Executive director, employee and labour relations

  • Lead the Employee and Labour Relations functions; coordinate, support and facilitate the advancement of institutional goals in employee relations.
  • Develop and promote, along with the ELR team members, constructive and collaborative relationships with employee unions and other employee groups with a view to enhance the work experience of employees and support the attainment of institutional goals.
  • Manage the daily operation of the ELR Unit and manage professional and support staff; establish priorities and objectives for the unit aligned with the strategic plans of the Department and of the University.
  • Advise and assist managers at all levels to advance and meet the University’s goals of establishing practices and policies for consistent and sound employee relations.
  • Provide guidance and advice on issues respecting human resources and employee relations management, collective agreements (negotiation, information, interpretation, application), performance matters, workplace investigations, grievances, complaints and arbitration issues, organizational change, Quebec labour relations-related legislation and regulations, etc.
  • Act as the University’s spokesperson in the negotiation of Collective Agreements; negotiate and draft settlement agreements, implement, interpret and administer Collective Agreements.
  • Oversee, manage, lead, coach, guide and mentor ELR staff.
  • Work with the University community towards grievance, complaints and conflict resolutions and represent the University at arbitration hearings when necessary.
  • Contribute, along with all members of the HR leadership team, to the formulation of HR’s operational and strategic goals and objectives.
  • Assess the potential risks of given situations involving employee relations management and bring to the attention of managers.
  • Develop line management employee relations skills through the planning, development and implementation of seminars and information sessions for the University managers.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor in Industrial Relations, Human Resources Management or related discipline, over ten years of experience in Labour Relations including experience as a spokesperson in collective bargaining
  • Member of «Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines et relations industrielles du Québec ».
  • Experience managing and negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and handling arbitrations 
  • History of innovative Employee Relations philosophy and practice with strong and demonstrated problem solving skills
  • Strong communication and relationship building skills with all levels of management and proven ability to provide meaningful recommendations to leadership in a variety of employee and labor-related areas
  • Strong leadership skills, demonstrated by the ability to build strong relationships to achieve positive employee and labor-management relations
  • Sound knowledge and experience of employment and labour legislation in Québec
  • Very good knowledge (Level 5) of spoken and written English; good knowledge (Level 4) of spoken and written French.
  • Good knowledge (Intermediate Level) of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point.
  • Comfort in providing advice to senior and all management; understands strategic objectives of senior executive portfolios.
  • Strong strategic agility and sound ethics and values to act with integrity.
  • Action oriented and client focused.