Job Description

Reference Number:

COORD002099

Type:

Internal & External Candidates- Full-Time (Indeterminate)

Hours of Work:

Avg. 40 hrs. per week; Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Compensation:

$54,000 annually, plus a generous leave, benefits and pension package

Program & Location:

Vancouver Gastown office

Deadline: By noon, Monday August 18th, 2025

About Us:

Atira Women's Resource Society, an award-winning nonprofit organization known for its inclusionary hiring practices and where a job is more than a pay cheque. We offer the opportunity to work alongside a remarkable group of women working to make the world a more just place, one woman, one child, one home, one job at a time.

About the Job:

The Employee Relations Coordinator will provide support to the Employee & Union Relations team, reporting into and providing daily support to the Senior Employee Relations Specialist, ensuring accurate administrative support, compliance with policies & processes, and positive employee experience. You also will provide high-level administrative support by drafting and preparing documents related to employee relations processes, maintaining accurate records and tracking spreadsheets, and ensuring timely follow-up on outstanding matters. Utilize knowledge of labor relations to support and make decisions on key areas, including (but not limited to) layoffs, accommodations, leave of absence requests, and employment amendments, support the administration of labour relations including provide follow up on outstanding matters, assist with drafting documentation, support ongoing cases and attend external meetings and taking meeting minutes as required, handle initial employee inquiries and escalate issues as needed, maintaining a positive and confidential approach, manage the team inbox by responding to emails in a timely manner and escalating urgent matters to the Senior Employee Relations Specialists' when required, assist Team in processing the offboarding process with terminations/resignations, maintain and update employee records including leave and disciplinary files, ensuring high level of discretion, professionalism, and compliance with organizational standards, assist with reports and data analysis related to Employee Relations metrics and trends for management review, review of the Employee & Union Relations SharePoint page, : Provide absence coverage and additional capacity on a temporary, responding to or escalating matters to the appropriate people as needed.

About You:

You are a feminist, passionate about the work of ending violence against women and children. You embrace Atira's mission, vision, values and philosophy. You have a well-developed understanding of and commitment to anti-oppression work and intersectionality. You are familiar with colonialism especially as it applies in Canada, and you understand the impact of the residential school system. You support women who choose abstinence but understand abstinence is just one option for women struggling with substance use. Your definition of a woman includes transgender, two-spirit and intersex women and transfeminine individuals. You are sex worker positive. You question actions inconsistent with our values and you treat everyone with fairness and respect independent of their status or disagreement with you. You expect great things from yourself and your co-workers. You inspire others with your passion for women's anti-violence work and your eagerness for excellence. You contribute to an environment where women can flourish and grow and you seek what is best for women, rather than what's best for you or your team. You challenge the status quo to improve quality and sustainability and you take smart risks and make tough decisions without agonizing.


Resumes from qualified First Nations, Metis and or Inuk women are encouraged, as are resumes from Black women, women of colour, transgender women, women who are disabled and women from other equity seeking groups. Fluency in a language(s) other than English is an asset.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, or related field preferred. Previous experience in People and Culture, and administrative roles preferred. Previous experience in a unionized and not-for-profit environment is preferred. Previous experience in HR Information Systems and shared resource directory preferred. All positions are subject to a criminal record check, including vulnerable sector check.

Application Process

Provide a cover letter with a current resume describing how you meet or exceed the above-noted qualifications. Resumes with a Cover Letter unique to Atira are guaranteed a review. Candidates who lack the experience and qualifications set out in the posting may not be considered, although an exceptional cover letter and transferable skills may overcome lack of experience for some positions. Please go to atira.bc.ca/careers for a current list of postings.