Alberta Health Services Looking for Advisor – Human Resources Business Partnerships (Hybrid) at Edmonton, AB Full Time

Your Opportunity:
You’re a savvy, adaptable HR professional with great problem-solving skills and the interpersonal skills to effectively work with people at all levels of the organization. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is currently seeking someone like you to help provide human resources services within its large, complex organization to create a culture in which everyone feels safe, healthy, valued, and included, and can reach their full potential. As a Human Resources Business Partnership (HRBP) Advisor, you will collaborate with fellow HR professionals, leaders, and employees at all levels, using your consultation skills to help you understand and prioritize your clients’ needs as you research, develop, and implement strategies that leverage relevant data, resources, and best practices. AHS is Canada’s first and largest province-wide, fully-integrated health system, and is a top-rated employer nationally and provincially, as well as a top employer for young people and diversity. AHS is a supportive employer, with endless opportunities for professional development and comprehensive benefits, including health and dental, you and your family can truly thrive. During the pandemic, this team is working remotely and is currently transitioning to a hybrid-working environment that offers the ability to work from home with occasional onsite work at various AHS sites as required. You may not work directly with patients, but you can positively impact the province-wide delivery of healthcare and help enable a positive patient experience. Having an engaged workforce is shown to improve the care experiences of patients and families, and although you don’t directly work with patients, you’ll feel good knowing that you help enable our mission to deliver high-quality, accessible, and sustainable health care to Albertans. Disclaimer: Positions may be filled on an ongoing basis.

Description:
As the Advisor, Human Resources Business Partnerships (HRBP), you will provide HR support and be accountable for the delivery, implementation, and integration of human resources processes, frameworks, solutions and services to an identified client group, ensuring they align with, and support, Alberta Health Services (AHS) provincial approaches, organizational priorities and direction, Our People Strategy and evolving best practices. In this role, you will provide HR expertise in a variety of human resource functions with an enhanced focus on identifying when strategic HR approaches may be necessary in supporting clients with their workforce needs. The HR Advisors will support people management by coordinating, advising and if necessary, providing direction using HR and labour relations best practice, particularly in areas of workplace issues such as performance management, accommodation, investigations, and grievances with the identified client group, and external stakeholders such as local union partners. As such, part of this role will be to build and maintain proactive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. This job requires some travel within area of accountability. Depending on the location of the role and the client group served, the individual may require a Drivers Licence and the use of their personal vehicle for AHS business.

Classification: Advisor

Union: Exempt

Department: Edmonton Personnel Records19

Primary Location: College Plaza

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 10-MAR-2022

Date Available: 20-MAR-2022

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 10

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary: $28.20

Maximum Salary: $48.45

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:
Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related area. Combination of education and experience will be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

• 2 years working within an HR Generalist role within a complex environment. • Demonstrated critical thinking skills, with ability to apply a broad lens on issues that impact beyond portfolio • Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive situations with confidentiality, tact, diplomacy, and decisive insight. • Effective navigation of politically sensitive environments. • Coaching and mentoring, for client groups, and for team members (as assigned) • Relationship building with all stakeholders and at all levels in the organization, with the ability to build credibility and inspire confidence in the work of HRBP with clients, while working in our unionized environment. • Critical thinking and decision-making, with ability to meet deadlines. • Results-oriented, with ability to identify and deliver unique solutions. • Collaboration and communication (written and oral), with ability to produce high quality reports. • Ability to support change. • Resilience and flexibility in a complex, rapidly changing environment. • Ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare or other public sector experience. • Experience working within a unionized environment and/or an organization with multiple legislative requirements. Experience supporting complex grievances and investigations. • Experience supporting complex initiatives. . • Group facilitation and conflict resolution skills.