People Culture HR Partner

• Develops strong trusting relationships with Indigenous employees to understand and address factors affecting their workplace experience career progression and personal wellbeing.
• Provides guidance and access to internal and external resources related to career growth personal development worklife balance and overall wellbeing.
• Facilitates referrals to communitybased support services professional counseling mentorship programs.
• Creates a safe and inclusive environment for Indigenous employees to discuss challenges and identify solutions.
• Collaborates with the training department to assess new student cohorts providing input on readiness for training and potential for successful program completion.
• Acts as a liaison between Indigenous employees Training HR and Leadership to improve cultural safety and ensure equitable workplace practices.
• Provides cultural awareness and sensitivity training to PLATO managers and employees to enhance understanding of Indigenous workplace experiences.
• Establishes and maintains connections with Elders Knowledge Keepers Indigenous organizations and community partners to provide additional support and mentorship for employees.
• Supports broader diversity and inclusion initiatives within the company to ensure an equitable work environment for all employees including those from other underrepresented backgrounds.

• Minimum three years experience in a related advisory counseling case management or social services role.
• Experience providing oneonone and group mentorship in professional or community settings.
• Identification as First Nation Mtis or Inuit.
• Deep understanding of Indigenous cultures values and challenges.
• Degree or diploma in Social Work Psychology Indigenous Studies Human Resources or a related field is preferred OR equivalent experience in Indigenous advocacy workforce support or employee relations.
• Strong ability to build trust maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive conversations with empathy and discretion.

Who We Are
PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.

In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations Inuit and Mtis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative trainandemploy model. Since 1997 we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable proven qualitycentric managed services. Companies such as Apple Suncor TD Bank Medavie BCLC LinkedIn Boeing and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA) Testing and eLearning expertise and experience.

We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability boost customer satisfaction manage development cycles and implement qualitycentric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions designed to generate increased efficiencies competitive advantage and market share for our clients.

At PLATO we encourage our employees personal career growth. We have plans in place to make sure that each employee is connected with a people manager to help guide them through their professional development offer elearning classes and give our employees the opportunity to pursue software certifications for cuttingedge technologies.

PLATO respectfully acknowledges that our offices are located on treaty territories unceded First Nations and Inuit territories and part of Mtis homelands. We honour their long history of welcoming many Nations to the beautiful Turtle Island and we actively work towards reconciliation between Mtis Inuit and First Nation peoples and nonIndigenous people on this Land.

We contribute to proactive employment practices to promote inclusivity and diversity to those especially marginalized populations such as women persons with disabilities members of visible minorities First Nations Mtis and Inuit peoples and all other groups protected under the Human Rights Code.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.