Overview

Director and Chief Human Resources Officer

Peel Region, Corporate Services

Peel Region serves more than 1.6 million residents and approximately 240,000 businesses in Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga and delivers a wide range of resident focused services across the Region. Rapid population growth, and commercial development have transformed what was primarily a rural area of farms and villages into a dynamic blend of urban, industrial, and residential areas. Peel is known for its large and vibrant newcomer community, with the highest percentage of racialized individuals in the GTA at 69% (2021).

Peel Region’s 20-year vision is “Community for Life”, where everyone enjoys a sense of belonging and has access to the services and opportunities they need to thrive throughout each stage of their lives.

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) will be Peel Region’s senior-most people executive, serving as a strategic counsellor to the Chief Administrative Officer, Regional Council, and the Executive Leadership Team. With enterprise-wide accountability for the people agenda, the CHRO will set the strategic direction for Human Resources and advance Peel’s People Strategy through the 2027–2029 Strategic Plan period, ensuring the organization has the leadership, capabilities, and workforce resilience to deliver on its evolving mandate. This executive will position Human Resources as a high-impact, integrated, and client-centred partner while leading the modernization of the function, including workforce planning, executive and organizational talent, labour relations, and the employee and leader experience.

The CHRO will exercise strategic stewardship across the full Human Resources portfolio, encompassing talent acquisition, workforce planning, labour relations and collective bargaining, total rewards, pensions, learning and leadership development, performance, recognition, well-being, health and safety, HR policy, and workforce analytics. The CHRO will shape Peel’s workforce strategy in the context of artificial intelligence, automation, and emerging technologies, anticipating future capability requirements and championing responsible job redesign, reskilling, mobility, and redeployment to sustain organizational performance and service excellence.





The successful candidate will be a values-led HR executive with a record of shaping enterprise people strategies and delivering complex transformation in a unionized, regulated environment. Bringing at least 10 years of progressively senior leadership experience and broad portfolio accountability, they will have demonstrated the credibility to advise a CAO, Council, or executive leadership team on workforce, labour, governance, and organizational matters.

They will bring demonstrated experience providing executive sponsorship and leadership for the implementation and optimization of enterprise HCM or ERP systems. They will combine extensive labour relations and collective bargaining expertise with strong financial and political acumen and a sophisticated understanding of future workforce capability. Municipal or broader public-sector experience is strongly preferred.

An influential and highly collaborative leader, they will inspire confidence, build executive alignment, develop high-performing leadership teams, and translate strategy into measurable institutional outcomes.

Reason for Posting: Existing Vacancy

We thank all those who express an interest, however only those chosen for further development will be contacted.

If you wish to be considered for any of the positions, please forward a cover letter and your resume by email addressed to Margaret Campbell at Margaret Campbell .

Please be assured that any information shared with Odgers Partners will be treated with the strictest confidence and shared only with the client for the purposes of this search.

About Us

Peel Region consists of the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon. Peel Region delivers essential services to more than 1.5 million residents and approximately 200,000 businesses.

We’re working to create a community that is safe, inclusive, and accessible. A place where everyone feels they belong and can access the services they need to thrive throughout each stage of life.





Our workforce is 6,700 strong and since 1974, we’ve been delivering a wide range of resident focused services. Our services include paramedic services, health programs, long-term care and services for seniors, child care support, garbage collection and recycling, waste water and water treatment, road maintenance, financial assistance, and housing support.

Recognized by Canada's Healthy Workplace Month® with the Great Employer Award presented by Excellence Canada, Peel Region is a place where everyone feels they belong. We strive to develop a workplace that values and respects diversity, practices inclusion, recognizes the unique contributions and abilities of all people and facilitates innovative thinking.

At Peel

Region, people come first. Each employee has an key role within our community and when we work together, it’s impactful. We encourage you to join us in delivering essential services and programs to our diverse community. You won't find a better opportunity than Peel Region.

Additional Information

Peel Region is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and valued for their contributions, and where everyone is treated fairly and has prospect to grow and develop. As one of the most diverse regions in Canada, we are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that is reflective of the population we serve.

Peel Region is committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment process, upon request. If you require accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs. Accessible formats and communication supports are available. Please contact [email protected]

Please be advised, Peel Region uses email to communicate with applicants for open job competitions and does not use AI technology in any part of the recruitment process. It is the applicant’s responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time sensitive correspondence via email (i.e., testing bookings, interview dates), it is imperative that applicants check their email regularly.

If we do not hear back from applicants, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the position and your application will be removed from the competition.

📌 Director and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) (Ontario)
🏢 Regional Municipality of Peel
📍 Ontario