City of Coquitlam

Labour Relations and Disability Management Senior Advisor

Regular Full Time (Exempt)

One of BC’s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As one of British Columbia’s largest and most dynamic municipalities, Coquitlam is home to a diverse and rapidly evolving community of more than 170,000 residents.

Located in the heart of Metro Vancouver, Coquitlam combines established neighbourhoods, emerging urban centres, rapid-transit connectivity and significant new community development with extensive parks, trails and natural areas. The City is experiencing substantial growth and transformation while continuing to focus on thoughtful city building, sustainable service delivery and an exceptional quality of life.

Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you.

About You / What We Are Looking For
The City of Coquitlam is seeking an experienced and relationship-focused labour relations professional to join our Human Resources team as Labour Relations and Disability Management Senior Advisor.

Reporting to the Manager, Labour Relations and HR Strategy, you will provide practical advice and hands-on support on workplace investigations, collective agreement interpretation and sensitive employee matters. Working closely with managers, HR colleagues and union representatives, you will help resolve concerns, support consistent decisions and build constructive working relationships across the organization.

You bring experience in labour relations,



navigating workplace issues in a unionized environment, assessing information carefully and helping leaders understand their options. You are comfortable conducting investigations, preparing clear documentation and recommendations, and following matters through to resolution.

Alongside this work, you will contribute to the City’s disability management activities, supporting medical leave, accommodation and return-to-work processes in collaboration with HR colleagues. Experience in this area is an asset, and we also welcome strong labour relations practitioners who are ready to broaden their expertise.

This is an opportunity to deepen your labour relations practice, take on meaningful responsibility and expand your skills within a collaborative municipal HR team.

Main Responsibilities

- Provide advice and guidance to managers and HR colleagues on collective agreement interpretation and administration, employee relations, discipline, performance management and workplace conflict.
- Conduct workplace investigations, including planning interviews, gathering and assessing information, documenting findings and preparing explicit recommendations.
- Support grievance handling and dispute resolution through research, file preparation, meetings and recommended responses, working with the Manager on complex or sensitive matters.




- Build and maintain constructive relationships with union representatives, operational leaders and HR colleagues, helping address concerns early and identify workable resolutions.
- Research labour relations issues, relevant decisions and established practices to support consistent advice and well-supported recommendations.
- Prepare investigation reports, correspondence, meeting summaries and other documentation, maintaining accurate and confidential case records.
- Support disability management activities related to medical leaves, workplace accommodations and return-to-work planning, working collaboratively with employees, managers and HR colleagues.
- Help address labour relations questions arising from attendance, leave and accommodation matters, recognizing when additional expertise or direction is required.
- Support managers in applying collective agreements, HR policies and established procedures, explaining requirements clearly and helping build confidence in workplace decision-making.
- Identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve case administration, documentation and labour relations processes, contributing to policy and procedure updates as required.

Minimum Qualifications

- A university degree in Labour Relations, Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience.
- Approximately five years of progressive human resources experience, including substantial hands‑on labour relations responsibility in a complex unionized environment.
- Demonstrated experience interpreting and administering collective agreements and advising manage

📌 Labour Relations and Disability Management Senior Advisor (Coquitlam)
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