Apply By:Tuesday, August 18, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

1 Temporary Up to 12 months with possibility of extension

$28.14 - $32.82 Per hour*

*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

The Ministry of the Solicitor General, seeks a motivated individual to provide payroll and personnel support services for the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre.

If you have excellent attention to detail and enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team environment, don't miss this opportunity!

About the job

In this role, you will:

- Review, prepare and process a variety of human resources and payroll documents
- Record and verify employee attendance in the human resources database
- Verify payroll and salary information for accuracy
- Track attendance, salary and end dates for fixed-term contract employees
- Develop and retrieve reports
- Liaise with human resources and payroll professionals on employee issues
- Organize, maintain, update and ensure the safekeeping of personnel files and databases

Specialized Knowledge and Experience

- You have experience in providing a wide range of personnel, human resources and payroll support services
- You have knowledge of payroll, attendance and benefits processing requirements
- You have the ability to interpret and apply human resources policies and procedures, and collective agreements provisions

Research, Analytical, Problem-Solving, and Reasoning Skills

- You can verify human resources and payroll information in reports, spreadsheets or other sources to ensure accuracy
- You can identify, analyze and resolve errors in payroll and attendance documents, and respond to inquiries from staff concerning payroll and benefits related issues
- You have strong arithmetic skills to calculate and reconcile data related to payroll, attendance and employee benefit entitlements

Communication and Interpersonal Skills





- You can explain policies, procedures and practices to employees as they apply to pay and benefits
- You have solid writing skills to prepare memos and responses to inquiries
- You can resolve discrepancies or complaints effectively while maintaining confidentiality of personnel related information

Organizational and Time Management Skills

- You can organize, coordinate and complete work within established time frames and under minimal supervision

Computer Skills

- You are proficient with word processing, spreadsheets and email applications to prepare correspondence, input or extract payroll and attendance data, and produce reports
- You can use human resources databases to enter and track data

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion.



For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

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- About security checks: A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities. If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in. Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.
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