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Location

Nova Scotia | Canada

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Job description

  Req ID: 176094
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Provincial Zone,  All Locations  
Department: PS Employee & Labour Relations
Type of Employment: Permanent   Hourly FT (100%FTE) x 1position(s)
Status: Management/Non Union P osition
Posting Closing Date: 21-Mar-24

 

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

 

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Employee and Labour Relations, and working with the Employee and Labour Relations team, this role has a mandate to review organizational data and trends, identifying patterns and common issues in applying the collective agreements and grievance processes to support strategies for improvement. In addition, this role analyses operational indicators to drive service improvement and conducts research related to market trends, updates and best practices of Employee and Labour Relations with the goal of standardizing service delivery and supporting/enabling Human Resources Business Partners, People Services Centres of Expertise (COEs) to meet strategic and operational goals.

 

Specific Accountabilities

Analytics

• Maintaining department and organizational data, tracking and statistics to provide input to reports and dashboards.
• Analyzing and interpreting data related to labour policies and procedures.
• Obtaining demographic data, conducting statistical analysis of data, tracing employee histories, analyzing payroll/finance data, compiling corporate histories associated with policies, procedures and practices.
• Generating reports and presenting to management/senior management and/or key stakeholders.
• Collaborating with other internal and external SMEs and analytics teams.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Conducting research and providing insights on labour market trends, labour laws, and industry best practices.
• Supporting the creation of reference tools/materials, resources, guides, etc to support HRBPs and other PS COEs deliver service. Collaborating with labour law resources to ensure alignment and consistency.
• Leveraging technology to improve ELR service delivery, information sharing and support a modernized COE team and service.
• Analyzing and making recommendations for process/service improvement, efficiency and supporting implementation.

Collective Bargaining and Essential Services

• Conducting surveys of internal stakeholders, gathering all relevant information/data and providing analytical support for collective bargaining
• Assisting in the preparation of materials for labour negotiations
• Conducting bench-marking research on collective agreement provisions and application
• Assisting with the compilation of Essential Service plans, analysis and reporting.

Strategy

• Collaborating Employee and Labour Relations team in formulating and implementing labour relations strategies.

 

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

 

 

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, health, business, public administration, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience .
• Human Resource Certificate or Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) designation is considered an asset.
• Masters in Labour/Industrial Relations is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in employee/labour relations analytics.
• Experience working in a complex, high volume, multi-union environment.
• Experience working in a complex, high volume, multi-union human resources environment, ideally within the health sector.
• Experience collaborating with others across the spectrum of human resources.
• Demonstrated up-to-date knowledge of employee and labour relations issues and trends, labour laws, and legislative initiatives.
• Knowledge of health care organizations and the health sector.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to effectively build relationships and interact with all clients in scope.
• Advanced computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP.
• High level of competence in both written and verbal communication.
• Experience working with diversity of staff and stakeholders, with knowledge of cultural competence, diversity and inclusion.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

 

Hours

 

• Permanent Full-time position; 75 hours biweekly
• This position is eligible to participate in our work from home program

Compensation and Incentives

 

Hourly Rate: To be determined

 

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

 

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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