Senior Employee Relations Advisor - Temporary 6 Months

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia•Burnaby, BC

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Employee Relations department is hiring a Senior Employee Relations (ER) Advisor to join their team in Burnaby at the CRLC location. As a Senior ER Advisor, you will provide technical expertise on a wide range of labour relations issues to management, excluded and Human Resources staff. This is a temporary 6-month opportunity expected to end in January 2027.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree (Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Law, etc.) and / or a professional designation (CPHR, CBABC, etc.).
Minimum 3 years of related direct / indirect work experience providing advice in employee relations related topics to senior leadership and HR teams.
Deep experience applying the principles, concepts, practices, and methods of the labour relations field.
Ability to coach and provide advice regarding the collective agreement and corporate and HR policies and procedures.
Sound knowledge of the relevant acts, legislation, regulations, and case law to provide technical advice to others.
Deep experience applying principles, concepts, practices, and techniques of conflict resolution to resolve complex and/or confrontational labour relations issues in large and complex organizations.
Ability to effectively perform detailed research to identify, develop and present evidence at grievance and arbitration hearings.
Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities with high attention to detail.
Possesses strong analytical skills, good communication skills (both spoken and in written) translating technical jargon to non-technical people.
Only candidates legally entitled to work in Canada will be considered for this position.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree in Industrial Relations is an asset.

Responsibilities

Conducts or provides guidance on workplace investigations.
Provides consultation and advice to management, excluded and HR staff on a wide range of labour related subjects.
Identifies, interprets, and applies relevant policies, practices, articles of the collective agreement, case law, and government legislation and regulations.
Negotiates with union representatives to resolve disputes prior to formal grievance, whenever possible.
Investigates, researches, and analyzes labour relations issues, conducts grievance hearings, and prepares cases for arbitration hearings.
Develops strategies, gathers evidence, prepares and/or conducts interviews as applicable, and writes documentation.
Acts as a technical resource on corporate projects by providing a labour relations perspective of the impacts on planned activities, programs, and initiatives.