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2025-097 People Partner
Description
Title: People Partner
Division: People Experience
Affiliation: Non-unionized
Location: Moose Factory, ON
Reports to: Manager of People Services
Status: Permanent Full-Time
The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experienced professional to fill the key role of People Partner. Reporting to the Manager of People Services, you will provide support to leaders within your assigned client group on matter pertaining to employee and labour relations, compensation and benefits, disability management, occupational health and safety, and employee learning and performance, all while ensuring a positive client experience.
Life at WAHA
A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA
What We Do
There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.
At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.
Who Yuu Are
- Collaborative team player, contributing to team success
- Possesses a strong attention to detail and tact
- Organized with strong time management skills
- Dedicated professional who adheres to deadlines
- Experience working in a healthcare setting or a unionized environment is considered an asset
What You’ll Do
- In partnership with leaders in an assigned portfolio, provide consultation and support to all matters related to HR service delivery
- Be the key contact for employees within your assigned client group for all matters related to human resources
- Develop policies and procedures, while maintaining best practice in Human Resources
- Provide expertise on organizational policies, processes, employment legislation, and collective agreements to your assigned portfolio
- Facilitate employee and labour relations for leaders, conduct and lead workplace investigations, and be a connection point for employees requiring advisement and support
- Administer benefits, performance management programs, retirement procedures and compensation.
- Maintain accurate records and compile statistical reports relating to personnel data, e.g. hires, transfers, absenteeism rates, and performance appraisals.
What You Bring
- Diploma in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is required
- Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field is strongly preferred
- Three to five years of experience in a Human Resources position providing services and consultation
- CHRP/L designation in good standing with the Human Resources Professional Association or a willingness to obtain is required
- Experience working in a unionized setting
- Experience and knowledge of the provincial and federal health systems is considered an asset
- Ability to communicate in the local Cree language is considered an asset
Why Choose Us
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- ·Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
- Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow
Join our Team
The successful candidate must provide a valid Criminal Record Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2025-097:
- For more information contact the HR team by email: jobs@waha.ca
- Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
- This position will remain open till filled
- Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.