Job Title: Manager, People & Culture

Position Openings: 1 (existing position)

Status: Permanent, Full Time

Location: Home Office Based (Candidates are required to reside in the province of Ontario maintain a private and safe workspace and have a high-quality internet connection.)

Travel Requirement: This position requires some travel for in person collaboration and team meetings.

Hours of Work: 35 hours/week

Grade: Grade 9

The hiring range for this position ranges from $100,744 to $119,633, with the opportunity to grow within the broader salary range of $100,744 to $151,116 as you advance in your role.

About Us

Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) is a not-for-profit organization committed to protecting Ontario’s workers and businesses. It serves more than 174,000 member firms and 4.2 million workers across the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors. A proud partner in the province’s occupational health and safety system and a trusted safety advisor since 1917, WSPS has a rich history of making workplaces safer.

Our focus on healthy workplaces extends to our own solid safety culture. We’re committed to helping employees thrive in a remote-first world, and we’re honoured to be recognized as a Great Place to Work for two consecutive years for 2024 and 2025.

Why Work with WSPS

As a member of our team, you'll benefit from a compensation package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy, motivated and safe. Highlights include:

- Make a meaningful impact by supporting our mission to protect Ontario’s workers and businesses
- 35-hour work week
- Flexible working arrangements within the province of Ontario




- Comprehensive life and health benefits (100% company paid Health & Dental)
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Generous vacation and leave entitlements (including paid time off over Christmas and New Year's, paid parental leave benefits)
- Internet reimbursement
- And more

Role

Reporting to the Director, People and Culture this role is responsible for providing expertise and leadership to WSPS on a variety of human resource programs including talent management, attraction and recruitment, employer brand, retention, employee relations, performance management and total rewards management.

Responsibilities

Note: Percentages refer to approximate % of time spent on each area, over the course of a given year

Team Leadership and Planning (25%)

- Lead a team of professionals in the provision of a variety of People & Culture programs and services.
- Coach team members in the provision of responsive and high-quality services to the organization, continually developing and enhancing capabilities and knowledge to reflect the changing external environment.
- Contribute to the establishment of the ongoing long-term People & Culture strategy and associated annual objectives.

Manager Business Partnership (25%)

- Serve as a business partner to managers, providing confidential advice and counsel based on a clear understanding of business operations.




- Provide guidance, direction and consultative services to all WSPS people managers on all aspects of talent management including workforce planning, employee relations, policy and program application, recruitment and selection, and implications of legislative compliance.
- Provide employee relations counsel to managers and employees, directly and through the team.

Talent Acquisition Leadership and Guidance (10%)

- Oversee, improve and implement the strategy, process, and measurement for acquiring talent.
- Oversee the employer brand work, utilizing the internal communications services to create and update needed materials.
- Own all recruitment components of social media creating recommendations for optimal use and spend, including evaluation of effectiveness of channels.
- Provide a high quality, effective and efficient selection process for WSPS that employs technology, accurate candidate assessment, and creates a positive employee experience.
- Oversee the use of technology for applicant systems, including any customization choices.
- Measure and improve the hiring process to lead to continuous improvement in key hiring metrics.
- Collaborate with managers as they make decisions on vacancies and hiring, providing organization design insights and coaching.
- Ensure a rigorous process for selection of people leaders.

Performance Management Systems (10%)

- Lead the overall strategy and approach to performance development at WSPS, researching and recommending approaches, resources, tools, and programs.
- Oversee the use of the performance system and implemen

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