The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.
We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone’s contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong!
About the Library
In alignment with the ambitious vision and core aspirations of Transformation 2030, the University of Ottawa Library advances cutting edge research and supports transformative learning by connecting the uOttawa community to expertise, services, collections and technology in a welcoming and supportive environment.
The University of Ottawa Library is composed of 3 main libraries – the Morisset Library (Arts and Science), the Brian Dickson Law Library and the Health Sciences Library – in addition to a number of specialized research collections. It has approximately 150 employees, including 55 librarians, serving the students, faculty and employees of the University.
Position purpose:
Provide strategic and operational leadership in the planning, development, implementation and management of the human resources services and activities for a designated faculty/service. These will include labour relations, recruitment, job evaluation programs, onboarding, retention and career development practices/strategies, training, interpreting policy, procedures and collective agreements, and performance management.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
HR Strategy: Implement a strategic direction, set objectives, and define approaches, methods and processes related to human resources for the designated faculty/service. Ensure the direction meets the faculty/service’s business needs while aligning with Central HR Services.
HR Advice: Provide organizational change guidance and counsel to managers/department heads, including advising on how to deal with complex performance management issues, terminations, the interpretation and application of the collective agreements, rules, policies, laws and applicable norms, to ensure adherence and conformity. Ensure compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements, including privacy, human rights, WSIB, etc.
Negotiations: Ensures a strategic advisory role in identifying key issues and challenges of the faculty/service in partnership with employee relations, in preparation for support staff bargaining units’ collective agreement renewals.
Employee Relations: Determine and recommend employee relations practices necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship and promote a high level of employee morale and motivation.
HR Operations: Plan, develop, implement and control HR processes and initiatives to enhance efficiency and achieve a sustainable responsive system. Control administrative processes as they relate to human resources management. Manage the functional areas of recruitment, job evaluation, and the performance planning/monitoring process of the annual evaluation process. Monitor the completion of all annual evaluations for the support staff with the exception of those reporting directly to the CAO.
What you will bring:
Sound theoretical and procedural knowledge of HR, normally acquired through a university degree in HRM or a related field.
Minimum 10 years of experience, preferably as a generalist, with at least 5 years in a progressive leadership capacity
CHRP or equivalent experience and working towards CHRP
Master’s degree in Industrial Relations or equivalent, considered an asset
Experience preferably in healthcare and/or academic environment
Strong communications, interpersonal and organizational skills
Ability to react to change quickly
Ability to problem solve complex/conflict issues while functioning in a multi union environment
Ability to analyze and interpret documentation and be able to apply the rules and procedures as
dictated by the respective collective agreements
Ability to be recognized and accepted by the academic, clinical and support staff for human
resources / management competence
Bilingualism (spoken and written)
Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
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