Julia Wagg, Chrl Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Canada Area

With overall accountability for Organizational Development and in alignment with Hydro Ottawa's Talent Management Strategy, her work includes workforce supply and demand modeling, as well as oversight of Hydro Ottawa's award-winning partnership with Algonquin College in the delivery of its Powerline Technician Diploma Program, and associated apprenticeship and trades initiatives. She provides overall human resources leadership for portfolios that include strategic workforce planning, employee engagement, older worker and retiree retention, succession planning and management, performance management, talent attraction and acquisition, training and development, employee events, internal communications, health and wellness, recognition and rewards, and diversity.Her leadership in the development and implementation of Hydro Ottawa's multi-year diversity plan was recognized in 2016 by Electricity Human Resources Canada with its Diversity and Inclusion Champion award. In 2013, she and her team were honoured with the Innovation in HR Practices, also by Electricity Human Resources Canada for their work in designing Prime Time, a program that leverages retirees and older workers. This work was central to Hydro Ottawa's 2014 recognition by the Workplace Institute as one of three employers in Canada with a Best Employers Award for 50-Plus Canadians. Prime Time was also awarded the 2015 Canadian HR Award for Best Talent Management Strategy, in addition to a Best Ottawa Business Award for Best Performance in HR.She was nominated in 2015 for Hydro Ottawa's Leadership Excellence award, and in 2013 for both a Living Our Values Award and a CEO's Award for Innovation and Productivity.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing assessment of Hydro Ottawa’s talent management strategy, which aligns with and supports Hydro Ottawa’s strategic plan as well as current and emerging organizational needs. Responsible for strategic workforce planning and associated talent strategies with the objectives of building sustainable organizational capacity, optimizing talent and an ensuring a prepared workforce. Portfolios include employee and retiree engagement, succession planning and management, performance management, recruitment and staffing, employee events, internal communications (including a social intranet), and recognition and rewards. She was nominated in 2012 for a Living Our Values Award, as an individual for her approach to people leadership and as a member of Hydro Ottawa's Social Media team.

Ottawa, Canada Area

With overall accountability for Learning & Development, this role was responsible for the success of three key portfolios serving employees across Canada: organisation development, employee learning and a change practice. Responsible for leading the development and implementation of a multi-year strategic direction for learning and development focused on employee engagement, leadership effectiveness, program and service evaluation, talent pipelines, and cost-effective service delivery. Recognition in this role included winning a Chairman's Award for Community Service, in addition to recognition for broad impacts to leadership and culture development as a national finalist for a Chairman's Award for People.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for the design, development, implementation, and management of innovative programs, processes, and services which support the strategies for organisational effectiveness at NAV CANADA. This position was responsible for managing the diagnosis, design and delivery of a wide range of interventions related to organisational to internal capacity building, change management, engagement, organisational analytics, performance measurement, talent selection, psychometrics, team development and facilitation. Included responsibility for the design of leading edge multiple hurdle selection process for ATS professions, as well as the design of multi-year development program for operational team supervisors with clear and significant gains in the overall engagement of participants, a contribution recognized with a VP Award of Merit.

Ottawa, Canada Area

With the mandate to improve organizational effectiveness, worked with clients to facilitate change throughout the organization through internal consulting and strategic initiatives that brought continuous improvement to structures, systems, processes and teams within NAV CANADA. Responsibilities included acting as leading resource in NAV CANADA’s preparedness for and response to pandemic influenza, with specialization in antiviral acquisition and stockpile management. Led the first private sector acquisition of antivirals in Canada for pandemic readiness. Contributions in this role were recognized with nomination as a national finalist for a Chairman's Award for Performance, in addition to a Vision Award nomination.

Ottawa, On

Responsible for supporting the design of strategies and initiatives to meet corporate legislated program obligations and legal requirements pertaining to Privacy, Official Languages and Employment Equity, including the provision of interpretation and advice to senior management on a wide range of issues relating to legislative requirements.

Masters Certificate, Energy Sector Leadership

Management Certificate, Human Resources Management

Bachelor Of Arts (Hon.), Sociology

Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement