HR People Partner

HR People Partner

Job Number: 4507

Job Type: Temporary Full-Time

Vacancy Reason: Backfill

Temp Contract Length: 12 Months

Location: 150 Frederick St - Regional Admin Headquarters

Job Category: Administration

Number of Positions: 1

Department: Human Resources People Partners and Learning

Division: Human Resources

Hours of Work: 35

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM, hybrid: 3 days in-office / 2 days remote

Grade: Management/Management Support Grade 06

Salary Range: $93,347.80 - $116,680.20 annually

Posting Date: June 4, 2026

Closing Date: June 10, 2026 at 11:59pm

About Us!

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

• Taking only what we need
• Leaving some for others
• Keeping the dish clean

This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core value, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.

Waterloo Region is home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051. Guided by our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, “Growing with Care,” we prioritize homes for all, climate aligned growth, equitable services and opportunities and a resilient and future ready organization. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

The Role

As primary point of contact for HR matters, acts an internal consultant and advisor who partners with leaders to equip them with information, knowledge, and HR practices required to achieve the organization’s strategic goals and objectives. Coaches and guides leaders on matters including, but not limited to: talent development, performance management, employee and team wellbeing, employee relations, and creating an exceptional employee experience.

Uses a client-centered, people-first mindset in enabling and empowering leaders to build and grow high-performing teams, and optimize employee potential and wellbeing to continuously improve the health and effectiveness of the organization.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Partners with leaders to understand current and future challenges, strengths, risks, and opportunities as it relates to their people. Analyzes and leverages people analytics, business intelligence, and other forms of data to identify emerging trends and enable leaders to make talent-related decisions, and address opportunities for improvement. Identifies, informs, and implements integrated HR solutions and people practices to enhance the employee experience and drive organizational performance.
• Partners with HR subject matter experts to develop, communicate, implement, and evaluate organization-wide programs and drive transformational change. Strategizes with leaders to develop implementation plans, giving consideration to client-specific needs, and drives operationalization within the business. Enables leaders to align people practices with the organization’s culture and strategic direction, and to create an exceptional employee experience.
• Maintains knowledge and stays informed of HR matters, and maintains expertise on current people management leading practices and emerging issues, trends, programs, and program changes to inform, coach, consult, advise, and guide leaders on leading practices in people management related to current and future talent attraction, retention, development needs, and employment-related legislation issues.
• Proactively anticipates clients’ needs and expectations to deliver comprehensive, high quality services.
• Uses a continuous improvement approach to foster ongoing commitment to improving HR programs, tool, and processes that enable people leaders and enhance the employee experience.
• Champions the organization’s culture and core values, and is a catalyst for honest, insightful, meaningful conversation.
• Leads employee onboarding and off-boarding programs.
• Works with leaders to conduct layoffs and terminations of non-bargaining unit staff.
• Coaches leaders through conflict resolution, complaint, disciplinary, and termination processes. Conducts employee file reviews and follows up regarding concerns or questions and takes necessary action.
• Provides training, advice, and coaching on employment matters, interpersonal conflict, and team dynamics.
• Coordinates resolution of inquiries and issues related to policy and procedures.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and skills normally acquired through a bachelor’s degree in a related field, plus progressively responsible related experience in a complex, unionized environment.
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with policies, procedures, and collective agreements.
• Knowledge and experience interpreting and applying HR leading practices and principles, including legislation (e.g., human rights, employment standards, accessibility, health and safety).
• Knowledge and experience with multiple HR disciplines and processes, and their impact on the organization and employee experience, including but not limited to: recruitment and selection, compensation, onboarding, talent management, training and development, employee and labour relations, employee wellbeing).
• Business acumen, analytical, and issue resolution skills to identify and diagnose business challenges and deal with situations in an open, objective, flexible way.
• Demonstrated customer service excellence, and ability to anticipate client needs and expectations to deliver comprehensive, high quality, integrated services.
• Continuous improvement skills and ability to foster commitment to programs, tools, and processes that enable people leaders and enhance the employee experience.
• Ability to operate at strategic and operational levels in a complex environment.
• Change management knowledge and skills and ability to act as a catalyst for and accelerate change, and enable business strategy and sustained performance.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Diagnostic skills with proven ability to identify and evaluate options and alternatives, develop recommendations, and deliver results for complex, multi-dimensional issues.
• Human relations skills with demonstrated ability to build credibility and successful relationships and partnerships with leaders and teams at all levels, and participate as an effective team member.
• Verbal communication and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to write clear, concise, compelling tools, resources, and messaging.
• Ability to champion diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging and actively promote an inclusive work environment and workforce diversity.
• Ability to occasionally work outside regular business hours.
• Ability to travel within Waterloo Region.
• Ability to support, demonstrate, and champion the organization’s culture and values.

Region of Waterloo is committed to building a workforce through fair, equitable, and accessible hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the diversity of the community we serve and to promote a respectful, inclusive, and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including, but not limited to:

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and all other Indigenous peoples;
• members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin;
• persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities;
• persons who identify as women; and persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions

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Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process: Region of Waterloo may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance efficiency during the recruitment process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment. AI does not make final hiring decisions.

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