human resources generalist

About the company

We bring swagger to everything we do.

That means we move with purpose in every step, driven by our commitment to putting our community at the centre of our work.

Every day, we ask ourselves to see possibilities where others see limits.

Because people with Parkinson’s and care partners deserve better.

Better care, more inclusive research and access to treatment and support that make living well possible.

Our mission is to empower and inspire people living with Parkinson’s and their care partners to live fully and courageously.

Through community support, advocacy, and research, we encourage others to see a diagnosis not as a dimming of light, but a spark for a new beginning.

Move forward.

Together.

On Mission.

Your tasks

Employee Relations and Labour Relations Advisory

• Serves as the first-line advisor to people leaders on performance management, attendance, conduct, accommodation, and workplace conflict, resolving matters independently within policy and legislation.
• Conducts workplace investigations, documents findings, and recommends outcomes.
• Manages performance review and performance management processes.
• Manages voluntary and involuntary departures, including exit interviews and analysis of departure themes.
• Interprets and applies employment standards, human rights, and privacy requirements across all jurisdictions in which the organization employs staff.
• Identifies patterns in employee inquiries and escalations and recommends policy, training, or process responses.

Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning

• Owns the judgement-based stages of recruitment for all departments, from intake and screening criteria through shortlisting, interviews, and offer and acceptance, supported by the Human Resources Coordinator, who handles requisition administration, posting, initial screening, scheduling, and offer paperwork.
• Advises hiring managers on role requirements, selection criteria, interview design, and candidate assessment, and challenges requests that do not align with the approved structure or compensation ranges.
• Sets screening criteria with the hiring manager, receives the screened candidate pool from the Coordinator

Requirements

• Post-secondary education in human resources.
• CHRP or CHRL designation preferred.
• Six to eight years of progressive human resources experience, including independent carriage of employee relations matters.
• Demonstrated knowledge of employment standards, human rights, and privacy legislation in more than one Canadian jurisdiction; familiarity with Quebec requirements is an asset.
• Comfort working without established systems, and sound judgement about what should be documented and how.
• Experience in a small or mid-sized organization, working independently with limited HR support.
• Written and spoken fluency in French is an asset.
• Charitable or not-for-profit sector experience is an asset.