Human Resources Consultant

Saskatchewan Polytechnic; Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saskatchewan Polytechnic seeks an HR Consultant to support internal clients with workforce strategies, coaching, and strategic HR guidance province-wide. The role emphasizes advisory services across multiple campuses and business units, aligning HR initiatives with institutional priorities.

The candidate will work within a team of HR professionals to deliver consistent service, applying knowledge of employee life cycle processes and labour relations where applicable.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in human resources or related discipline with additional HR education.
• Minimum of three years of progressive HR generalist experience.
• Professional HR designation preferred; unionized setting experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with workforce strategies and HR guidance across the employee life cycle.
• Provide coaching and strategic HR advice to business leaders on people implications of decisions.
• Collaborate with HR advisory team to ensure consistent service across campuses in Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

Skills

Coaching

Strategic HR advice

Education

Post-secondary degree or diploma in human resources

Job description

Proudly sharing land located in the homeland of the Metis people and on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 Territory, we serve more than 26,000 students through campuses located in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon. With more than 1,600 full time positions serving our students across the province, the role of human resource client services is to provide exemplary services to internal clients covering a broad range of issues including recruitment, onboarding, labour relations, strategic and operational planning, workforce planning, and projects targeted at the improvement of our services.

The human resource consultant is responsible for supporting clients with workforce strategies, providing coaching and strategic human resource advice based on their assignment, and helping business leaders understand and address the people implications of business decisions. Guided by the employee life cycle model, the consultants work as a team across the province to problem solve matters and ensure consistency in service to their assigned clients. As the institution evolves in our business, services and culture, the human resource consultant will continue to advance in service, expertise and support.

There are eight human resource consultant positions located across the province assigned to clients based on our school/division model. This client-based assignment allows the position to be located in any of our four geographic centres (Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina or Moose Jaw). The HR consultants are part of the broader team of human resource advisory services and includes includes three managers (HR Systems and Reporting and two managers HR Advisory Services), four human resource coordinators, four human resource assistants and four human resource analysts that report to the director, human resource advisory services. The human resource consultant is assigned to specific academic or administrative client portfolio that spans the provincial Saskatchewan Polytechnic model and works in cross campus teams to support Saskatchewan Polytechnic as a whole and projects aligned to the Human Resource division strategic priorities and projects. The HR Consultant reports directly to one of the managers, HR Advisory Services.

Qualifications:

A post-secondary degree or diploma in human resources, or related discipline with additional post-secondary human resource education along with a minimum of three years of progressive human resources generalist experience is required. A professional human resources designation and experience working in a unionized setting is desired.