Director, Labour Relations

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading aspects of labour relations for a specific unionized colleague population, under the direction of the Vice President, Labour Relations
• Develop strong, constructive working relationships with labor union representatives
• Partner with the business leaders to manage the development and implementation of long and short term strategic labour objectives
• Lead a team of LR Managers and LR Specialist in the administration of key labour relations functions, including grievance management, dispute resolution and the development and implementation of labour relations initiatives.
• Effectively lead and support the negotiations process to gain a unified point of view, achieve desired outcomes, and effectuate bargaining strategies that enable business objectives using a collaborative and integrative approach with key senior leadership constituencies and other Human Resource functions
• Represent the labour relations department on cross-functional committees for strategic business initiatives, as required
• Effectively partner with legal counsel, HR partners and senior operations leaders to provide strategic advice and counsel for internal clients regarding labour laws/relations and union contractual obligations to further business objectives
• Support labour legal counsel in grievances, arbitrations and in tribunal proceedings
• Drive performance objectives, attract and retain talent, maintain compliance and ensure administration accuracy within assigned team; create an environment that fosters leadership, opportunity and overall success
• Manage and develop colleagues to ensure timelines are reached and strategy is executed by way of training, mentoring and providing guidance to direct reports
• Keep apprised of federal, provincial and local labour laws and regulations in order to ensure statutory compliance
• Qualifications:
• Post secondary education in business, HR or related discipline, preferably with a CHRM or CHRP designation
• 5-7 years of progressive leadership experience in Human Resources with a focus on Industrial or Labour Relations
• Demonstrated ability to translate business initiatives into clear, consistent and systematic LR strategy
• Strong written and oral communication skills with an emphasis on verbal reasoning, negotiation, resolution of issues and listening skills.