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Markham, Ontario, Canada

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Barrie, Ontario

Oversight and management of administration, financial, legal, labour relations, benefits, education and training , and communications. Sit as a Board of Director at the Ontario Pension Board. Chair, Human Resources Committee - Ontario Pension Board.

Barrie, Ontario

Acting CAO for the Association. Oversight and management of administration, financial, legal, labour relations, benefits, education and training , and communications.

As the Executive Labour Relations Advisor, provide strategic labour relations advice to the Ontario Provincial Police Association, manage employee relations issues and grievances, part of the bargaining/negotiations team, represent the Association on various working group committees, lead special projects, led/advised re complex labour relations issues/cases, act as advisor to the the board of directors, the president and Executive Officers on labour matters. Act as team lead for Executive Officers. Act as union/management liaison.

Springwater, Ontario

Led and managed human resources professionals and administrative staff. Areas included labour relations, staffing, health and wellness/accommodation. Provided strategic labour relations advice and risk analysis to the school board. Acted as chief negotiator during bargaining. The school board has 8 bargaining units. Provided training and coaching to school board administration on all aspects of labour relations and human resources. Sat on various committees inclusive of Leading Services, Employee Relations Committees, Health and Safety. Prepared strategic position papers for executive consideration. Led and coordinated investigations regarding human resources issues. Managed complex case issues for the board. Identified key issues for the board, created approaches and implemented in line with business objectives and efficiencies. Managed work refusals, coordinating with specialist educators in target areas, formed response teams and/or working committees, created guidelines and educational references for administration. Acted as direct advisor on all labour issues for the Associate Director and Director of the board.

Provided strategic labour relations advice for the Career Development Bureau. Prepared strategic labour relations papers for the Commander and Provincial Command. Managed complex labour cases. Wrote memorandums/minutes of settlement and other labour relations papers for union/management agreement when dealing with unique issues. Coordinated and implemented the OPPA collective agreement. Sat on various human resources and labour relations committees inclusive of union/management working conditions committees. Presented on various issues before the commissioner, command staff, etc. Acted as direct advisor to the Commander of the Bureau and Director, Human Resources. Provided day to day expertise re labour relations to human resources staff of the bureau and command staff.

Provided strategic human resource services for the Ministry (correctional services portfolio) inclusive of preparing strategic papers on various HR business initiatives, needs, issues. As a business partner, sat on the Assistant Deputy Minister's committees and the Commissioner of Corrections committee. HR Project Lead for various large scale Ministry initiatives including the patriation of CNCC (super jail) to the public service and the new South West/Toronto South super jails. Presented on various HR issues and initiatives. Created a issues management process to keep both HR and Ministry business informed and up to speed. Acted as direct advisor to the Director of Human Resources. Handled complex cases and designee for grievances

As one of two Senior Officers, led a team of labour specialists delivering labour relations advice, service and who represented management in the Ministry. Handled complex cases that may impact on the ontario government or ministry. Presented cases at the Grievance Settlement Board for expedited arbitration hearings, mediated settlements, collaborated/wrote a mediation protocol for the ministry and lead local mediations with union partners. Sat as ministry representative/labour officer for the Correctional Services collective bargaining.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Provided labour relations advice to various portfolio business areas of the ministry. Represented management at hearings. Mediated settlements at the Grievance Settlement Board. Prepared labour relations papers, presentations, analysis and risk assessment for clients

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Provided HR services to clients including the OPP. Services included classification analysis, staffing, pay and benefits, employee relations. Lead projects, presented and trained. Sat on various committees

Provided HR generalist services to the Cabinet Office, Office of Francophone Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, Ontario Energy Board. Provided consultation and services re employee relations, classification analysis, staffing, benefits. Led projects and trained staff. Lead large grievance projects.

As part of a project team established to overhaul the bargaining unit classification system for the ontario government. Testing, creating prototypes, auditing, writing evaluation components of the new classification system.

Provided human resources generalist services to portfolio groups including the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Treasury an Economics, Cabinet Office, Premiere's Correspondence, Office of Francophone Affairs, Ministry of Skills Development. Acted as Sexual Harassment Advisor

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Chrl - Certified Human Resources Leader, Certified Human Resources Leader

Certified Human Resources Leader designation

Chrp - Certified Human Resources Professional, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Professional designation in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration from the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA)