Director, Employee and Labour Relations# NAIT Careers## Director, Employee and Labour RelationsApply: Hybrid: Main Campus: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: November 7, 2026 (10 days left to apply): JR100996Ready to start your next chapter with NAIT?At NAIT, we’re passionate about building a team of talented, dedicated professionals who share our commitment to excellence and innovation. Your skills and experience can shape the future of education and make a real impact in our community.
If this opportunity feels like the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply and join us in creating a brighter future – together.Important Application Deadline NoticeApplications must be submitted by 11:59pm MST on the day before the posting end date shown above, as Workday automatically closes postings at that time. Internal NAIT EmployeesCurrent NAIT employees are welcome to apply for this opportunity. To be considered, please submit your application through the NAIT Jobs Hub rather than the external career site. # About the Opportunity Help shape a future where NAIT's employee and labour relations practices strengthen trust, support organizational stability, and help people and teams thrive. Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Human Resources, the Director, Employee & Labour Relations is a member of the HR Leadership Team and leads an institution-facing Employee & Labour Relations portfolio. The Director provides strategic leadership for labour and employee relations, collective bargaining, workforce risk, and ability management while fostering productive relationships between employees, leaders, unions, and the institution. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders,



helping navigate complex workplace matters and translating institutional priorities into practical action that advances the NAIT Effect. Success in this role requires a credible, principled, and forward-looking leader who combines sound judgment with strong relationship-building skills, thrives in complex environments, and is committed to achieving fair, consistent, and sustainable outcomes for employees and the organization.

Key Responsibilities
* Define the strategic direction for employee and labour relations and lead an integrated labour relations plan aligned with institutional priorities.
* Establish clear governance, decision-making roles, escalation protocols, case standards, service expectations, and measures of success.
* Lead the full collective bargaining cycle, including mandate development, costing, scenario planning, approvals, team roles, communications, contingency planning, ratification, implementation, and lessons learned.
* Build and sustain constructive relationships with unions, employees, leaders, and HR partners through regular dialogue, reliable follow-through, and early issue resolution.
* Serve as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders on complex employee and labour relations matters, including investigations, grievances, performance management, accommodations, organizational change, workforce risk, and labour disruption planning.
* Build leader capability through education, coaching, and guidance related to collective agreement administration, performance management,



accommodations, investigations, grievance management, and organizational readiness.
* Provide strategic leadership for employee relations, employee wellbeing, and ability management programs, ensuring fair, consistent, timely, and human-centred outcomes, including WCB claims, disability management, accommodations, and sustainable return-to-work planning.
* Collaborate across Human Resources and with leaders on talent management initiatives, including workforce planning, succession management, performance, retention, and leadership development.
* Lead a team of skilled consultants and ability management professionals; align resources with priorities and foster accountability, sound judgment, collaboration, and exceptional performance.
* Represent NAIT with unions, legal counsel, government, post-secondary networks, and sector partners while maintaining credibility in sensitive and high-stakes environments.
* Represent NAIT's interests in employment-related legal matters, working closely with internal and external legal counsel as required.
* Lead NAIT's response to matters before the Alberta Labour Relations Board, including applications, complaints, hearings, and related legal strategy.
* Oversee portfolio budgets, external legal and consulting resources, confidential information, and the responsible use of digital tools, automation, and AI. Skills & Abilities:* Advanced knowledge of employee and labour relations practices within a complex, unionized environment.
* Deep understanding of Alberta labour and employment legislation, human rights, privacy, occupational health and safety requirements, and relevant labour relations jurisprudence.
* Demonstrated ability to as

📌 Director, Employee and Labour Relations (Edmonton)
🏢 NAIT International
📍 Edmonton