resources issues, in order to promote a culture that is people-focused and that provides an exceptional workplace for staff, faculty, and students to engage and develop.

Provides guidance and counsel to senior HR leaders and other HR practitioners within an assigned portfolio on emerging and critical issues. Provides comprehensive advice and identifies both opportunities and risks, including risk mitigation. Provides interpretation and advice regarding collective agreements, contracts, government legislation and University policies, procedures, practices and guidelines.

This position is also responsible for collaborating to develop resources and educate HR professionals within their portfolio in an effort to increase and improve the HR capacity, capabilities and skill of the client department HR managers,…