Darshan Singh Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Canada Area

• As the Manager, Force Generation (FG), an innovation at the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), and in fact, within the government, I manage a project with the mandate, through thorough consultation, to deliver Human Resources (HR) products for clients and to redesign the HR methodology used at the CCG to attract and retain specialized employees in shortage areas while respecting legislation and policies. FG is built on five common pillars where a difference in people’s lives can be made in short term innovation and long-term management of the CCG’s people. These pillars are:• Recruitment• Training and Development• Career Management• Support & Wellness• Leadership• FG received the Commissioner’s award for excellence by creating competency profiles for all employees in 2021.

National Capital Region - Canada

• Expert advice provision in the areas of Collective Bargaining, Labour Relations, EX Resourcing, Staffing and Recruitment, Classification, Compensation, Learning, Training and Development, and Performance Management.• Assist in the development of HR practice to facilitate people management for large branches within various employers.

Government Of Canada

As the CHRO, and in partnership with a multidisciplinary team of 25 professionals, I was mandated with the delivery of corporate leadership and establishing and maintaining the HR function as a strategic business partner with Senators, the Senate Administration’s Management team, and all Senate employees. As the senior executive in HR, I provided advisory expertise and strategic planning in the support and achievement of institutional short and long term business priorities and objectives.• Recommended to the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration, strategies, mandates and positions for collective bargaining and matters arising from the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act (PESRA). • Advised the Executive Committee at the final level of the grievance procedure on all matters, including staffing, labour relations, collective bargaining, and classification, before such matters could be brought to adjudication. • Worked with union partners to address significant industrial relations and human resource management, issues including the negotiation of major HR matters with an eye to resolution.• Developed the Senate’s first developmental programs in the areas of financial management in order to deal with issues emanating from the Auditor General’s 2014 Audit of Senators’ expenses.• Implemented complete HR systems reviews and reporting requirements under various acts of Parliament such as the Employment Equity Act, Official Languages Act, and PESRA.• Managed the compensation, benefits, employee recognition, compensation programs, classification, organizational design, job evaluation, and labour relations teams.• Under the mandate of the HR modernization project, developed and managed the Senate’s first ever HR planning initiative to identify a clear understanding of the organization’s current and future business strategies.

• Managed the human and financial resources of the corporate HR section and directed the development of strategies, the implementation and delivery of external recruitment campaigns, including specialized recruitment for specific client needs in a diverse geographic area.• Provided expert advice and briefings to the President of the School, branch management teams and senior executives across the School on executive group policy and program issues, many of a sensitive nature and often under severe time constraints. • Managed several groups, including: Executive Resourcing, Corporate HR programs (organizational design, corporate classification and staffing), Compensation & Employee Benefits, Labour Relations, HR Systems, and Employee Wellness / Values & Ethics / Learning & Training.• Executed the Deficit Reduction Action Program (DRAP) at the School, including the elimination of the Language Training Sector, affecting over 270 employees by working with these employees to find them alternate work arrangements, retraining, and leaving the public service. Worked in collaboration with union representatives to ensure smooth transition for all parties.• HR corporate services received the President’s award of excellence for the management of the DRAP initiative in 2014.

• Managed the human and financial resources of the resourcing, classification, and compensation sections and directed and delivered strategies for external recruitment campaigns, including specialized recruitment for specific client needs across the country.• Provided strategic advice, guidance and options for the department and its public safety portfolio partners developing HR plans, including options linked to employment equity, and diversity recruitment initiatives.• Determined resolution in contentious cases under organization’s jurisdiction on matters related to staffing following consultation with departmental managers, employees, and union representatives.• Developed, managed, and evaluated innovative talent management and development programs to infuse the department with long-term employees in corporate service areas of Finance, HR, Communications, IT.• Formulated recommendations to the Director General, HR and ADM, Corporate Management Branch on changes to programs and policies to meet organizational needs, at headquarters and at the regional level.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Finance And Human Resources

Information Technology Institute