Human Resources Advisor

Dawson College; Westmount; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawson College in Montreal is seeking a Human Resources Advisor (Administration Officer) to manage day-to-day HR programs for college services. You will oversee disability leaves, pension matters, CNESST cases, benefits enrolments, and collaboration with management on accommodations.

The ideal candidate has a degree in administration or HR, at least five years as an HR Generalist, strong English and French communication skills, and solid MS Office and HRIS knowledge.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in administration (HR).
• 5 years’ experience as a Human Resource Generalist.
• Advanced customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently with strong time management in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of public sector payroll and pension plan procedures (asset).
• Experience in a unionized environment (asset).
• Advanced English and intermediate French communication skills (testing may be required).
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and familiarity with HRIS software (testing may be required).

Responsibilities

• Oversee and process disability leaves for all employee categories.
• Administer pension dossier; advise on retirements and buybacks.
• Process CNESST cases (accidents, leaves).
• Handle benefits dossiers for support staff, professionals and management; enrollments, terminations, leaves, invoices.
• Review accommodation requests with management; provide recommendations.
• Oversee employee banks and vacation planners with Administration Technicians.
• Provide guidance on benefits related to leaves.
• Prepare and analyze HR reports as required.
• Perform related duties as needed.

Skills

Customer Service

Time management

Independent work

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Administration / Human Resources

Tools

HRIS software

Job description

NATURE OF THE WORK

The job of Human Resources Advisor (Administration Officer) involves more specifically realizing day-to-day administrative programs and processes for one or more College services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee and process disability leaves for all 4 categories of employees
• Administration of the pension dossier and resource person for all categories of employees regarding pension related matters (e.g. retirements, buybacks, etc.);
• Responsible for processing CNESST cases (accidents, preventative leaves, etc.);
• Responsible for Support Staff, Professionals and Management group insurance dossier: process enrolments, terminations, leaves, modifications, prepare invoices, etc.
• In collaboration with management, reviews accommodation requests from employees and provides recommendations;
• Oversee employee Banks, Vacation planners, etc. in collaboration with Administration Technicians;
• Provide employees with guidance and information regarding benefits associated with specific leaves
• Responsible for preparing and analyzing Human Resources related reports as required
• All other related duties.

QUALIFICATIONS

An undergraduate degree in an appropriate field of specialization, particularly administration (Human Resources).

CONDITIONS

• 5 years’ experience as a Human Resource Generalist;
• Advanced Customer Service skills
• Proven ability to work independently with strong time management skills and within a multi-disciplinary team;
• Knowledge of public sector payroll and pension plan procedures an asset;
• Experience in unionized environment an asset
• Advanced oral and written communication skills in English (testing may be required);
• Intermediate oral and written communication skills in French (testing may be required);
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and familiarity with HRIS software (testing may be required).

Dawson College adheres to an equal access employment program and, as such, encourages women, Indigenous peoples, visible and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply. The College is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities and encourages candidates to self-identify during the application process.