Director, Human Resources
About The Position
Cogir Senior Living is seeking a high-impact HR leader specialized in labour relations to join their team. This hybrid position requires a minimum of 3 days a week in the office. The Director of Human Resources will be responsible for overseeing regional HR operations through a team of 5 HR Business Partners and serving as the organization’s subject matter expert in Labour Relations. This role partners closely with Operations Leadership, Legal, and Communications to ensure consistent, compliant, and business-aligned people practices across Cogir’s retirement sites and support office. The position is highly operational, balancing hands-on labour relations leadership with strategic HR oversight to drive performance, mitigate risk, and support operational excellence.
Requirements
- University degree in Human Resources or Labour Relations.
- 10+ years of progressive HR/Labour Relations experience in a unionized, multi-site environment.
- Extensive experience leading collective bargaining and acting as chief spokesperson.
- Deep expertise in grievance management, arbitration preparation, and collective agreement administration.
- Strong knowledge of employment, labour, human rights, and health & safety legislation.
- Proven experience leading and developing HR Business Partners.
- Exceptional influencing, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly operational, solutions-oriented, and comfortable in fast-paced environments.
- Ability and willingness to travel.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary HR partner for Support Office, providing direct HR guidance and support to department leaders and employees.
- Partner closely with Talent Acquisition to support hiring, workforce planning, and organizational design for corporate functions.
- Provide advice and direction on employee relations matters including performance management, investigations, progressive discipline, and terminations.
- Ensure consistent application of HR policies, practices, and legislation across corporate departments.
- Support leaders with ongoing people matters, team effectiveness, and organizational changes.
- Lead collective bargaining, negotiations, conciliation, and interest arbitration as chief spokesperson.
- Provide expert guidance on collective agreement interpretation, grievance strategy, progressive discipline, and terminations.
- Oversee mediations, rights arbitrations, labour board matters, human rights complaints, and tribunal proceedings in partnership with Legal.
- Develop and elevate your HRBP team to a high standard of execution.
- Develop tools, training, and processes to strengthen labour relations practices across regions.
- Respond to union organizing activities, certifications, and related proceedings.
- Oversee pay equity compliance and related submissions where applicable.
- Lead and mentor a team of HR Business Partners supporting multi-site operations.
- Accelerate post-acquisition integration (culture, practices, leadership).
- Ensure consistent execution of HR programs, policies, investigations, disability management, and health & safety compliance.
- Provide oversight and guidance on complex workplace investigations and sensitive employee matters.
- Oversee performance management, talent review, succession planning, and engagement action planning across region.
- Act as the primary HR partner to senior Operations leaders.
- Work closely with Legal and Communications on high-risk, high-impact matters.
- Use workforce metrics and trends to proactively identify risks and opportunities.
- Support organizational change initiatives including acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring.
- Ensure compliance with provincial and federal employment and labour legislation.
Benefits
- Benefits that reflect the needs of today
- Various options available to allow for a healthy work-life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
