HR Business Partner

About the role

Reporting directly into the Senior Director of People, this is an experienced level Business Partner role with full spectrum responsibilities for all things 'HR' including employee relations, performance management, training & development, and compensation & benefits. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of the Canadian market and bonus points for global HR knowledge. 

What you'll do

• Support remote based employees including EOR planning, WP for CAN, and or longer term sponsorship etc.

• Oversee the necessary coordinating with Governance, Senior Leadership (VPs/Cs) including status updates and getting approvals

• Manage relevant vendor contacts including Consultants and others assisting in the respective jurisdictions

• Communicating and liaising with affected employees to assist with their resettlement including helping with documentation   

• Provide performance management guidance to people leaders including oversight of probationary reviews, guidelines for performance improvement plans, and coaching on progressive discipline to people leaders

• Partner with people leaders for terminations/departures and provide support for off-boarding tasks including conducting exit interviews, deactivating users in BambooHR and other HR software

• Provide training and support for the Performance Mgt process to people leaders and employees including onboarding to Lattice and communicating quarterly and semi-annual deadlines

• Onboarding and updating listing for OfficeVibe (employee pulse survey) as well as drafting reports for quarterly communications to the business

• Conduct employee engagement checkins as well as action planning based on feedback results (may include external employer branding like certifications)

• Work with Marketing to develop employee content for blogs, social media approach for employer branding 

• Facilitate training initiatives including professional development planning, new manager onboarding, and policy rollouts, etc.

• Demonstrates core competency in HR and organizational matters including health and safety, accommodations, accessibility, equity legislation, etc. 

• Provide 1-on-1 guidance to managers on employee relations including conflict resolution, clarification of employment standards laws, and overall best practices

• Provide support in conducting investigations into harassment and other employee complaints including documentation and interviews

• Remain current with employment standards practices including content development and ensuring policies are being followed throughout the organization via handbook or individualized policy documents

• Benefits review and ongoing analysis in conjunction with employee feedback and best practices during market analysis time

• Compensation benchmarking via salary surveys and job levelling evaluations with people leaders

• Cost/benefit analysis of total compensation including working with finance to support annual forecast reconciliation

• Perks and fringe benefits positioning including market reviews of what’s competitive and how to implement within budget constraints

Requirements

• Degree, Diploma, or Certificate/Professional Development in Human Resources Management

• Fluent in English (verbal and written)

• 5+ years of previous HR Generalist experience ideally in a scale-up/mid sized business supporting multiple stakeholder groups with globally distributed teams

• Demonstrated focus on results and business/operational improvements including meeting or exceeding HR metrics and or completion of stretch goals

• Prior work experience in all fundamental areas of HR: 

  • Employee relations (coaching, leadership, decision making, etc.)

  • Recruitment and selection

  • Compensation and benefits

  • HR law (employment standard, common law, occupational health and safety legislation, employment equity, employment contracts, etc.)

  • HR accounting

  • Performance management process

  • Budget planning

  • • HR reporting (trending, analysis, recommendations)

• What's In It For You (Org-wide)

  • Hybrid or Remote work! 

  • If you’re close to one of our 4 Hubs: Boston, Montreal, Reykjavik or Toronto; feel free to use the space and catch up with the local team(s) 

  • Unlimited vacation in most of our locations!!

  • Great benefits including health, dental, vision and savings plan.

  • Perks such as training reimbursement, WFH reimbursement, and more.

  • Diverse and dynamic teams with challenging and exciting work.

  • An opportunity to have a real impact on our business.

  • A great range of social activities (both in person and virtual).

  • Optional in person meet-ups and the ability to travel to our international offices

  • Employee referral program

  • And so much more!!

   

  Note: As our hiring teams are global, please submit your resume in English only.

   

  About the company

  At Tempo we’re on a mission to help teams build better, together. We are creators of top-selling Atlassian Marketplace apps, supporting more than 29,000 customers, including a third of the Fortune 500 companies, and working with hundreds of Solutions Partners globally. Our solutions help customers orchestrate creation and delivery, so their teams can focus and optimize around their highest priorities. In 2020 and in 2021 we were named Top Atlassian Vendor and we continue to be one of the highest ranked and most heavily used solutions out there.

  Our product suite has grown from our popular time-tracking solution, which launched in Iceland in 2009, to resource & capacity planning, project cost tracking, project & program management, and strategic roadmapping. In 2021, Tempo acquired Roadmunk, a roadmapping solution popular with product management teams, and ALM Works, creators of the Structure for Jira suite that delights project and program managers around the world. At the beginning of 2023 Tempo expanded its SPM suite to include LiquidPlanner’s capacity planning platform and Old Street Solutions (maker of Custom Charts).

  We envision a world where everyone inside an organization works in harmony on the most impactful opportunities aligned with their mission. Come join us as we continuously innovate our award-winning products, create new solutions, and expand to new ecosystems. Are you ready to unlock the joy of building with us?

  At Tempo Software, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive culture. As such all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.