Senior Business Advisor, Leadership And People, Bdc Advisory Services Gta

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POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior Business Advisor Leadership and People BDC Advisory Services delivers standard and customized advisory mandates that help Canadian SMEs strengthen leadership effectiveness management practices and organizational performance. The role focuses on supporting entrepreneurs executives and management teams in addressing practical people and leadership challenges that directly impact attraction retention engagement and execution.

Operating in diverse SME environments the Senior Business Advisor rapidly diagnoses leadership management and organizational issues - such as unclear roles leadership gaps and inconsistent people practices - and applies pragmatic proven management frameworks to drive tangible improvement.

In a context of ongoing business workforce and digital change the role also supports leaders in thoughtfully integrating enabling tools including artificial intelligence (AI) into management and HR practices while reinforcing accountability sound judgment and peoplecentred leadership.

The Senior Business Advisor leads advisory mandates endtoend provides subject matter expertise supports sales efforts and contributes to the evolution of BDC Advisory Services leadership and human capital offering.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Conduct executivelevel diagnostics to identify challenges related to talent attraction and retention leadership capability organizational structure and management effectiveness and translate them into clear actionable advisory mandates.

• Coach entrepreneurs executives and managers through oneonone and teambased engagements to strengthen leadership behaviours communication and people management practices.

• Support organizations in defining and communicating a compelling employee value proposition aligned with their business strategy culture and growth objectives.

• Help equip managers with practical tools for effective communication feedback performance management and team engagement.

• Lead advisory projects focused on clarifying roles and responsibilities redesigning organizational structures and improving management routines to reduce inefficiencies and duplication.

• Provide advice and handson support to leaders navigating organizational change (e.g. growth restructuring process or technology adoption) by defining the change approach engaging stakeholders strengthening change communications and supporting implementation to drive adoption and sustain results.

• Support the implementation or refinement of performance management practices that reinforce accountability engagement and productivity.

• Manage project delivery by overseeing scope budget timelines and outcomes ensuring highquality deliverables that are realistic adopted and sustained by client leadership teams.

• Work closely with Client Partners to support needs assessment proposal development project delivery and the identification of followon mandates.

• Bring a pragmatic perspective on how digital tools and AI can support leadership and HR practices (e.g. recruitment workforce planning performance tracking) without displacing managerial accountability.

• Contribute to the continuous evolution and visibility of the advisory services offering through content development tools and knowledge sharing related to leadership and people management best practices.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Human Resources Industrial Relations or a related field.

• CRHA / CRIA designation considered an asset.

• More than 10 years of experience in consulting or senior roles within SMEs including significant experience in leadership advisory talent management and executive or management coaching.

• Demonstrated ability to support leaders in addressing realworld challenges related to recruitment retention engagement and leadership effectiveness.

• Strong grounding in practical leadership and management frameworks including performance management role clarity accountability decisionmaking and organizational design.

• Ability to translate complex organizational and people issues into pragmatic and actionable solutions tailored to SME realities.

• Strong business development capabilities and the ability to quickly establish credibility with entrepreneurs executives and management teams.

• Interest in digital tools and AI as enablers of management and HR practices with the ability to discuss their implications in a clear nontechnical manner.

• Proven ability to manage and deliver both standardized and customized advisory mandates in a professional services environment.

• Excellent communication facilitation and influencing skills with the ability to drive engagement and behavioural change.

• Strong teamwork skills.

• Bilingualism in French is a strong asset.

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