HR Generalist
Mara
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dartmouth • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Act as a trusted resource for employees and managers, helping navigate day-to-day issues and contributing to a positive, healthy work environment.
- Help drive our performance processes and partner with managers to ensure consistent, fair, and growth-focused conversations across the business.
- Coordinate training initiatives, identify development needs, and develop and deliver content for our monthly manager training sessions.
- Manage Canadian benefits programs and support employees with questions and problem-solving.
- Contribute to updating policies, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, and helping roll out new procedures across the organization.
- Participate in the recruitment cycle, work with hiring managers, and help maintain a smooth candidate experience.
- Serve as the primary contact for our Employer of Record partners for employees outside Canada.
- Work with the HR Coordinator to maintain accurate HR records, prepare reports, and use data to identify opportunities or patterns.
- Help keep HR processes running smoothly through documentation, systems updates, and employee information management.
- Work with the HR Coordinator to ensure leave requests, tracking, and compliance are handled accurately.
- Take an active role in HR initiatives such as building our EVP, strengthening culture, and refining people programs.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of HR experience
- Post-secondary education in HR, Industrial Relations, Organizational Development, or related field
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Able to handle sensitive and challenging conversations with tact and professionalism
- Experience contributing to policy development or implementing new HR processes
- Confident working independently while balancing teamwork
- High level of integrity and discretion
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Solid understanding of HR practices and employment legislation
- Proficient with MS Office and HR systems, and comfortable learning new tools
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plan
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- RRSP matching program
- Health care spending account
- Physical Wellness Reimbursement Plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
HR experiencepolicy developmentemployment legislationtraining developmentperformance managementcandidate experienceHR records managementdata analysis
Soft skills
communicationrelationship-buildingtactprofessionalismintegritydiscretioncollaborationindependence