People Manager (Maternity Cover)

proSapient; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Toronto seeks an experienced People Manager to cover a maternity leave. This role focuses on enhancing employee engagement, managing the employee lifecycle, and ensuring legal compliance in Canadian employment matters. Applicants must have a current CHRP designation and ideally experience in a target-driven environment. A hybrid work model is available with extensive healthcare benefits.

Benefits

Extended Healthcare Plan

Enhanced paid maternity and paternity package

Remote working policy

Team socials

Qualifications

• Experience advising on Canadian employment law is mandatory.
• Experience in a commission-led environment is preferred.
• Managing the employee lifecycle is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Create frameworks for employee retention and engagement.
• Oversee employee lifecycle in Canada and the US.
• Drive employee engagement and satisfaction initiatives.

Skills

Advising on Canadian employment law

Managing employee life cycle

Creating high-performance culture

Coaching managers

Education

Current CHRP designation

Job description

Everyday, somewhere in the world, important decisions are made. Whether it is a private equity company deciding to invest millions into a business or a large corporation implementing a new strategic direction, these decisions impact employees, customers, and other stakeholders.

Consulting and private equity firms come to proSapient when they need to discover knowledge to help them make great decisions and succeed in their goals. It is our mission to support them in their discovery of knowledge.

We help our clients find industry experts who can provide their knowledge via interview or survey: we curate this knowledge in a market-leading software platform; and we help clients surface knowledge they already have through expansive knowledge management.

We're on the lookout for an experienced and solutions-led People Manager to join our team during a period of maternity cover. Reporting into the Head of People & Talent, this is a brilliant opportunity for someone to drive employee engagement & satisfaction, whilst evolving our People processes during an exciting period of growth as we scale.

The key focuses of the role will include:

• Creating a high-performance culture that unlocks our employee potential by creating people frameworks and processes that drive retention, engagement and growth
• Overseeing the full employee lifecycle for our Americas region (Canada and the US) growing employee base, creating an accessible, approachable and valued People function
• Managing the People & OM Associate to ensure administrative excellence for all People areas (benefits, HRIS, payroll, compensation, vacation & leave, the proSapient platform) as a first point of contact
• Creating an exemplary new joiner onboarding, induction and offboarding experience from a People perspective, partnering with the Training Program Lead
• Acting as the SME for all frontline employment law related queries & challenges, ensuring compliance with ESA & other applicable AMER related laws
• Drafting, developing and enforcing all policies, procedures and handbooks relating to the AMER region, partnering with the wider People team on global approaches if needed
• Driving improved performance across our employees; coaching managers on all performance related tasks, including performance improvement plans, developmental opportunities and growth areas
• Creating a culture that balances performance with wellbeing that drives a sense of psychological safety & trust for all employees, in collaboration with the People Partner (AMER)
• Driving initiatives that unpick employee engagement blockers, that create opportunities to increase retention and that drive employee satisfaction to ensure contribution to the wider pS business goals
• Partnering with ERG Leaders to create events and interactions that create a sense of belonging and inclusion across our employees
• Uncovering opportunities to review & streamline People process to drive efficiency across our employee base
• Partnering with the wider IT & OM teams to ensure the office space is fit for purpose and serves our employee needs
• Collaborating with the Head of People & Talent (AMER) and global People Team to create and deliver on global People projects as needed.

The key experience & skills that will enable you to be successful in this role include:

• A current, active CHRP designation is mandatory for this role
• Previous experience advising on Canadian employment law & matters is mandatory for this role
• Previous experience advising on US employment law & matters is preferred, but not required, for the role
• Previous experience overseeing & managing the entire employee life cycle is mandatory for this role
• Previous experience working in a People capacity in a commission led or target driven environment is highly preferred but the role

What we can offer you in return:

• An extended Healthcare Plan (Vision, Dental & Prescriptions)
• An extended Benefits Plan (Physiotherapy, Chiropractor, Massage and beyond)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Tenure gifts to thank our loyal staff
• An enhanced paid maternity and paternity package
• 20 days annual leave each year + 8 public holidays each year
• A paid sick leave policy of up to 10 days annually
• Access to our remote working policy, allowing you to work remotely from anywhere for four weeks a year
• A hybrid working model, featuring three days per week in our modern downtown Toronto office
• Team socials - from Pizza nights to Karaoke to Trivia, we love to encourage our team to get together and try new experiences together!
• The opportunity to create, lead or participate in one of our many ERG groups, to help drive diversity, inclusion and understanding across our business
• Corporate Events: from quarterly gatherings to our annual Holiday & Summer parties, we love to celebrate, collaborate and have fun together!

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace - did you know that marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement listed? If you are interested in the above role, but don't necessarily tick every box, we encourage you to apply anyway - this role could still be a great match!

At proSapient, we are an equal opportunity employer. As such, we offer equal employment opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and other protected class characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Due to the regulated nature of our clients, all successfully offered candidates are subjected to thorough screening & pre-employment checks, including an enhanced background check, which can affect the outcome of any offer of employment.