The Opportunity
The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) is a strategic advisor and trusted partner to leaders across the organization, driving people strategies that align with business priorities and foster a high-performance, inclusive culture. Operating with a proactive, consultative approach, the HRBP provides expert guidance and thought leadership across key HR disciplines, including labour and employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, and leave and attendance matters. As a core member of the People Partnerships team, the HRBP collaborates closely with client groups to co-create and implement integrated people solutions that enhance organizational effectiveness, build leadership capability, and enable long-term business success.
Status: Regular, Full-Time, Excluded
Number of Positions: 1
Pay Grade: Grade 17 - The salary range for this position is between $86,500 - $117,100. Candidates who meet all qualifications will be hired at the mid-range of $101,800.
Location: Vancouver
Reports to: Leader, People Partnerships
As a HR Business Partner
- Partner with leaders to support employee development, performance, succession planning, workforce planning, and effective people practices.
- Provide expert advice on labour and employee relations matters, including collective agreement interpretation, workplace investigations, conflict resolution, grievances, discipline, and performance management, while ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, policies, and collective agreements.
- Manage leave, accommodation, and return-to-work processes in collaboration with leaders and third-party providers, balancing employee well-being with operational needs.
- Coach and support leaders on employee relations, respectful workplace practices, difficult conversations, and leadership effectiveness.
- Contribute to organizational change initiatives, HR projects, workforce development activities, and the analysis of HR metrics and trends.
- Provide guidance on compensation programs, job evaluations, internal equity, market benchmarking, and total rewards practices.
- Develop, interpret, and advise on HR policies to ensure consistent application across the organization.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- At least 7 years experience as an HR generalist, Business Partner or equivalent. At least 2 years in a unionized environment and experience in labour relations is preferred.
- Degree in human resources, business, or related discipline with CPHR designation; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge of current human resource management principles and provincial legislation (Employment Standards Act, Labour Relations Code, Human Rights Code)
- Experience using data to inform decisions and a willingness to leverage technologies to enhance HR practices.
- Strong consulting and coaching skills and ability to establish trusting partnerships with clients
- Advanced relationship management skills with the ability to build productive, collaborative partnerships between leadership, employees, union and other internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including incident documentation
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in an environment with multiple stakeholders
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Ability to manage ambiguity and approach challenges with a high level of enthusiasm and initiative
- Experience creating, developing and recommending appropriate systematic processes, tools and templates
- Ability to recommend process improvements based on industry best practices that best support the HR objectives and streamline/simplify HR operations
- Advanced skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, with strong ability to quickly learn new computer programs
- High attention to detail
- Ability to exercise a high level of confidentiality, discretion and judgment
- Able to travel overnight throughout BC approximately 10% of the time
Beyond the role:
- Community & Wellness – We recognize and respect each other’s diverse needs. We strive to maintain a healthy culture of psychological safety, belonging, and space to prioritize healthy minds and well-being. This includes Wellness Wednesday (meeting free time), flexible paid holidays, and flexible work arrangements as we have a hybrid work environment focused on connections.
- Employee Resource Groups – We have Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for Mental Health & Wellness, Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation, and Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) to support initiatives we’re passionate about.
- Learning & Development – We value giving and receiving feedback, as well as encouraging different ways for us to continuously learn as a company. This can be through lessons learned, wrap up sessions, one-on-one meetings, and team or individual courses, workshops, and conferences. Some tuition reimbursement may apply.
- Compensation & Benefits – You can find our industry-competitive compensation information on our postings. We have outstanding benefits that include extended health, dental and disability coverage, access to an employee and family assistance program, competitive annual paid vacation entitlements, public service defined benefit pension plan, generous top-up allowance for new parents, and time-off for caregiving, moving, and adoption leave.
About Technical Safety BC
At Technical Safety BC, we matter to each other. Together, we apply a systems mindset to safety, embrace possibility, and act on what we learn. Our culture empowers and enables innovation and connection. Our environment welcomes diverse perspectives and learning is celebrated. We make decisions based on data and use our expertise to make the safety system equitable for all.
Our values guide our work.
- We see genius in diversity
- We foster confidence
- We make the complex simple
- We adapt
Technical Safety BC is an independent, self-funded organization that oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across the province. In addition to issuing permits, licences and certificates, we work with industry to reduce safety risks through assessment, education and outreach, enforcement, and research. Through simplification of our initiatives, we promote understanding and engagement, making safety accessible to everyone. As society changes, we create and adopt new ideas, skills, and tools that will enable us to meet the safety challenges of a highly-connected world.
If you are interested in this position, please apply online by the end of the day on June 24th , 2026. This opportunity will remain open and rolling until filled, but priority will be given to those who apply before the deadline. To see a full list of our current opportunities or to learn more about working at Technical Safety BC, please visit our careers page (https://www.technicalsafetybc.ca/learn-about/careers).
We thank everyone who has applied to this opportunity.
