Quickly establishes and maintains effective working relationships with internal client groups, including employees, managers, and senior leaders.
Proactively partner with clients to identify strategic issues, workforce planning or organizational design challenges and provide advice and expertise to help develop creative solutions.
Provides strategic guidance and effectively scale the application of the HR generalist disciplines including employee engagement, retention and talent development, succession planning, change, conflict and exit management, employment legislation, employee relations, performance management, investigations, job evaluation, compensation management, internal communication, coaching, data analytics, workforce planning, policy interpretation, career coaching, facilitation, and inclusion & diversity to positively impact Stantec’s culture of performance and safety.
Serves as a workforce champion and promotes a positive work environment and employee experience.
Facilitates trainings as needed, enables performance management and planning sessions with managers and employees.
Practices effective relationship management to elevate working relationships with internal client groups, including managers, senior leaders, and employees along with our global HR specialists.
Develops and implements HR-related projects and participates as a team member on special projects as needed.
Fosters a continuous improvement mindset and continually look for opportunities to increase the return on investment of human resources programs for employees and leaders.
Collaborates within the HR team to communicate, facilitate, and/or present HR programs and initiatives to client groups.
Works with human resource service representative(s) to ensure accurate completion of ad-hoc employee changes.
Assists with relevant HR administrative tasks as required.
Requirements
Demonstrated experience operating independently to resolve routine HR issues in a large and changing environment.
Ability to quickly establish and build effective working relationships.
Proven influencer and collaborator, with the ability to provide guidance and support to business clients.
Skills in coaching managers, facilitation, conflict resolution and relationship management.
Valued for your agility and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and having a focus for action-orientation on results.
Respected for balancing strategic and operational tasks with strong organizational and time management skills.
Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of core HR competencies including but not limited to compensation, benefits, employment law, organizational development, talent development and training, mentoring/coaching/facilitation, recruitment and workforce planning and an overall understanding of HR policies and programs and other terms and conditions of employment, along with an understanding of HR best practices.
Adaptability to rapidly changing demands.
Prior experience successfully operating in a geographically dispersed team is a plus.
Regarded as an exceptional communicator and able to influence a broad and diverse range of stakeholders through effective relationships, verbal, and written communication.
Recognized for your learning mindset, initiative, and ability to understand the business and challenges, and new and innovative approaches that result in improvements in team engagement, productivity, and organizational performance.
Distinguished for an interest in continual personal development and keeping current in human resource best practices through external resources and building a strong HR network.
Ability to travel to other Stantec offices as needed.
Proficient MS Office Suite skills preferred.
Benefits
access to medical, dental, and vision plans
a wellness program
health saving accounts
flexible spending accounts
401(k) plan
employee stock purchase program
life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
short-term/long-term disability plans
emergency travel benefits
tuition reimbursement
professional membership fee coverage
paid family leave
ten paid holidays per year
vacation accrual between 10 and 20 days per year
paid sick leave
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