Job Description

Overview:

As the HR Business Partner, you will partner with all levels of leadership to understand business strategy to guide and recommend people solutions in support of business effectiveness and future workforce needs.

Working with your client group, you will provide consult to drive people outcomes focused on growing internal bench strength, establishing talent pipelines, developing performance and people, optimizing organizational structure to enable transformation and service excellence, and fostering positive employee experiences to drive engagement.

To enable achievement of outcomes, you will develop strong partnerships with leaders based on trust and maintain an in-depth understanding of the People & Culture's strategies and programs, such as total rewards, talent attraction and retention, leadership development, succession management, workforce planning, and health and wellness. You will leverage your organizational awareness to influence desired outcomes and support your leader's success through feedback, mentoring, and coaching.
Responsibilities:
Work with business leaders to develop and execute on people strategies to meet the needs of the business and support business objectives. Support business leaders on workforce analysis and planning to address workforce gaps and organizational design requirements to achieve resource optimization. Coach, mentor, and influence client group at all levels to drive organizational change. Act as the main HR contact on corporate projects arising within the assigned portfolio. Analyze trends and metrics to develop and identify solutions to meet the business needs.

Qualifications:

Education:

Undergraduate degree in a related area of study. Completion of the Chartered Professional in Human Resources designation, or commitment to obtain the designation an asset.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years' of progressively senior human resources experience in a variety of HR disciplines; experience in a unionized environment an asset.

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

Ability to build positive working relationships and provide customer service with a strategic focus. Strong knowledge of best practice employment practices and human resources legislation. Proven problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and analytical ability. Demonstrated ability to influence, lead and motivate others through mentoring and coaching activities and by engaging others in decision-making. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple urgent tasks and deadlines. Strong business acumen and growth-mindset Exceptional communication skills including verbal, written and training/presentation skills.

Conditions of Employment:
Must be willing and able to travel locally. Valid driver's licence. Access to a personal vehicle.

Employee Benefits:

Health benefits

We offer a comprehensive health benefits program that includes:flexible health, dental and vision plans health spending account travel health coverage other extended health benefits such as ambulance, massage and physiotherapy

Financial security

In an effort to support financial security, we offer:registered pension plan group, dependent, and optional life insurance coverage critical illness insurance sick leave to cover short-term disability long-term disability

Wellness

We offer programs that focus on how to better achieve a balance between work and personal commitments, as well as maintain a healthy workplace culture. This includes:vacation entitlement flexible work arrangement for eligible positions maternity, parental and adoptive leaves bereavement and family responsibility leaves employee and family assistance program mental-health programming lunch-and-learn offerings discounted gym memberships and wellness account

Diversity and inclusion

Manitoba Public Insurance believes that diversity and inclusion strengthens us. We consider ourselves to be a barrier-free organization where individual values, beliefs and practices are respected and appreciated for the diversity they bring to our work life.

Employee recognition

It's important to recognize our employees for their contributions. Not only do we recognize employees as they achieve milestone years in their careers, we also have several outlets for leaders and peers to reward each other for work well done.

Professional development

We want our employees to grow, which is why we offer support in keeping their skills up-to-date. We offer in-house training, professional development and an educational assistance program.

Safety and health

In an effort to encourage a safe and healthy work environment, we offer various safety, health and workplace policies and programs along with technical expertise and assistance to support employee activities in safety and health.