Human Resources Manager - UBC, Vancouver

The opportunity

Are you searching for UBC jobs that elevate your career in higher education? UBC is hiring a Human Resources Manager to provide expert HR support for the departments and units within the Provost and VP Academic portfolio and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation portfolio. This ongoing role based at the UBC Vancouver Campus - Vancouver offers a chance to engage in meaningful human resources management while contributing to a diverse workforce committed to inclusion, fairness, and excellence in research, innovation, and learning.

Day-to-day

The successful candidate will consult with and advise faculty, senior management, and staff to support strategic unit objectives. Core responsibilities encompass a wide range of HR functions across the institution.

• Consult with and coach clients on all human resources management issues pertaining to staff employees so as to ensure human resource best practices are established within all units.
• Provide leadership and participate in the Focus on People document and Workplace Engagement Survey initiatives so as to support units in their identified strategies.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with client units so as to provide advice into their strategic business plans by participating in the review of organizational structures, performance and change management issues and conflict resolution opportunities.
• Provides interpretation and advice regarding collective agreements, contracts, government legislation and University policies, procedures, practices and guidelines.
• Resolve various case issues, grievances and disputes by researching, documenting processes, participating in discussions, recommending solutions and negotiating settlements as applicable.
• Collaborates with Return to Work & Accommodations Advisors in Workplace Health Services to develop action plans for returning employees to the workplace.
• Participate in the development, community roll-out and maintenance of attendance management programs.
• Identify unit development needs, collaborate with advisory services team members to determine training requirements community wide, participate in program development and deliver training sessions in support of University initiatives.
• Using a coach approach, advise units on career development, recruitment practices, succession planning, compensation and performance management and other human resource practices.
• May support senior leadership with the senior appointment process for Dean's, Associate Vice-Presidents, and other senior level appointments.
• Chairs and/or participates regular meetings in order to provide a forum for discussion of human resource issues and provide new and revised human resource practices.
• Answer a wide range of general employment related enquiries from internal and external community and participate in various projects and committees.

Requirements

Candidates looking to secure human resources jobs at UBC Vancouver Campus must meet specific educational, professional, and behavioural qualifications.

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline with a minimum of five to seven years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own.
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Experience in administration of collective agreements and labour relations in a complex unionized environment (preferred).
• Thorough knowledge of current Human Resource Management practices and provincial and federal legislation governing employers human resource practices (preferred).
• Knowledge and experience in using a coaching model to influence and advise clients (preferred).