Team Manager, Workplace Investigations, 100% Regular

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a dynamic, committed professional to join our team:

1.0 Regular

$140,709 to $164,239 per annum (Union Exempt, Level 10)

Reporting to the General Manager, Labour Relations, the Team Manager provides advice and services to the District, with a particular focus on overseeing workplace investigations involving the professional conduct of employees, including the Respectful Workplace (Anti-Harassment) Policy and investigations into Alleged Employee Misconduct Toward Students. The Team Manager supervises the work of the internal professional conduct investigators, coordinates third-party investigations, and provides advice to leaders across the district respecting issues related to professional conduct in the workplace, including human rights implications and progressive discipline.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in a related field, degree in Labour Relations or a Law degree (LL.B / J.D.);

• Minimum of 5 years’ previous experience in labour relations and/or labour law including 3 years of experience in conducting or leading workplace investigations ;

• Demonstrated understanding of the law related to conducting fair and effective workplace investigations and the principles of progressive discipline

• Demonstrated understanding of human rights principles, legislation and caselaw;

• Demonstrated managerial and leadership skills, including the ability to lead teams and engage in change management;

• Knowledge of labour relations and employment matters as they relate to the education sector, including an understanding and/or experience with the Education Act , Labour Relations Act , Occupational Health and Safety Act , Human Rights Code , and Child, Youth and Family Services Act ;

• Demonstrated understanding of anti-oppression and anti-racism, and the impact of racism and how it intersects with other identities, on the experience and achievement of students in schools and on staff in the performance of their professional duties;

• High degree of initiative, independent thought, judgment and decision-making skills;

• Research and analytical skills combined with superior written skills for report writing;

• Demonstrated managerial and leadership skills to supervise, coach and mentor staff and teams.

• Organizational skills, as well as time management techniques for planning and managing multiple demands, priorities, and conflicting deadlines;

• Demonstrated expertise with electronic file management systems, complex spreadsheets, or database management would be considered an asset;

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to provide advice, direction and/or consultation at a high level, to internal and external stakeholders on employee conduct matters; delivering presentations and facilitating training & information sessions.

  
  
  

Application Process

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Apply to Education (ATE) to manage applications for all job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account at ocdsb.simplication.com.

External Applicants: If you do not have an existing ATE account, you will be asked to create one at Choose ECE, EA & Support Staff as the job category.

Applications will be considered in accordance with the Union Exempt Employee Handbook.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

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