Manager, Human Resource Services

Halifax Regional Centre for Education; Dartmouth; Vor Ort; CAD 82.000 - 103.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Halifax Regional Centre for Education in Dartmouth, NS, seeks an HR Manager, Human Resource Services to lead a client-service HR team delivering staffing, policy interpretation, accommodation support, investigations and discipline. The role reports to the Coordinator, Human Resource Services.

The successful candidate will participate in collective bargaining, committees, and policy development, ensuring best practices across 11k+ employees in a large unionized environment.

Qualifikationen

• Undergraduate degree in HR or equivalent.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in HR providing a broad range of services.
• Working knowledge of employment legislation (Nova Scotia Labour Standards Code, Human Rights Act).

Aufgaben

• Lead HR services for School Administrators and Supervisory Staff.
• Support staffing, contract interpretation, return to work/accommodations, performance management, investigations and discipline.
• Participate in collective bargaining and committees; develop and implement HR processes and policies.
• Support Student Success Planning and collaborate with departments to promote best practices in HR delivery.

Kenntnisse

HR management

Legislation knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Discipline investigations

Ausbildung

Undergraduate degree in HR or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) is the largest Centre for Education in Atlantic Canada with over 11,000 full-time, part-time and casual employees. Serving more than 60,000 students in 136 schools, our geographic region spans a 350 km radius.

The Human Resource (HR) Manager, Human Resource Services operates as part of a Client Service team and is the primary point of contact for School Administrators and Supervisory Staff for the delivery of a broad range of human resource services such as staffing, contract interpretation, support of return to work/accommodation, performance management, investigations and discipline. The HR Manager is also required to participate in collective bargaining, participate in various committees and working groups as well as the development and implementation of HR processes, policies and procedures affecting all employees of the Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Acting as a resource to all Departments within the Centre, the HR Manager will support professional development activities to promote and enhance human resource leadership and encourage best practices for delivering services to employees. Working collaboratively within the Halifax Regional Centre for Education, the HR Manager will demonstrate a strong commitment to the Student Success Planning process in support of student learning and reports directly to the Coordinator, Human Resource Services.

Qualifications:

• (a) Undergraduate degree at the university level with a concentration in a human resource discipline or equivalent obtained through training and experience;
• (b) Minimum five (5) years experience in the human resources field providing a broad range of services, preferably in a large, unionized environment;
• (c )Working knowledge of employment legislation, including but not limited to the Nova Scotia Labour Standards Code and Human Rights Act;
• (d) CPHR designation is considered an asset.

Salary:

This is a PEG (Professional Employees Group) position classified on the Education Entities Non-Union Compensation Framework at Band 9 with a salary range between $82,350- $102,938, as of August 1, 2026.

Please refer to job description for further details available here.

Nova Scotia’s Regional Centres for Education and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) are committed to an inclusive education system that supports the well-being and achievement of every student and is high-quality, culturally and linguistically responsive.

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) is actively working to hire individuals from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry, to work toward equitable representation within all employee groups. Equitable hiring strengthens the knowledge and expertise in our schools, and supports our public education system in establishing schools as safe, caring, and accessible learning spaces that support all students. This will provide opportunities for students to see themselves reflected throughout their schools, learning resources, and within their learning experiences.

HRCE has a Recruitment, Selection and Hiring of Staff Policy and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry, in compliance with the applicable collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment.

Applicants are encouraged to complete the Diversity Management section under the Questionnaire heading in the online resume. Applicants invited to participate in the hiring process (such as an interview or testing) and who require accommodation, should discuss their request for accommodation when invited to the assessment process.

Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Employment with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education is contingent upon providing a satisfactory Criminal Records Check with a Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Abuse Registry Search.