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HR Business Partner
16-Month Maternity Leave Contract (Target Start Date: May 2022)
Vancouver, BC*
- Native Shoes has a hybrid work environment with a primarily remote-first head office team. However, due to the nature of this role and its responsibilities for both digital and in-person people experiences, this job will require flexibility to work at our Vancouver office.
Why Native Shoes?
It seems the heavier the world gets, the more it needs lightness. At Native Shoes, we’ve made lightness our life’s work with our purpose: to make it easy for all to live lightly.
To achieve this, our team is an embodiment of our values:
Design: We consider aesthetics and functionality in all we do.
Possibility: We explore and achieve higher dreams by leaving constraints at the door.
Integrity: We do what we say we do.
Accountability: We take personal responsibility for our actions.
Love: Leading with kindness, we love those around us enough to have truthful conversations.
Light: Above all else, we choose to Live Lightly.
Native Shoes strives to embody each of these words in all aspects of our brand. We engage in a fast paced, ever-evolving working environment with plenty of innovative thinking – encouraging honesty and challenge in a comfortable workplace. If any of the above words resonate with you, this is the place to be.
Who is Native Shoes looking for?
Native Shoes’ purpose to make it easy for all to live lightly extends beyond our customers and applies directly to our internal customer, our employees. You are a passionate people person with the capability to manage all aspects of the People Experience function with the goal of creating purpose-aligned experience for our employees across the physical and digital workspaces.
Known for being reliable, collaborative and solutions-oriented, you are someone who finds deep satisfaction from being regarded as a trusted partner to your coworkers. You are easily approachable, dynamic, and proactive with exceptional organizational and communications skills.
What would I be responsible for?
You will be responsible for implementing People Experience strategies, initiatives and programs that effectively support the vision & values of Native Shoes. In partnership with the People Experience Coordinator, your areas of focus include coaching & advising our leadership team, employee relations, recruitment for all store & head office roles, onboarding & off-boarding for employees, DEI programming as well as maintenance and development of HR & office policies.
Provide direction to leadership on HR policies, procedures, practices and legislation within Canada and the US
Support organizational design and change management strategies that enable the company to respond to growth, new technologies, market demand and work practices
Provide confidential support for employee & leadership on various people-related situations
Oversee employee cultural initiatives, including DEI programming, larger-scale team-building and social events
Drive constant iteration of the end-to-end employee journey from recruitment to offboarding
Partner with the leadership team and L&D consultant to create and deliver leadership development programs in line with our culture & values
Manage our total rewards program from annual compensation events, benefits enrolments, leaves, and other day-to-day matters
Develop and maintain our HRIS, documentation, and other materials that support HR processes
Maintain knowledge of industry trends and employment legislation to ensure regulatory compliance
Preferred Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field plus 5+ years of progressive success within Human Resources with focus as an HR Business Partner and HR Generalist
1+ year of people management experience, mentoring and developing stellar talent
Working knowledge of employment standards and human rights laws in Canada with some USA exposure
Solid track record in building trusting relationships with leaders and employees while successfully managing employee relation matters
Experience managing full-cycle recruitment and employer branding initiatives
Knowledge of labour market dynamics, business trends
Knowledge of payroll, benefits administration, procedures and policy writing
Passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion by breaking down barriers to foster a more accessible, equitable, and inclusive organizational culture.
