Senior Officer, Human Resources

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

12

Job Family:

Human Resources Operations

# of Open Positions:

2

Faculty/Service - Department:

Student Affairs, Human Resources

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted:

July 18, 2024

Closing Date:

July 29, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 08

Salary Range:

$62,218.00 - $78,589.00

About Student Affairs :

Student Affairs is at the very heart of the student experience at the University of Ottawa. We recruit the very best future students, support them throughout their university years and leave them well-prepared for fulfilling careers and future studies. Our team of more than 600 dedicated staff provides the services that keep students happy, well and thriving as they pursue their ambitions. We help them apply and enrol for courses, we oversee 11 residences and an award-winning Dining Hall, we organize fun events and varsity sports activities, we run an innovative career development and experiential learning program and much more!

There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

Position purpose:

Performs day-to-day activities related to the administration of human resources and provides advice to management in support of objectives. Provides comprehensive human resource leadership, planning, coordination, and execution to ensure proper and efficient management of human resources for the sector.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Human Resources Students: Develop and executes an operational plan for the sector’s student staffing needs designed to effectively manage priorities, requirements, timelines, financial imperatives and the adherence to policies and procedures, in particular the CUPE collective agreements, the University’s policies as they relate to student employment and employment regulations.
• Human Resources Staff: Act as resource person for the sector with regards to inquiries related to human resources management to interpret collective agreements and policies, explain procedures, and facilitate processes. Perform activities related to recruitment and staffing in accordance with collective agreements and University policies. Share management tools to strengthen employee engagement within the sector with the objective of maximizing productivity and minimizing turnover.
• Payroll: Initiate steps for remuneration of employees to ensure compliance with established policies and to minimize the possibility of a negative impact on the affected employee, such as an interruption in pay. Verify payroll reports for accuracy and liaise with Payroll Services to reconcile any inconsistencies.
• Recruitment and Selection: Coordinate all aspects pertaining to the posting and selection process in accordance with relevant human resources policy and procedures and collective agreements.
• Collective Agreements: Act as a resource person for the application of collective agreements as well as provincial and University regulations.
• Work-Study Program: Administer the program for the sector, advise managers of procedures, propose hiring scenarios, initiate steps for remuneration of employees and maintain job profiles.
• Project Management: Plan and manage assigned projects. To this end, develop project specifications, identify project steps and track all relevant progress, perform inspections upon project milestones and ensure effective communication among stakeholders.
• Reporting: Prepare various moderately complex reports, on a scheduled as well as ad-hoc basis, to provide recommendations to managers and to support long term resources planning.
• Records management: Maintain an effective filing and records management system to preserve confidentiality of the records and ensure that complete and accurate documentation is available for future reference or audit purposes.
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