HR Business Partner

Stantec; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support leaders and employees across our business lines in Calgary or Edmonton. The role offers a flexible hybrid schedule with an average of at least three days in the office.

As a trusted advisor and coach, you will partner with clients to address strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and talent development while promoting a positive employee experience and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Establish effective relationships with employees, managers, senior leaders, and HR colleagues.
• Partner with clients to identify strategic issues, workforce planning or org design challenges, and provide advice for solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders and present multiple perspectives.
• Provide strategic guidance across HR disciplines including engagement, retention, talent development, and performance management.
• Champion workforce wellbeing and a positive employee experience.
• Plan and deliver training sessions with managers and employees.
• Foster continuous improvement to maximise ROI of HR programs.
• Collaborate across dispersed teams to present HR programs to clients.
• Collaborate with HR functions to ensure accurate employee transactions.
• Join a high-performing team that values collaboration and celebration.

Job description

Your Opportunity

We are in pursuit of an experienced HR Business Partner to join our passionate, collaborative, and results-driven team. As part of our HR Client Services (HRCS) team, the HR Business Partner will be supporting leaders and employees throughout our various business lines. We are excited to have this person ideally located in our Calgary or Edmonton office. This position offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement (average of at least 3 days per week in office).

The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor, strategist, consultant, analyst, change agent, and coach. The individual will sit alongside and collaborate with business leaders to develop and implement strategies that support people and organizational needs in addition to facilitating the deployment of our HR Strategic Plan. Every day you will engage in business conversations, influence, and equip people leaders to lead their teams and foster a highly engaged and inspiring workplace.

We are looking for someone who is resilient, pragmatic, adaptable, and a team player. Your counsel will be logical, analytical, and strategic. Your passion to make a difference will contribute to the success of our internal clients in creating better outcomes for our Stantec clients and the various communities we serve.

This opportunity is truly career-changing and will allow you to take your career to the next level.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Quickly establish effective working relationships with internal client groups, including employees, managers, and senior leaders, along with our HR colleagues.
• Proactively partner with clients to identify strategic issues, workforce planning or organizational design challenges and provide advice and expertise to help develop creative solutions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders by presenting multiple perspectives and challenging the status quo.
• Provide strategic guidance and effectively scale the application of the HR generalist disciplines including employee engagement, retention and talent development, succession planning, change, conflict and exit management, employment legislation, employee relations, performance management, investigations, job evaluation, compensation management, internal communication, coaching, data analytics, workforce planning, policy interpretation, career coaching, and facilitation to positively impact Stantec’s culture.
• Serve as a workforce champion and promote a positive work environment and employee experience.
• Facilitate training as needed including planning and delivering sessions with managers and employees.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset and continually look for opportunities to increase the return on investment of human resources programs for employees and leaders.
• Collaborate within a geographically dispersed team to communicate, facilitate, and/or present HR programs and initiatives to client groups.
• Work collaboratively with other HR functions, such as an HR service representative for accurate completion of employee transactions.
• Enjoy being part of a high performing team that values collaboration, celebrates successes, and knows how to have fun.