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Job Type:
EmployeeDuration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):
8Job Family:
Human Resources Operations# of Open Positions:
1Faculty/Service - Department:
InfoHRCampus:
Main CampusUnion Affiliation:
N/ADate Posted:
June 24 2025Applications must be received BEFORE:
July 07 2025Hours per week:
35Salary Grade:
Non-Union Grade NC5 - 35 hrsSalary Range:
$67700.00 - $84625.00About Human ResourcesPosition Purpose
Reporting to the Manager Payroll and InfoHR serves as an expert to whom internal and external clients can refer when they have questions about pay and employment eligibility requirements. Ensures that external clients (non-residents) comply with Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada requirements and provides explanations to ensure they understand the regulations. Processes certain payroll correction requests submitted by faculties and services. Checks and processes certain requests submitted by various government organizations to ensure the accuracy of the information requested. Analyses and reviews payroll reports as part of pay processing to find and correct errors. Provides high-quality services to internal and external clients as the first point of contact of the compensation sector by explaining the policies regulations and procedures that apply to compensation and collective agreements.
In this role your responsibilities will include:
Customer service: Provides comprehensive service to all University of Ottawa employees by working closely with faculties and services as well as HR and payroll employees to ensure that activities related to staff transfers and hiring run smoothly. Supports the information officer at the customer service counter in solving more complex pay-related issues in order to provide high-quality service to employees who report in person.
Information management: Analyzes and processes the personal confidential information of University employees. Detects anomalies in the data and follows up with those responsible to keep the various HR databases and information systems updated. Checks the information submitted or produced by the faculties and services and follows up as required to maintain the quality of the information received. Assists in updating the system by conducting tests according to the established plan and adds new scenarios to this plan as needed.
Project administration: Manages all phases of the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) process and maintains the related databases to ensure the integrity of the data during daily operations and when producing reports.
Electronic correspondence: Manages the customer feedback management system and acts as the resource person within the HR team for questions on using this system. Registers all interactions with clients in the system to ensure that the necessary follow-up is conducted and that statistical reports are produced to improve customer service.
Management of online communications: Updates information about the payroll sector and InfoHR on the website.
What you will bring:
Knowledge of payroll administration and customer service normally acquired through a post-secondary program or relevant experience. Certification by the Canadian Payroll Association as a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) is an asset.
In-depth knowledge of an integrated payroll system
In-depth knowledge of federal and provincial laws employment standards immigration requirements and other regulations related to payroll and compensation
At least three years experience working in a complex payroll environment in a large preferably unionized organization
Experience in analyzing interpreting and implementing policies and procedures
Knowledge of accepted HR principles and management practices
Knowledge of work in various aspects of HR
Knowledge of policies rules and legislation that relate to HR collective agreements and immigration laws combined with the ability to explain and apply them
Experience in using HR management systems and customer feedback management software
Experience in preparing analyzing and interpreting reports
Knowledge of computer systems including expert skills in Excel and knowledge of other software such as Windows word processors spreadsheets presentation software databases email and Internet browsers
Organizational skill and attention to detail
Self-reliance and good judgment
Bilingualism French and English (spoken and written)
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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect teamwork and inclusion where collaboration innovation and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons racialized persons persons with disabilities women and LGBTQIA2S persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.
If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
Prior to May 1 2022 the University required all students faculty staff and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Full-Time