This posting is open to internal candidates.
Coast Mountain College (CMTN) invites applications for a full-time continuing Junior Human Resources Advisor position. The salary for this position is $84,208 annually plus a comprehensive benefits plan.
This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career HR professional to gain broad generalist experience in a unionized, post-secondary setting while contributing to a collaborative and service-focused workplace.
At Coast Mountain College (CMTN), we are dedicated to nurturing a vibrant and welcoming community where inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and interculturalism are fundamental values and form the lynchpin for our guiding principles.
We acknowledge the historic and ongoing barriers that impact students, employees, and community members, and we are determined to identify and address these obstacles through meaningful dialogue, informed policy, and sustained action. Our institution is committed to creating an environment across all CMTN campuses where students and employees feel safe, valued, and supported.
Duties: The Junior HR Advisor will provide foundational HR support across the full employee lifecycle, enabling the HR team to deliver efficient, timely and high-quality services. This role is responsible for conducting preliminary work, coordinating HR processes, and supporting employee and manager enquiries, while developing broad generalist HR capability.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Respond to routine HR-related inquiries from employees and managers
- Interpret and apply collective agreement provisions in day-to-day HR matters
- Conduct preliminary fact-finding and documentation for employee and labour relations issues
- Support grievance administration, including tracking, correspondence, and documentation
- Liaise with union representatives on routine matters and escalate complex issues as required
- Assist hiring managers throughout recruitment and onboarding processes
- Draft routine HR correspondence, reports, and documentation
- Support job description development and job evaluation processes
- Research collective agreements, legislation, and policies to inform HR practices
- Participate in HR projects, initiatives, and team activities
- Maintain accurate HR records, tracking systems, and reporting
- Maintain current knowledge of applicable relevant legislation, regulations, policies and HR best practices, such as but not limited to:
- BC Labour Relations Code
- Employment Standards Act
- Human Rights Code
- Labour Relations Code
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Workers Compensation Act
- Applicable collective agreements (BCGEU-Support Staff, BCGEU-Vocational Instructors, CUPE/FPSE)
- Provide backup support within the HR team as needed
- Travel occasionally to regional campuses or locations, and community events