People & Culture Labour Relations Specialist (1 year Maternity Leave contract) - Etobicoke

Overview

Paladin Security: Making the World a Safer and Friendlier Place! Do you have superior customer service skills and a passion for helping people? Are you able to think quickly on your feet and defuse difficult situations? Your track record of handling a great deal of responsibility combined with your varied life experience and enthusiasm for a job well done make you an ideal candidate for our team! The Paladin Difference starts with our officers; we're the best because we hire the best. We believe in promoting from within, respecting people and their differences, providing high quality service and always having fun! If you think you have what it takes to join our team, we want to meet you!

Job Skills / Requirements

Internal Posting Date: March 26th, 2025
Internal Closing Date: April 2nd, 2025
External Closing Date: April 25th, 2025

We truly believe that where you work matters!

If you want to love going to work every day because of the amazing work environment, we have an award-winning Corporate Culture (not to mention that we have an amazing, fun group of employees working for us). Check it out here: https://paladinsecurity.com/about-us/our-culture/

At Paladin, you will find a supportive, fast-paced, team environment within a dynamic industry offering unwavering attention to quality while providing our candidates and employees with an award-winning culture. We trust in your ability and give you the tools, support, and resources to thrive at your job. Come work in a fast-paced environment with great people who value your input, take ownership of their work, and produce great results.

In this role on the People and Culture team, the incumbent will support all our Ontario branches encompassing approximately 4,000 employees

Responsibilities:

• Interpret provisions of the Collective Agreement and other employment legislation; assist to ensure compliance of relevant legislations, policies, procedures, standards and Collective Agreement.
• Provide advice and consultation on employee relation matters; work in collaboration with managers conducting workplace investigation as needed.
• Assist the managers with the grievance procedures; take minutes during grievance meetings; coordinate meetings with respective members; adhere to timelines in the collective agreement
• Represent and support management in grievances proceedings such as mediations, arbitrations, Human Rights Tribunals, and Labour Board processes.
• Assist in creating grievance files, gather and maintain required information for each grievance and provide files for review to People & Culture Management and Senior Management.
• Communicate with the union locals in a diplomatic and professional manner
• Review employment correspondence such as, discipline and termination letters
• Support managers and employees on their roles and responsibilities to comply with company policies and legislations governing: Health and Safety, Workplace Accidents, Human Rights Discrimination and Attendance management.
• Maintain knowledge of Employment legislation
• Track grievances, investigations and other metrics as required to provide key Employee Labour Relations statistics for standard reporting.
• Conduct training sessions of various workshops and training sessions for Labour Relation education.
• May need to travel to different branches.
Qualifications:

• 2-4 years labour relations experience in union and non-union environment within a large organization;
• Experience in contract interpretation, grievance administration/disputes resolutions and tribunal experience;
• Ability to think and act strategically;
• The skills necessary to negotiate and influence diverse stakeholders regarding challenging organizational issues;
• The ability to negotiate and influence diverse stakeholders regarding challenging organizational issues;
• Ability to identify, understand, and meet/exceed the requirements of diverse internal and external customers; excellent problem-solving, decision-making and time management skills;
• Comfortable with tight timelines and high volume;
• Ability to be a self-starter
• Have a degree in Human Resources, Labour Relations or related field;
• CHRP or CHRL designation is an asset.
Compensation/Benefits

• Pay based on experience and performance
• Flexible work arrangements, and in office on average 3 days per week
• Company co-paid benefit plan
• Award winning corporate culture

Education Requirements (Any)

Human Resources, Business or Office Administration
Minimum 1 year Human Resources experience

Additional Information / Benefits

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those applicants that are short listed will be contacted for an interview.

Benefits: Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Days, Paid Holidays

This job reports to the Regional Manager, Labour Relations

This is a Temporary / Seasonal position Office Hours 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Number of Openings for this position: 1