Bilingual Employee Relations Specialist

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Overview of the opportunity

The Employee Relations Services team is a Center of Excellence within the National Human Resources team. The team’s mandate is to partner with the business to ensure a fair and consistent approach to employment legislation requirements, KPMG’s policies and procedures whilst managing risks to the Firm. This mandate is met by:

• Acting as trusted advisors to people managers and HR Consultants / HR Business Partners in consultation with other subject matter experts across the Firm
• Providing pragmatic solutions to a variety of complex sensitive employee matters
• Recommending business options based on comprehensive risk assessments of relevant background information

• Applies general HR knowledge and judgment to manage non-complex ER cases as part of the employment lifecycle such as, rehire eligibility reviews, review of identified hiring flags, health and safety (including COVID case tracking and reporting), and non-standard letters, coordinating the annual overtime process, research, project work, and invoice processing.
• Partnering with other members of the team to support preparing the documentation for involuntary departures including involuntary departure costing estimates
• Intake of workplace injury incidents, and completion of necessary documentation, and submission of required insurance forms
• Create and update Knowledge Base articles (ServiceNow) tools/templates and Standard Operating Procedures
• Ongoing development to obtain knowledge about legislative changes and trends in employment practices and applies this knowledge in their case management is required

• University degree in a related field, preferable Human Resources
• CHRP in good standing and working towards CHRL designation
• 3 years’ experience working in the area of Human Resources
• French Fluency is a must
• Case Management; executing on a file from A – Z
• Demonstrated Interest in employment legislation including ESA, OHS, Human Rights, case law
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written
• Strong demonstration of applying judgment to problem solves
• Ability to manage a fast paced work environment
• Exercise a high standard of confidentiality practices