Manager People Partnerships

Purpose :

The Manager, People Partners leads a team of People Partners, within the Division of Equity, People and Culture providing strategic HR advice and support to York community members through the lenses of equity, diversity, and inclusion, service excellence, and continuous improvement.

The Manager champions programs that nurture the employee experience, learning and development and workforce management strategies to achieve University Academic Priorities.

Further, the Manager supports the implementation of strategic HR initiatives that enable transformation, culture change efforts, the building of workforce capacity, talent management and people focused solutions within and across Departments, Faculties, Divisions.

Education :

University undergraduate degree in Human Resources, Business or related field.

Human Resources Professional Certification.

Experience :

Demonstrated experience working in organizations with unionized and non- unionized staff.

Experience in several of the following strategic HR knowledge areas : HR planning, change management, job design, compensation, talent and performance management, gap analysis, workforce analytics, labour relations, equity, diversity and inclusion practice.

Skills :

Detailed knowledge of human resources management and organizational development principles and best practices.

Knowledge of York HR policies and application governing legislation.

Knowledge of York collective agreements, employment law, statutes and regulatory frameworks.

Demonstrated transformative, service minded leadership that fosters innovative and engaged thinking and generation of ideas.

Champion the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion to advance York's EDI Strategy by establishing credibility and instilling confidence with stakeholders with implementation of local action plans.

Ability to model problem solving which supports resolution to complex and multifaceted challenges.

Relationship management, interpersonal and political acuity skills, and the ability to work with senior management and clients to build professional partnerships.

Exceptional written and verbal communication and presentation skills with experience in presenting to a wide range of audiences.

Demonstrated project management skills through experience delivering large scale HR programs.

Well-developed analytical skills and experience in the application of HR data to support strategic analysis, executive decision-making and successful HR program delivery.

Highly developed labour relations skills achieved through experience working in unionized environments.