Title: Manager, People & Culture
Reports to: Director, People & Culture
Location: Golf Canada Head Office
Status: Full-Time (Flexible Hybrid)
Ideal Start Date: March 2025
PRIMARY DUTIES:
People and Culture Business Partner (45%):
- Employee relations and management of a portfolio of Golf Canada staff through practices and processes such as onboarding, orientation, professional development, vacation tracking, retention strategies, reviews, employment changes, year-end processes, organizational communications, and offboarding.
- Lead and organize quarterly staff meetings through collaboration with senior leaders.
- Responsible for generating and providing meaningful data to inform strategic business decisions, including preparing the demographic report annually for the CPO, COO, CEO, and BOD.
- Encourage a positive working environment to foster healthy management of employee relations, motivate employees, and uphold a culture of accountability and high performance.
- Collaborate on culture and engagement initiatives through oversight of social committee activities, staff engagement surveys, relocation plans, and employee policies and practices.
- Assist with the review of People and Culture strategies such as policies and compensation structures as required.
Talent Acquisition / Retention / EDI (25%):
- Work with the People and Culture Coordinator to oversee recruitment processes, including strategy, outreach, selection, onboarding, training, and orientation practices.
- Provide counsel and support to hiring managers and the People and Culture Coordinator as required.
- Provide recommendations and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies to attract top talent.
- Recommend and implement retention strategies for organizational success.
- Oversee the exit interview process, including collection, filing of information, reporting, and consulting with appropriate individuals as required.
People and Culture Compliance (15%):
- Design, review, and update the Employee Manual as required, staying informed of legislative requirements and best practices.
- Direct management of the Office & Volunteer Governance Administrator, responsible for policy organization, tracking, administration, and office maintenance.
- Manage security settings in payroll through the ADP system and assist new hires in setting up accounts following their first payroll.
- Manage biweekly payroll processing in collaboration with the Finance department.
- Serve as benefits and pension administrator, responsible for enrolling, updating, and offboarding staff members.
- Manage HRIS system (Humi) with ongoing staff updates, documentation, vacation tracking, and trainings.
Event Management (10%):
- Lead the annual Women’s Leadership Summit in partnership with CPKC during the CPKC Women’s Open, covering the entirety of this conference event.
- Work cross-departmentally with partnerships, sales, professional championships, and marketing over a six-month period to plan and execute the 200+ attendee summit.
- Manage outreach to potential speakers for panel discussions.
- Connect with local small businesses to provide corporate gifting for guests.
- Collaborate with external vendors, including venue, AV, décor, gifting, and charity partners.
- Drive ticket sales for the CPKC Women’s Leadership Summit to corporate groups and individuals.
- Manage budget throughout the planning process to ensure financial targets are met.
Other (10%):
- Serve as Social Committee chair/member and lead all internal social events annually.
- Act as Staff Representative for the Human Resources Committee.
- Assist with other committee-related work as required (e.g., EDI Alliance, Health & Safety).
- Handle special assignments and projects as needed.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & ABILITIES:
- Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressive HR experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to network and build relationships effectively.
- Team player, able to work effectively with others in a diverse team.
- Strong attention to detail, time management, and self-motivation.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in fast-paced environments.
- Working towards CHRP/CHRL designation is considered an asset.
- Experience working with HRIS (ADP, HUMI) is considered an asset.
- Experience/knowledge of payroll processing is considered an asset.
- Bilingual (English and French) is considered an asset.
- Golf knowledge or experience is not required.
APPLICATION DETAILS:
Golf Canada – People and Culture
1333 Dorval Drive, Suite 1
Oakville, ON L6M 4X7
How to apply:
Forward your cover letter and resume via the Career Page link below. No phone calls, please.
Application deadline: March 2, 2025.
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Career Page Link: https://swimmingcanada.bamboohr.com/careers
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Some travel and weekend work may be required.
Golf Canada is committed to child and youth safety across its programs.
A satisfactory criminal check is required as a condition of employment.
Golf Canada promotes employment equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process.