Role Responsibilities

Looking to advance your career as a human resource professional seeking an opportunity to further develop yourability to provide strategic Human Resources support to clients across the APS? If you answered yes! thenconsider this invitation to advance your career within Client Service Delivery!

Team Lead, ER/OHS:
As the Team Lead, ER/OHS, reporting to the Portfolio Director(s), you will be responsible for the supervision of a small team of Employee Relations Consultants (ERCs) and Occupational Health and Safety Consultants by providing coaching, mentoring and oversight in the planning, development, and delivery of ER/OHS advisory services, while partnering with the HRBP portfolio team colleagues in support to departmental clients.

You will direct the delivery of human resource services in ER/OHS by ensuring the effective delivery of client advisory services that are aligned and integrated within the client department’s business context, strategic direction, and priorities. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage a team of consultants who provide effective ER/OHS advisory services to department clients. You will work seamlessly with the entire HR team, providing strategic advice to your team, HRBPs and department clients on various contentious and complex employee relations matters. 
• You will need to effectively liaise, collaborate, and coordinate with the PSC policy centres as well as provide appropriate guidance on the interpretation and application of relevant legislation, regulations, directions, and the Collective Agreement.
• You will lead and support various ER related projects and initiatives related to various activities including, workforce adjustments, job action readiness, performance management, and attendance management. 
• You lead and support the grievance process in partnership with ER Consultants and HRBPs, as well as conduct fact finding investigations as required.
• You will provide ER support on complex and sensitive employee relations matters, preparing briefings, delivering presentations, and attending meetings with department clients

Please click on this link to view the job description for the Team Lead, ER/OHS position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf 

Systems Thinking: Incumbent requires systems thinking to design and develop processes and systems which address the short-term and long-term needs of the GoA as an employer and create innovative and sustainable solutions that also support the broader talent management framework. At the same time, the position must balance a variety of needs (department specific versus enterprise-wide), assessing implications such as ensuring costs are reasonable and sustainable in the long-term, and consulting and partnering with the Union to achieve success in joint employer-union committees.

Creative Problem Solving: It is critical that the incumbent provide innovative solutions and advice as well as lead and support projects related to the development and maintenance of policy within the APS while keeping informed of best practices and challenging existing processes and procedures for improvement and enhancement.

Drive for Results: Incumbent must take accountability for outcomes and determine the most effective way to achieve desired results.

Agility: Incumbent must take a proactive leadership role to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing priorities as well as be able to operate in a dynamic environment. The incumbent must also be able to research and develop recommendations on policies, strategies and frameworks taking advantage of opportunities to readily adapt to changes required for organization success.

Build Collaborative Environments: Incumbent must be a strong communicator and set up processes or structures to facilitate meaningful communication. The incumbent will also lead and/or support training initiatives and encourage exchange of information and ideas.

Develop Networks: Proactively connect and build trust with peers and executives in PSC, ministry clients, jurisdictional contacts and other experts in their field.

Develop Self and Others: As the technical expert in their field it is critical that the incumbent create an environment of learning and sharing expertise. Demonstrating the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of self and others is important to ensure program excellence.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• University graduation in Business, Commerce, Human Resources, Labour Relations or a related field, and a minimum of five years of related experience as an HR professional is required. ER/LR experience in a unionized environment as well as prior experience in administering the grievance process and conducting workplace investigations or fact findings is required.

Equivalencies:

• A related two-year diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution and a minimum of seven years of related experience; or a related one-year certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and a minimum of eight years of related experience. Additional related education will also be considered as an equivalency for related experience.

Candidates who meet the following criteria will be given preference:

• In-depth knowledge and experience in Employee Relations within a unionized environment.
• Strong foundation in HR generalist functions.
• Solid understanding of the Collective Agreement and HR Directives.
• Familiarity with FOIP, Human Rights legislation, and Ethics Commissioner policies/processes as they relate to employment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for handling contentious or emotionally charged situations.
• Strong listening, verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience supporting fact-finding and grievance processes.
• Project management skills.
   

Notes

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.