Description
I. Job Summary
As a member of the WM HR organization, the HR Advisor is tasked with providing tactical, responsive HR support to individual contributors in assigned business units and/or functions. The position serves as the first point of contact and trusted advisor for employee relations issues and human resources policies and processes.
II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
- Provides reliable and timely coaching and counseling to employees on issues to ensure consistent, transparent application of policies, procedures, and employments laws.
- Identifies, communicates, and resolves complex employee relations issues balancing employee advocacy with stewardship of company policies and employment laws.
- Serves as the local HR point of contact supporting/delivering internal processes including Performance Management, New Hire Orientation and Exit interviews.
- Conducts training on company policy, programs, and other issues as they arise.
- Partners and participates with local team(s) on recruitment outreach efforts.
- Serves as an active member of HR related project teams as assigned.
- Serves as a mentor to others within the People department by providing technical advice and guidance.
- Assists the HR Manager in the development and maintenance of processes and policies as well as new initiatives.
- Apprise and escalates potential legal, risk, safety, etc. concerns to the People Manager.
III. Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory duties.
IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.
A. Education and Experience
B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements
CHRP Certification preferred.C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Approachable and responsive resource able to connect with employees at all levels.
- Solutions-oriented approach to problem solving and conflict resolution with a strong drive to create a positive work environment.
- Strong internal and external customer focus.
- Self-motivated; ability to navigate complex environments, get answers and autonomously drive solutions.
- Comfortable with high volume workload and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong working knowledge of employment laws and regulations and the ability to appropriately assess risk.
- Ability to use experience and judgment to make decisions that may be based on imperfect or incomplete information.
- Ability to recognize trends and identify systemic approaches to solving problems
- Comfort with ambiguity; strong learning agility mindset to embrace and drive change.
- Bilingual (French and English)
V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Benefits
At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on RRSP, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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