Stratford Group Looking for People & Culture Consultant at Remote Full Time

Stratford People & Culture | Virtual (may require travel)

About Stratford

At Stratford, we believe better is possible, and it’s our mission to help clients get there with better strategies, better processes, better technology, better intellectual property protection and better leadership. Our teams have years of practical business experience and deliver customized solutions that help clients realize value, achieve results and build enduring capabilities. Capabilities that leave our clients in better positions to thrive and contribute to the prosperity and vibrancy of their organizations, their teams and their communities.

At Stratford Group, we support and celebrate diversity and inclusion. We believe an engaging and rewarding place to work is a direct outcome of having talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. Our aim is to help everyone reach their full potential and achieve their personal and professional goals.

About You

You are a Human Resources professional/practitioner or consultant who brings a business and customer-focused approach to people and culture. You’re a high-potential person who wants more than a traditional corporate or consulting firm career path and has a desire to add value to a business as a trusted advisor. You want to re-energize with a challenging new career experience that draws upon all your background, knowledge, creativity and endless desire to learn.

You have already worked in a consulting environment or in a corporate role, and you are attracted by the variety, flexibility, and challenges of a consulting career as a potential new career path. Perhaps you crave the opportunity to learn from other seasoned consultants and practitioners, grow your capabilities and deepen your skills. If you are ready for a change, then Stratford Group is the place to accelerate your career!

This role will report to the People and Culture business unit and will be based primarily from home, with occasional requirements to be in office or at client sites.

What You Will Do and The Value You Will Add

It’s time to Disrupt your career! Leveraging your business and human resources background, you will help clients drive organizational success through designing and implementing business-aligned people practices and programs across all human resources disciplines with a particular focus on leadership development, total rewards, talent management and organizational transformation.

Your involvement could range from being a member of a larger Stratford project team where you will support a Lead Consultant throughout a client engagement to managing your own projects and clients. You will have the opportunity to continuously strengthen and expand your consulting expertise both through direct experience, coaching and planned development.

Potential Areas of Focus

• Work with the Stratford team to design, implement and deliver critical people practices and programs to support clients in areas such as
  • Total Rewards
  • Talent Management
  • Leadership Development
• Lead or be part of virtual HR teams for smaller, growing companies where we act as their outsourced HR department
• Act as a subject matter expert as a member of a client’s HR team on an interim or ongoing basis
• Participate in projects to support organizational change and transformation (e.g. HR function transformation)

Required Experience

• Undergraduate degree in business administration, human resources or other relevant disciplines
• At least 3 years of experience in a consulting role or a human resources role
• Professional HR designation is considered an asset
• Demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative research and interviews, analyze data, document work processes and develop high-quality deliverables that are clear, concise and meet client expectations

Skills And Attributes for Success

• Action-oriented, self-starter
• Highly collaborative
• Strong analytical skills
• Exhibits business acumen
• Ability to build trusting relationships
• Customer focused
• Ability to manage multiple objectives and multi-task
• Responsible and deadline oriented
• Strong communication skills – the ability to work in both Canada’s official languages is an asset
• Very comfortable being part of a team; willing to play a variety of roles is needed and especially have fun!

The Pay-off

As a trusted Stratford consultant, you’ll use every ounce of your resourcefulness and talent to build your capabilities and bring value to our clients. You’ll revel in the flexibility of a virtual consulting environment. You’ll thrill in the hunt for new opportunities. You’ll enjoy the experience of finding solutions for a variety of clients and client challenges. You’ll be learning and growing while experiencing the satisfaction of improving our clients’ success. All this while enjoying the camaraderie and stimulation of working with some of the best consultants in the business.

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