About The City of Red Deer Municipal Government The City of Red Deer is a dynamic municipal organization with a $480M operating budget, a $60M capital program, and a workforce of nearly 1,700 employees. It is focused on growing with purpose by attracting talented, community-minded people who want to make a difference. Guided by the vision “Our City, One Voice,” Red Deer is building a thriving, inclusive, and connected community, with priorities centered on a vibrant economy, community wellbeing, and strong engagement.

At its core, the City values its people, embracing diverse perspectives and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and shared success. The City of Red Deer is currently recruiting for a Human Resources Consultant to fill a permanent full-time position.The Human Resources Consultant (HRC) is responsible for providing knowledgeable, professional, and timely advice and services to a specified portfolio resulting in effective human resource management and strategic business partnership within the portfolio and across the organization while promoting effective and productive management practices. The HRC works within accepted policies and best practices to ensure relevant collective agreement provisions, legislation, and appropriate decision making are applied in order to mitigate risk to the organization.The professional services provided by the HRC focus on labour and employee relations, performance coaching, and workplace investigations.Other areas of responsibility, time permitting include non-medical aspects of disability management, recruitment, workforce and succession management and facilitation of training courses.

Provide HR Advisory Services - Advise managers and supervisors on HR best practices, policies, legislation,



and employment agreements in areas including labour relations, performance management, attendance management, recruitment, compensation, disability management, accommodation, retention, and succession planning. Act as Strategic HR Business Partner - Serve as the liaison between HR specialists and operational leaders, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and alignment of HR initiatives with business needs.

Develop

Workforce and HR Plans - Collaborate with leaders to create workforce strategies, succession plans, organizational restructuring initiatives, and long-term staffing solutions that support business objectives. Lead Recruitment and Selection Activities - Support end-to-end recruitment processes, including advertising strategies, interview participation, selection tools, candidate assessment, offer preparation, and negotiation of employment terms.

Conduct Workplace

Investigations - Plan, facilitate, and complete investigations involving respectful workplace concerns, discrimination, misconduct, conflicts of interest, and other employee relations matters, including reporting findings and recommendations.

Manage

Attendance, Disability, and Accommodation Processes - Support supervisors and employees through attendance management, return-to-work planning, disability management, and duty-to-accommodate processes while ensuring legislative compliance.

Provide Policy





Development and Organizational Improvement Support - Participate in developing, reviewing, and implementing HR policies, programs, and practices while promoting consistency across the organization. Lead and Support HR Projects - Manage and contribute to strategic HR projects such as policy development, retention initiatives, process improvements, and organizational change efforts.

Ensure

Compliance and Risk Mitigation - Identify HR, labour relations, and legal risks; ensure compliance with legislation, collective agreements, human rights requirements, corporate policies, and employment contracts; Eligible for candidacy for CPHR (Chartered Professional in Human Resources) designation Minimum of five years of direct experience as a Human Resources business partner and generalist with a focus on labour and employee relations, performance coaching, and workplace investigations. Well-rounded knowledge, skills and experience in development, recruitment, non-medical aspects of disability management, workforce and succession management and facilitation of training courses Must be proficient with MS Office applications and have experience with HRIS systems. Ability to deal effectively and collaboratively with internal clients, the public, and other staff at all levels of the organization Regular Full-time 48.85 to $61.07 per hour ($95,628 to $119,535 per annum) Monday to Friday, some evening and weekend work may be required when needed.

The City of Red Deer does not permit the use of unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools(for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI) during interviews or any supervised or timed assessments.

📌 Human Resources Employee Relations Consultant (Red Deer)
🏢 City of Red Deer
📍 Red Deer