Director, HR Partnerships

As Director HR Partnerships you will be accountable for outcomes across strategic advisory labour relations leadership and people strategy. Key responsibilities include:

• • Lead coach and develop a team of Strategic HR Business Partners and Advisors.
  • Build team capability in strategic advising labour relations consultation and relationship management.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration continuous improvement and service excellence.

• • Elevate HRBP Capability: Lead coach and mentor the HRBP team evolving their focus from operational execution into high-influence internal management consultants.
  • Drive Business Impact: Partner with senior executives to translate institutional priorities into agile talent strategies succession frameworks and change-resilient organizational design.
  • Workforce Intelligence: Synthesize human capital analytics and predictive data to forecast talent trends advise leadership on workforce planning and proactively mitigate risk.
  • Enterprise Leadership: Serve as a key member of the HR Leadership Team driving enterprise-wide HR strategies that align with SAITs long-term vision.

• • Lead and develop the HRBP team to deliver integrated consistent and scalable advisory services and setting expectations for strategic enterprise-focused partnership and building capability within the HRBP team to deliver high-value support to leaders.
  • Partner with leaders on strategic workforce planning succession planning and talent strategies to support future-ready teams.
  • Use data and trends to identify workforce risks/opportunities and recommend practical solutions.

• • LR Coaching & Capability: Build deep collective agreement expertise across the team actively mentoring HRBPs on practical interpretation to ensure consistent fair and compliant outcomes.
  • Progressive Bargaining: Lead SAITs labour relations strategy overseeing collective bargaining preparation and execution to balance compliance with modern workplace flexibility.
  • Constructive Partnerships: Cultivate collaborative solution-oriented union-management relationships navigating grievances dispute resolution and legal risks with strategic diplomacy.
  • Complex Case Counsel: Provide expert guidance on high-risk employee relations investigations human rights and performance matters managing external counsel and associated budgets.

• • Provide expert guidance on investigations performance management complex case management grievances and dispute resolution.
  • Oversee SAITs approach to labour-related disputes ensuring fair consistent and compliant practices.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders and when needed manage engagement with external counsel and related budgets.

• • Ensure alignment with employment and labour legislation collective agreement obligations and SAIT policies.
  • Contribute to policy development and continuous improvement for HR governance frameworks and practice standards.

Required

• Post-secondary degree in Human Resources Industrial Relations Business or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 10 or more years of progressive HR leadership experience with a proven track record of coaching transforming and mentoring HR Business Partners.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading high-performing teams and navigating complex labour relations collective bargaining and agreement interpretation.
• Strong knowledge of relevant employment and labour legislation and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate confidential and high-risk matters with sound judgement diplomacy and professionalism.

Preferred

• Professional designation (e.g. CPHR or equivalent).
• Experience in post-secondary public sector or other unionized environments with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Experience strengthening HR operating models (e.g. HRBP practice standards service design governance analytics/metrics).
• Demonstrated commitment and capability to advance equity diversity inclusion and belonging in people practices.