Job Description

The Opportunity:
Company, Department:Emera Inc, Corporate Human Resources Location: Halifax, NS - Hybrid Closing Date: February 17, 2025

At Emera, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcome and supported. Come, build a career as unique as you are, making an impact from Atlantic Canada and on our businesses across the US and the Caribbean. Your experience and values will support the Emera team to safely deliver cleaner, reliable energy to our customers.



Reporting to the VP Corporate Human Resources, as Manager, Talent Development you will be a key leader in our success by designing and delivering our approach to talent management, succession planning, engagement, performance, and leadership competencies. Possessing a passion for people and having a strategic operational business mindset, you will anticipate and collaborate with our HR partners and business leaders from our operating companies to provide talent tools to enable our workforce for today and the future. You should be customer centric, innovative, and focused on solving challenges practically and creatively.

As Manager, Talent Development you will:



• Lead a small team that matures, designs and manages processes related to organizational talent management to effectively and efficiently deliver on the goals of our internal customers.
• In collaboration with the Emera Learning Manager and HR partners in our operating companies, determine requirements and oversee the design and delivery of practical and scalable talent management programs.
• Leverage a customer/employee centric approach while serving as a knowledgeable/credible internal consultant to business HR leads.
• Relentlessly focus on bringing value to the businesses we support.
• Enable performance review processes and system tools in support of employee development.
• Develop and execute strategies to enhance employee engagement survey processes to effectively gauge employee sentiment, identifying company-wide trends and opportunities supported by action plans.
• Utilise data driven insights to measure the effectiveness of talent management initiatives to enhance the talent development strategy.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices and propose strategies to continue to advance our talent management proposition.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in designing and implementing business-focused talent development and succession programs with a minimum 10 + years of progressive Human Resources experience in an operational business with a focus on succession planning, and employee engagement
• Experience in identifying and implementing leader assessment tools
• Bachelor's degree in business, psychology, human resources, or a related field otherwise equivalent experience will be considered.
• An outstanding collaborator and team player that excels at creating practical outcomes with the needs of different stakeholders in mind.
• Exceptional communication skills to connect impactfully with diverse teams and at different levels within the organization and an ability to present to and lead large groups.
• Ability to create and implement a compelling strategy with the appropriate inputs from stakeholders.
• Previous experience driving successful business change initiatives through influence and inspiring successful adoption of new processes and strategies.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

Flexibility: Hybrid work model with flexible remote workdays.

Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.

Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our operating businesses, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.

Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, and scholarships for children of employees.

Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan, short-term and long-term incentive plan, and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Emera : At Emera we value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. Emera supports candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs.

Recruitment and Promotion Policy: When filling vacant positions, we are determined to hire the best candidates available. We are committed to providing employees with a fair and equal opportunity to compete for jobs. Hiring and promotion of employees is based on skills, capabilities, knowledge and demonstrated abilities.