Human Resources Director

Your Future Team:

IBW provides outstanding service across the board by developing and building the strongest team in the surveying industry. Four simple but powerful values drive our team:

• Care and compassion 
• Confidence, yet humbleness
• Keen learners
• Commitment to a team culture.

Our commitment to these values is unwavering and shows in our excellent employee culture. If working under these values excites you, read on:

Your Role:

The HR Director will be an active member of the IBW leadership team and will be responsible for developing, leading, and managing the internal Human Resources Function. This position will allow a creative and strategic-minded HR Leader to develop the associated strategy, programs, processes, and policies in the areas of: recruitment and retention, compensation & benefits, management and leadership development, training and development, employee relations, community relations, employee communications, and HR systems.

Job Requirements: 

• Travel
  • This role will require you to be in-person at least once a week in Bowmanville and once a week at any other IBW office across Ontario. All offices require consistent visits to maintain good HR relationships. Mileage is reimbursed.
    
• Personal Vehicle with a G-driver's license
• CHRL or greater
• 7 years of senior leadership experience

Our HR Philosophy:

• HR's role is to empower our people and leaders to be the best at what they do
• HR is a critical member of our leadership team
• HR works through our current structure and empowers our leaders/managers; HR does not do a leader's/manager's job for them
• HR solves the drama; HR does not create the drama
• HR simplifies and roots out complexity by solving problems; HR does not create unnecessary policies and procedures
  
• HR ensures the hard conversations happen to unlock potential in individuals, teams, and the organization as a whole
• HR initiatives are designed to support IBW’s business goals and workforce needs, rather than external political or ideological agendas.
• HR protects our culture by hiring only Core Value Fits (right people)

If the above HR philosophy excites you, we would love to hear from you! 

Your Responsibilities:

• Maintain a high-performance HR Function as a whole
• Partner with peer leaders to coach, support and develop a high-performance team
• Create an HR strategy aligned to the business plan; identify gaps and put plans in place to create strategies, standards and policies across the function
• Develop compensation and benefits policies that align with industry competitiveness in order to attract, motivate and develop talented professionals across the organization
• Facilitate annual Employee Pulse Survey and develop strategies for continuous improvement of leadership skills and employee engagement. Support and monitor action programs. Facilitate dialogue with leadership teams regarding the outcome of the survey.
• Work with the leadership team on career path and management development programs for their staff:
  • Develop and implement a high potential employee program
  • Develop and implement leadership development program
• Manage, administer and monitor the performance management cycle across all teams
• Manage the health & safety program on behalf of the organization that consists of approximately one-third field-based staff
• Improve attraction and retention metrics; develop and implement a comprehensive people management strategy to position IBW as a Preferred Place to Work, including a comprehensive communication plan on the advantages of working for an industry leader
• Develop and implement a community relations strategy to increase IBW reputation and visibility
• Develop, implement and monitor productivity and cost-effectiveness measures
• Identify opportunities to enhance operating effectiveness and efficiency of the organization through engagement, org design, and innovative new programs
• Establishes and maintains institutional connections for current and future recruiting on a regular basis:
  • University of New Brunswick
  • College of Geographic Sciences (COGS)
  • Loyalist College
  • Seneca College
• Overall staffing review aimed at successful succession planning, including:
  • Reporting to managers regarding age and skill level distribution

Your Benefits: 

• Competitive compensation, including generous food and travel per diems for use at your discretion
• Employer-paid comprehensive health and dental benefits
• Flexible work hours
• RRSP with employer-matched contributions
• Travel opportunities
  
• Training and development
• Educational assistance
• Company Events

To learn more about IBW Surveyors, visit our website: https://ibwsurveyors.com/ 

IBW Surveyors is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a barrier-free environment and promoting independence, dignity, integration, and equal opportunities for persons with disabilities.  Accommodations are available, upon request, for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

This posting is to fill a current vacancy!