Lead, HR Transformation & Enablement

Halton Healthcare’s vision of Exemplary patient experiences, always, goes beyond just the patient experience; it has shaped our entire culture and remains at the core of every interaction in our organization, from our patients & families to our staff, physicians and volunteers. We believe in exemplary PEOPLE experiences always!

At Halton Healthcare you will thrive in a health care culture and environment that embraces inclusion, high performance and flexibility with ‘exemplary patient care, always’ at the heart of everything we do.

We empower our people to be the very best they can be so they can make a difference for our patients and the communities we serve. It’s an exciting time to join Halton Healthcare with the completion of our major redevelopment projects. Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital opened its doors in December 2015 and Milton District Hospital completed a significant addition to its clinical space in October 2017.

Halton Healthcare takes great pride in providing quality, compassionate healthcare services to our rapidly growing communities. As a progressive and vibrant healthcare organization, we are committed to being an innovative centre of excellence in community hospital care in the Halton and Peel Regions.

Reporting to the HR Directors and working closely with the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Lead, Functional HR and Process Optimization provides leadership in preparing the organization for future-state HR technologies and a new Human Resources Information System (HRIS), while ensuring sustainable, stable HR operations in the interim.

The Lead will advance Halton Healthcare’s HR modernization agenda through strengthened HR processes, embedding continuous stakeholder feedback across all work and partnering closely with Organizational Development to support effective change management. This includes leadership of HR workflows, practices, impacted policies, and cross-functional initiatives. This role collaborates across all areas of Human Resources such as Recruitment, HR Business Partners, Labour Relations, Compensation & Benefits, Organizational Development and Health, Safety and Wellness, to review and reimagine HR processes to ensure they are efficient, documented, user-friendly, consistent and aligned with future organizational needs.

The Lead provides expertise in process mapping, redesign, workflow integration, and documentation. The Lead is accountable for establishing and maintaining data quality standards, reducing process exceptions and anomalies, while supporting overall operational readiness. The role partners closely with internal stakeholders (e.g., HR functional leads, ICT, Finance, Payroll, Performance Analytics) to guide process improvements, implement new practices, and ensure consistency across the HR portfolio.

A major focus of the role is to document and assess current practices, identify improvement opportunities, enhance HR’s operational efficiency focusing on automation opportunities, and support readiness for modernization initiatives, including HRIS preparation. The Lead contributes specialized advice on process dependencies, workflow integration, change management needs, and project implementation requirements across departments. The Lead actively connects with peer hospitals and external networks, drawing on shared learnings and best practices in interim HRIS stabilization, process standardization, and HRIS implementation to support informed decision-making and strengthen project outcomes. The Lead will:

• Consult with HR colleagues and other stakeholders to understand process requirements, dependencies, and improvement needs, in order to identify process gaps, redundancies, inefficiencies, and risks.
• Review and standardized workflow to ensure appropriate documentation (SOP’s, guidelines, process maps) and consistent application, to align with policy and legislative expectations.
• Translate future HRIS needs into clear integration requirements with external partners (e.g., HOOPP, Sun Life), ensuring data exchanges are accurate and efficient, while collaborating with ICT on technical aspects
• Leverages knowledge of current HRIS platforms used across the healthcare sector to align HR processes and practices, enabling efficient system implementation, effective data migration, while leveraging a clear change narrative to support strong adoption across HR, internal stakeholders, and system end users
• Coordinate cross-functional working groups related to HR process improvement and modernization, leading HR improvement initiatives from initial planning through implementation and evaluation
• Create tools, templates, resources, and reference materials to support HR staff
• Lead efforts to refine, organize, and standardize HR data to improve quality and usability

• Undergraduate Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (Required)
• CHRP/CHRL designation (Preferred)
• Experience with system optimization, HR implementation and/or HRIS functional leadership
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or Change Management certification an asset
• Advanced skills in process mapping, workflow redesign, and documentation
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities
• Knowledge of HR operations, employment legislation, and collective agreements
• Experience supporting HR process improvements and/or HRIS readiness
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently

Hours: Monday to Friday, days, subject to change based on operational requirements

Salary: Min: $54.219 ($105,727) to Max: $67.800 ($132,210)

Halton Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer who is committed to integrating diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our operations, policies and culture. If you are passionate about what you do, motivated by a job well done, and as committed to excellence, quality and patient satisfaction as we are, we'd like to hear from you. Please attach your current resume directly to this posting.

Please note that while this job is posted on Halton Healthcare's career page, it may also appear on third-party job boards. These external platforms may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence, for candidate screening and matching. We do not control or influence these processes. To ensure your application is reviewed by our team, we recommend applying directly through our Halton Healthcare careers site.

We thank all those who apply but only those individuals selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Halton Healthcare is committed to providing accommodations for applicants with disabilities. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Halton Healthcare will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs to ensure your equal participation.

The Ontario Public Hospitals Act mandates that hospitals establish health surveillance programs for all individuals working within the hospital. This regulation requires proof of immunity for certain diseases and as a result, Halton Healthcare requires all new hires to receive pre-employment medical clearance by our Health, Safety & Wellness team, prior to their start date, as a condition of employment. This includes demonstrating compliance with Halton Healthcare’s Immunization Policies.

All new hires must be fully compliant with our Vaccination Policy as a condition of employment with Halton Healthcare. Successful applicants will be required to provide proof of vaccination or proof of a documented medical exemption as part of the hiring process.

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