Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Senior Business Partner, Human Resources  - Competition #4003 

Alberta Innovates is seeking a Senior Human Resources Business Partner, within the People and Culture department. This is a permanent position based out of our Edmonton office. This role provides a broad range of expertise, counsel, and advice that attracts, engages, and builds our talent pipeline.  It is responsible for providing talent acquisition and recruitment, job evaluation, performance management, and employee/labour relations which includes the development, refining, and interpretation of human resources policies, practices, and procedures.  This role will partner with business leaders to develop and execute HR strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, ensuring compliance with the collective agreement where applicable. This includes aligning business and HR needs, organizational performance, strategic resources, organizational culture and development.

You would be a good fit for this position if you: 

• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to develop and maintain strong trusting relationships with internal clients including leaders, employees and union representatives.
• Are confident in having difficult conversations and can coach, present and influence with clarity and impact.
• Can think critically to analyze information, consider risks and recommend a course of action.
• Are an agile thinker who can pivot with grace and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

We are game changers  

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st-century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province’s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre, and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta’s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance the well-being of Albertans through research and innovation.

Our subsidiary, InnoTech Alberta, offers a diversified range of scientific engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up. Our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to health to food and fibre. InnoTech Alberta offers you access to research talent, technical expertise, and unique facilities that can help accelerate technology development that serves both the private and public sector.

Here’s some more information about the position: 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Supports the business with full-cycle recruitment practices, including salary negotiations, and the facilitation of the onboarding process. Coordinate all internal recruitment processes including internal promotions and lateral transfers.
• Assist leaders in designing job descriptions that promote agility, innovation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Conduct thorough job analysis to evaluate job level and complexity to determine pay bands and job families.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to people leaders on the prevention and resolution of complex employee relations issues including performance management, discipline, terminations, and grievances.
• Provide advice, guidance and tools to employees on processes and options to address workplace issues.
• Participate in union liaison meetings, grievances, and collective bargaining preparation as required; foster positive relationships between the employer and union through collaborative issues resolution.

Qualifications and skills we are looking for: 

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Commerce, Business Administration or other related fields
• Minimum 5 years of related experience in a complex human resources generalist capacity.
• Preference to those who have government and/or union experience.
• Knowledge of best practices in HR areas such as Employee and Labour Relations, Compensation and Disability Management.
• Knowledge, interpretation, and application of all applicable Human Resource legislation, policies, processes, and practices.
• Demonstrated expertise in advising and supporting leaders in workforce planning and implementing HR programs and initiatives to achieve corporate goals.
• Proven relationship management, and teamwork expertise.
• Proven ability to use metrics and data to support strategic analysis and decision making.
• Experience in conducting investigations and writing final reports with findings and recommendations.

Why Alberta Innovates?

We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts. We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned. We know that the wellness of our team is the most important part of our business, so we offer a strong benefits package, vacation starting at 3 weeks and paid time off programs to promote work-life balance.

The final candidate will be required to undergo a security clearance and provide credible references.

Open until a suitable candidate is found. 

Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter and resume to applynow@albertainnovates.careferencing the competition title and number in the subject line.

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ALBERTA INNOVATES IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. WE WISH TO THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST. HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.