Senior Partner, Workforce Planning & Partnerships

Company Summary

The Peel District School Board (PDSB) is a racially, culturally and linguistically diverse board that serves approximately 148,000 students and 17,000+ employees. In PDSB, 87% of students are racialized, non-white, representing 162 different ethnic backgrounds. Students in Peel have 121 different first languages. Student diversity also exists in terms of gender and gender expression, sexuality and in terms of ability and faith. A responsive and empathetic understanding of the lived experiences of the students and communities we serve is vital to those who will take on leadership roles within the PDSB. The workforce consists of teachers, office staff, custodial staff, education assistants and professional staff. The workforce is largely unionized through PDSB’s numerous affiliated bargaining agents.

Job Summary

Reporting to the HR Lead Workforce Planning and Partnerships, the Senior Partner will co-lead a team to provide day to day supervision and coordination of workforce planning strategies, activities, and continuous improvement of service initiatives in the functional areas of Talent Acquisition, Recruitment and Retention, and Staffing. This position will be responsible for assigned employee groups and provide expertise and guidance to employees, management, unions, federations, and associations regarding the interpretation and application of hiring, transfer, staffing and promotion processes, collective agreements, employment contracts, terms and conditions, and related employment legislation.

In alignment with Workforce Planning strategies, Ministry directives and the Board’s strategic goals, the Senior Partner will support the transformative approach to talent management and strategy, including building distinctive capabilities and experience on skills-based talent management, internal mobility, and workforce planning at PDSB. The Senior Partner will contribute to the development and implementation of inclusive and anti-oppressive recruiting strategy to meet operational, and system needs for proactive talent acquisition reflecting PDSB student population and the PDSB communities. The successful candidate will be responsive to current business trends of talent acquisition, social media strategies and utilize performance metrics, reporting, and analysis to inform business, diversity, and organizational decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate recruitment and retention, talent acquisition, branding strategies, employee onboarding and orientation, student placements, criminal background records, student placements, partnerships with colleges, universities, and community agencies for outreach opportunities, and exit interviews
• Coordinate the staffing/surplus, transfer and promotion processes for Superintendents, Principals, Vice-Principals, teaching, non-teaching, and casual employee groups
• Coordinate HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives to improve service excellence and delivery, employee experience, engagement, and retention
• Coordinate the development, implementation and maintenance of probationary and performance management processes and key metrics, data, reporting, and analysis
• Coordinate the development, implementation and maintenance of Human Resources policies and procedures and records management processes
• Ensure HR services and programs are in alignment with employment legislation (ESA, AODA, Human Rights Code, Education Act, OHSA, Collective Agreements, Ministry of Education Policy/Program Memorandum (PPM) etc.)
• Responsible for the day-to-day coordination of the Workforce Planning team, providing mentorship to build capacity and promote positive and productive work environment
• Develop and maintain consistent and equitable procedures and guidelines for recruitment and retention, transfer, staffing and promotion processes
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal workflow processes in collaboration with Workforce Planning team
• Review caseload assignments and transaction audits to ensure equal distribution of work within the team
• Provide direction and coordination of recruitment fairs, bulk hiring, student placements, administrative transfers, excess/surplus/recall for all employee and occasional/supply/casual groups
• Manage the implementation of staffing levels, setting hiring targets for occasional/supply pools, monitoring of allocations, and ensuring established staffing processes are followed
• Manage the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Applicant Tracking and Dispatch Systems, Staffing Plus Software to support the administration of recruitment and staffing processes for all employee groups
• Coordinate and facilitate professional development and system training including equitable hiring, interview workshops, staff transfer and surplus processes, future organization reporting, Staffing Plus, Applicant Tracking System, Dispatch System, onboarding, and performance management
• Support capacity building at all levels to advance student success, community confidence, equity, diversity, and inclusion through the delivery of consistent, high quality, responsive and efficient services
• Assess, monitor trends, research, prepare reports and support strategies that promote innovation, HR best practices, and efficiencies for continuous customer service improvements
• Establish and maintain effective partnerships with unions, federations, associations, universities, colleges, and other stakeholders
• Act as a resource to HR team, superintendents, school administrators, management, and employees regarding workforce planning, collective agreements, regulations, statutory obligations, grievances, and negotiations in matters of recruitment and staffing processes and provisions
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree/diploma related to Human Resources Management
• CHRP/CHRL designation (preferred)
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of related progressive experience in recruitment and staffing processes, talent acquisition and employee onboarding for union and non-union employee groups
• Experience with branding strategies, criminal background checks, student placements, partnerships with colleges, universities, and community agencies for outreach opportunities, and exit interviews are an asset
• Experience in a complex, multi-union environment working effectively with all levels of employees and unions, preferably in the education/public sector
• Demonstrated leadership, coordination, initiative, organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills, and the ability to foster change
• Comprehensive knowledge of HR management practices (recruitment and selection, staffing, planning, organizational behaviour, training and development, employee and labour relations, compensation)
• Knowledge of human resources best practices, policies, and procedures and employment-related legislation including, but not limited to, the Employment Standards Act, Employment Equity Act, Labour Relations Act, Education Act, Ontario Human Rights Code, Ontario College of Teachers Act, Teaching Profession Act, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
• Extensive computer skills and aptitude with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, HRIS software, Applicant Tracking System, Dispatch System, staffing programs, reporting tools, and Visio workflow design
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal, communication (both written and verbal), documentation and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic and changing environment
• Demonstrated experience using key performance metrics for reporting and statistical analysis, attention to detail and accuracy, ability to meet timelines and maintain confidentiality
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression and working in a diverse school community and/or work environment.

Additional Notes

Preference will be given to qualified members of the Administrative Staff Group (ASG).

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Land Acknowledgement

The land upon which we work, live and sustain ourselves is the ancestral and treaty lands of the Miichizaagiig Anishinaabek also known today as the Mississaugas of the Credit, the rightful caretakers and title holders of this land. We also recognize the rich pre-contact history and relationships which include the Anishinaabek and the Onkwehonwe. Since European Contact, this land continues to be home to Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. As responsible community members, we value the diversity, dignity and worth of all people. Colonialism displaced and dispossessed Indigenous peoples of their ancestral lands and continues to deny their basic human rights, dignities and freedoms. We are committed to learning true history to reconcile, make reparations and fulfill our treaty obligations to the Original Peoples and our collective responsibilities to the land, water, animals, and each other for future generations.

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