Human Resource Business Partner

Our client in the professional sector is hiring for a Human Resource Business Partner with unionized experience to join their team!

This position offers a strategic opportunity to manage the full spectrum of human resources and labour relations within regulated environments. You will act as a pivotal link between leadership and the workforce, driving engagement and maintaining productive relationships between leadership and employees.

Location: Vancouver
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (4 days on-site, 1 day from home)
Salary Range: $90,000 – $100,000 CAD

Advantages
Impactful Leadership: Play a visible role in shaping workplace culture and strengthening labor relations within a complex, union environment.
Professional Growth: Manage a diverse portfolio that includes everything from high-level employee relations support to hands-on HR operational excellence.
Competitive Compensation: A robust salary package, three weeks vacation, pension matching, and more.
Strategic Partnership: Transition beyond administrative tasks to become a trusted advisor, coaching leaders on performance and organizational change.

Responsibilities
What you will be doing in this role:

1. Strategic Business Partnership & Org Design
-You will collaborate directly with business leaders to identify and prioritize the organizational capabilities, behaviors, and team structures needed to hit our strategic goals.
-You will partner closely with our Talent Acquisition squad and hiring managers to build proactive staffing plans, navigate project assignments, and manage talent redeployment seamlessly.

2. Modern Leadership Coaching & Talent Management
-You will act as a trusted coach to our management team, guiding them through the lifecycle of people leadership, from performance management and talent development to compensation strategy and terminations.
-You will empower leaders to handle difficult conversations, navigate workplace conflict, and champion respectful workplace practices before issues escalate.

3. Labor Relations Mastery & Advocacy
-You will serve as our internal expert on all labor and employee relations matters. This means owning collective agreement interpretation, guiding workplace investigations, handling conflict resolution, and managing grievances and discipline with absolute objectivity.
-You will ensure everything we do remains strictly compliant with provincial legislation (BC Employment Standards Act, Labour Relations Code, and Human Rights Code) while keeping our corporate culture intact.

4. Projects, Change, & Data
-We don’t believe in making decisions based on "gut feel." You’ll leverage modern HR technologies and data metrics to spot trends, track organizational health, and inform leadership decisions.
-You’ll play a key role in driving organizational change initiatives, workforce development activities, and cross-functional HR projects.


Qualifications
Relevant Experience: 5-8 years of HR experience, preferably in a unionized environment
Educational Background: Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, or a related field of study is preferred.
Professional Designation: CPHR designation is strongly preferred (or currently in progress).


Summary
If you are an HR expert looking to elevate your career, we encourage you to apply directly to this role today. You can also reach out to the lead consultant, Vladislav Gavrilov by emailing your resume to vladislav.gavrilov@randstad.ca with the subject line "HRBP - Vancouver".

Feel free to connect with Vlad on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladislavgavrilov/

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.