HR Officer

Posting date: 2011-12-15

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is a federal Crown corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective standardization in Canada. Located in Ottawa, SCC has a governing Council comprised of up to 15 members and a staff of approximately 85. The organization reports to Parliament through the Minister of Industry and oversees Canada's national standardization network.

SCC carries out a variety of functions intended to ensure the effective and coordinated operation of standardization in Canada. It also represents Canada's interests on standards-related matters in foreign and international forums.

Summary of duties

Reporting to the Director, Human Resources, the HR Officer primarily administers the recruitment and selection activities of the organization. The successful candidate will be responsible to perform full life cycle recruiting as well as participating in various projects within SCC’s human resources group. The Human Resources Officer coordinates and participates in the recruitment and staffing processes including: assisting in the creation of job descriptions, posting job opportunities to SCC’s Web-site, the media and select electronic job boards; screening of resumes, coordinating the scheduling of interviews, conducting interviews, and checking references. The incumbent will also support the planning and administration of HR program activities required to meet individual and corporate needs identified through the annual performance review process.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Human Resources, Administration or related field.
• Seven years’ experience in various functional areas of Human Resources; and at least five years’ experience as a recruiter.
• Effective organizational, interviewing and negotiation skills required.
• Fluently bilingual in both official languages of Canada

Asset Qualifications:

• Certified Human Resources Professional (C.H.R.P.) designation preferred.

Knowledge

• Broad knowledge and understanding of Human Resources Management policies, practices, theories, concepts and systems.
• Knowledge of leading edge recruiting sources, tools and tactics.
• Knowledge and understanding of employment law and regulations, legislative issues (Canada Labour Code), and industry trends relating to Human Resources.
• Advanced knowledge and experience working with a variety of computer applications including MS Office, Excel and Word.
• Broad knowledge of SCC’s business, mandate and objectives an asset.

Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills – both oral and written
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment
• Excellent Interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Abilities

• Team Building
• Decision-making
• Analytical thinking
• Management of multiple projects

Personal Qualities

• Tact, diplomacy and discretion
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Teamwork
• Collaboration
• Flexibility
• Reliability

The SCC is an equal opportunity employer offering competitive compensation and benefits packages.

Qualified candidates are invited to apply to this competition by submitting their résumé to the attention of Director, Human Resources, Standards Council of Canada, at [email protected].

We thank all candidates for their interest; only those applicants whose qualifications are most relevant will be considered and contacted.