If you take pride in being compassionate, honest, professional and safe, consider an exciting and rewarding career at Shannex. Our communities offer more than a place to work – they welcome and celebrate Great People who inspire meaningful connections while Leading the Way to Better Living™.
We are searching for a Human Resources Generalist to join our Parkland at Home team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Reporting directly to the Regional Director of Home and Community Living, The Human Resources Generalist provides strategic and operational HR support across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning, employee relations, retention, and engagement. As a strategic business partner, the role works closely with operational leadership and corporate HR functions to support organizational growth and new market expansions
Meaningful Benefits
You will be surrounded by supportive and talented team members who make our communities great places to live, work and visit. As an established and respected organization in the healthcare sector, Shannex offers opportunities for growth, development and advancement. And at the end of every day, you will know you’ve made a measured difference in the lives of our residents. Additional benefits include:
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits plan including an Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Access to virtual healthcare 24/7 for FREE through the group health benefit plan
- RRSP program (with employer matching)
- Vacation accrual (begins immediately) and travel insurance
- Free onsite parking
- Access to thousands of vendors offering perks and discounts through our WorkPerks program
- Access to continuing education and training through Shannex’s Centre of Excellence
- Opportunities to be part of sector innovation and continuous improvement initiatives
- Recognition and Rewards for service excellence and safety
About the Opportunity
- Completes full cycle recruitment including creating job descriptions and postings, candidate sourcing, administering offer letters, conducting reference checks and ensuring all pre-conditions are met
- Provide subject matter expertise on human resources management issues including fact-finding and workplace investigations, coaching, performance management, progressive discipline and terminations, attendance management, attendance support, human rights or other legislative obligations
- Develop and execute comprehensive recruitment strategies aligned with home care expansion, new market entry, and ongoing operational needs.
- Collaborate with Operations, HR, Marketing & Communications, and Senior Leadership to ensure recruitment plans support ramp-up timelines, service launches, and growth objectives.
- Proactively support workforce planning by identifying current and future hiring needs, trends, and operational staffing risks.
- Build and maintain robust talent pipelines to support start-up phases and sustained growth in new and existing markets.
- Promote employment opportunities by cultivating partnerships with educational institutions, government agencies, workforce development programs, and community organizations.
- Lead workforce planning efforts, including predictive staffing, recruitment strategy, and risk mitigation to ensure operational readiness and continuity of care.
- Provide interpretation and guidance of HR related policies and contribute to the review, revision, introduction, and implementation of new or updated HR policies, guidelines and processes
- Support workplace investigations, providing HR advice including assisting with development of investigation plan and procedures, investigation questions, and fact finding
- Provide HR advice regarding outcome of investigations, including analysis and consideration of evidence and mitigating factors
- Support and promote the effective use of HR and workforce technologies, including but not limited to QHR, Power BI, AlayaCare and Gazebo, to enhance reporting, workforce planning, and operational efficiency.
- Support disciplinary processes including drafting and/or reviewing disciplinary and termination letters and supporting managers in disciplinary and/or termination meetings.
- Maintains the employee handbook – updating and communicating changes as required
- Provide subject matter expertise on general labour relations matters including collective agreement interpretation and application, collective agreement administration, labour management meetings, union-management relations, and grievances
- Additional duties as required
About You
In addition to placing high value on continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability, you bring:
- Bachelor’s degree with HR focus or equivalent
- Current or in progress of Registered Professional Recruiter (RPR) certification and/or CPHR designation
- 5-7 years of recruitment and/or leadership experience
- Minimum of three (3) years' experience dealing with complex HR issues.
- Competency in multiple human resource functional areas including labour & employee relations, HR administration, diversity & inclusion, performance management, respective employment legislation, recruitment & retention
- Experience in the health care or hospitality industry considered an asset
- Experience working with stakeholders and presenting to Senior Leadership considered an asset
- Experience developing and implementing a recruitment & retention strategy considered an asse
- Experience in a unionized environment considered an asset
