Human Resource Specialist

We shape, build, and connect the North. We do this by anchoring our work in Drive, Rigour, and Kindness – ambition in what we pursue, discipline in how we deliver, and respect in how we lead.

The Opportunity

The Advisor is an onsite role that focuses on the real moments that shape our people, our culture, and how we work. From recruitment to engagement initiatives to employee relations and everything in between, your impact will be tangible and visible.

What Does Your Success Look Like?

• Managers value your HR advice and feel supported to manage their teams with confidence.
• Employees feel heard, informed, and supported.
• NVD is compliant with employment legislation and policy.
• The everyday HR work is quietly solid. Things are organized, accurate, and reliably followed through.
• You lead and contribute to culture and engagement initiatives that strengthen the employee experience.
• You strengthen NVD’s workforce and community presence through partnerships, and participation in recruitment events.
• You model our values of drive, rigour, and kindness in every interaction, and hold others accountable to do the same.

What You Bring to The Role

• Must have experience: you are an HR generalist who has provided hands-on advice, and support to both managers and employees across a broad range of HR functions.
• Genuine interest in HR: you have a real curiosity and care for the work itself and the impact of HR decisions - not just a job for the sake of a job.
• HR application: you apply employment legislation, policies, templates, and processes consistently.
• Highly relational and approachable: you are warm, genuine, and trusted.
• Judgment and reasoning: you thoughtfully assess situations, consider context and impact, and balance empathy with obligations.
• Reliability: you meet commitments and are trusted to complete work independently.
• Influence: you support and encourage consistent, fair people practices without formal authority.
• Continuous improvement: you improve HR processes (including AI and technology usage) as the function matures.

Why build your career with us?

You’ll be embedded in operations, involved in a variety of situations, and trusted to improve how NVD achieves it's goals through its people. We offer:

• Health coverage including extended health, vision, and dental
• 2- weeks of vacation pay, increasing at defined service milestones
• RRSP matching to help you build long term financial security
• Training and development
• Clear pathways for advancement
• Preferred staff and friends and family rates across our hotel portfolio
• Employee assistance and wellness program for you and your dependents

Job requirements: Infrequent travel to Yukon communities.

Employment conditions: Valid driver’s license required to attend meetings and engage with employees across multiple Whitehorse locations.

About NVD

Northern Vision Development is a majority First Nation-owned company based in the Yukon with a growing regional footprint. For more than two decades, we’ve built and operated hotels, restaurants, residential and commercial properties, seniors living communities, and mixed-use developments across the North.

We are operators and entrepreneurs at heart, locally present and performance-focused. We build strong businesses and lasting partnerships that strengthen our communities.

We are committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Joining NVD means becoming part of a team that takes ownership, works collaboratively, and helps shape how northern communities live, work, and gather.