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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

A leader that engages, empowers and provides a people-centered approach to work in the areas of employee relations to performance management, development and application of policies and procedures, recruitment, HR and payroll administration.

Supporting small businesses in the creation and review of policies and procedures, recruitment for a start-up business and Drug & Alcohol processes for an industrial application.

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Senior Manager reported to the Chief Financial Officer and worked closely with the Chief Executive Officer to review and analyze existing HR processes, to identify opportunities based on the mission and vision of the organization and develop/implement solutions to strengthen and adopt current industry best practices. Supervised the Human Resources Generalist and supported a workforce of unionized (two unions) and non-unionized employees. • Completed a needs assessment used to develop the organizational Human Resource strategy; providing focus and measures to establish processes and accountabilities to deliver consistency, harness talent and enable employee engagement.• Created, reviewed, and updated policies and procedures with roll out training to ensure understanding and consistency for all employees. • Led the development of the equity, diversity and inclusion strategy for the organization.• Developed support processes and materials to communicate with employees during the COVID-19 pandemic; i.e., process for changes in work location/remote work, manager guide to employee testing/potential positive cases, etc. Created and administered an Employee Pulse survey (Pandemic feedback); leading the results communication and action planning process.• Led the application of the Drug and Alcohol policy; addressing any infractions and non-compliance with this policy, while working to help employees access supports and manage return to work parameters.• Member of the management collective bargaining negotiation team – negotiating with the Teamsters Union.

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Senior Consultant playing an integral role in providing Human Resource generalist support and strategic advice to Senior Leaders and People Managers to identify relevant and impactful Human Resource tools and solutions for over 262 employees in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. • Developed a succession planning strategy and process; translated it into a project plan to implement a pilot of the process with the Buildings and Architecture groups in Atlantic Canada.• Succession planning pilot process was identified as an organizational best practice; worked with Stantec Canada and USA to roll out the process within their work environments.• Developed and implemented a new approach to communication, feedback and action planning of the Employee Survey process supported by the Regional Leaders in all Atlantic Provinces. • Increased lunch and learn training options by 400% by accessing free training provided by existing suppliers. • Leveraged outside expertise to offer a Mental health awareness lunch and learn training session that was recognized for it's impact within the Canada East area and by the National HR team.

Dartmouth, Ns

Project Manager of my property development business. Identified, evaluated and selected three properties to develop for resale. Sourced building materials and trades people for the renovations while maintaining the necessary budget. • Managed each project to ensure the appropriate level of renovations to the property within the necessary time for resale. • Final flip house, project completed with renovation and repairs in 4 weeks and sold a week after listing within a buyer's market. Improved return on investment from 6.5% in 31 weeks to 8% within 5 weeks.Continued human resources skill development with many on-line webinars and attended the 2013 Human Resource Association of NS Employment Law UpdateExtended Maternity Leave 2008 - 2014

St.John'S , Nl

Leader of the Human Resources Department supporting a global outsourcing organization with over 1800 employees in St. John's. Direct Reports included: the recruitment team, two compensation and benefits employees, and two employee relations employees. After corporate restructure in April 2007 eliminated the compensation and benefits group, I was selected to lead as the Senior Manager of the five-person recruitment team.• Identified organizational recruitment best practices and implemented them using a time bound, team action planning process. • Increased start rates for new hires (post training) from 89.4% to 102.6%, while simultaneously increasing the volume of new hires by 34%. These were the second highest metrics Nationally for recruitment in the organization.• Analyzed internal demographics against external labour market demographics to identify opportunity areas to enable focused targeted recruitment campaigns. Worked with a local advertising agency to develop the campaign; assigned key team members as team leaders for each campaign (new grad, employment referral organizations/second career candidates, and internal referrals).

St. John'S, Nl

As a member of the East Coast Business Team, responsibilities encompassed execution of the Industrial Relations strategy and processes for over 100 employees in an offshore work environment. Supported the final Arbitration Board hearings receiving the first Collective Agreement for an offshore platform in North America. Provided guidance and support to ensure consistent application of the collective agreement for seven different employers that made up the Terra Nova Employers Organization.

Halifax, Ns

As an integral part of the Atlantic Regional Management Team, responsibilities encompassed strategic planning, developing, and executing the human resources agenda to deliver business results to leverage over 350 employees. Developed an action planning process for the Employee Survey to address opportunities resulting in the highest employee morale scores nationally and recognition of the action planning process as a National best practice. Leader of the first National Inclusion Strategy Development team. Interviewed and selected an outside mentor, delivered team training, facilitated the strategy development and supported the presentation of the National Inclusion Strategy to the President and Area Vice Presidents. Selected as a team member on the National Sales Compensation team, gathered front line input and represented employees in the development of the new commission structure for net sales to gross sales and new policies for sick days, holiday pay and the compensation review process. Designed, developed and implemented a career development tool for employees to manage their own career path with the organization. 73% of the total promotions were a direct result of this process.

Little Narrows, Ns

Human Resources Management Certificate

Bachelor Of Commerce, Human Resources