Director, Human Resources

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - Excluded M&P

Job Profile

XMP - Human Resources, Level D2

Job Title

Director, Human Resources

Department

Executive Leadership | Dean of Arts Office

Compensation Range

$9,859.25 - $15,380.75 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

April 22, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. 

Job Description Summary
Arts is the largest Faculty at the University of British Columbia and consists of sixteen Departments, six Schools, four Institutes and three cultural venues: Museum of Anthropology, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. It is comprised of three major academic divisions: Social Sciences, Humanities and Creating & Performing Arts and is also a global centre for research and teaching. The Faculty of Arts plays a role in supporting students across the University by providing service courses that are foundational requirements to completing degrees in other Faculties.

The Director, Human Resources brings comprehensive strategic leadership, strategic planning and operational human resources direction by developing and implementing innovative and creative human resources strategies, programs and practices designed to provide an exceptional workplace for faculty and staff. The Director’s approach is reflective of the diverse academic disciplines within the Faculty, each with unique identities, values, sizes, and geographical locations. The Director will guide and influence organization-wide change, performance management, employee development and career progression and workplace excellence programs.  This position establishes Faculty-wide practices and procedures within the portfolio and provides authoritative advice to the senior leadership team on HR.

Organizational Status
This position reports directly to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, takes direction on Faculty Affairs issues from the Associate Dean, Faculty.  As part of the Dean’s Executive this role collaborates with the Assistant Dean, Finance as well as other member of the Dean s Executive, Departments Head, Directors and Administrators. 

Work Performed

Executive Leadership

• Provides strategic leadership and expertise in identifying issues and objectives, evaluating organizational impact, introducing innovative new initiatives to move strategic plans forward, establishing priorities, planning, development, communication and implementation of comprehensive Human Resources strategies, programs, practices and processes that are responsive to the diversity of academic disciplines and cultural landscape within the Faculty of Arts.

• Provides senior professional leadership, expertise, knowledge, creativity and strategic advice to enable Faculty of Arts departments, schools and cultural venues to define, meet and measure their HR goals.

• Leads, develops, recommends and implements organizational changes and strategic priorities to meet new initiatives and evolving needs of the Faculty including developing strategies on appropriate short- and long-range commitments.

• Leads or directs the development and implementation of programs, practices and policies to support the achievement of the FOA s goals and strategic direction.

• Creates opportunities for collaboration and partnering across organizational boundaries, including developing cross functional project teams, developing mechanisms that support open sharing of expertise and knowledge and fostering an environment of mentorship and inclusivity.

• Leads and develops career and development opportunities for managers in FOA including projects that promote FOA and UBC strategic plans or secondments that leverages skills and knowledge across the Faculty.

• Leads and manages a team of professional and support staff including establishing priorities and objectives, allocating necessary resources, coaching and managing staff performance, and providing training and development opportunities.

• Leads, develops and implements effective HR customer service to FOA, establishing priorities and maintaining focus and direction to ensure objectives are met.

• Provides strategic advice, guidance and recommendations to the Dean and the senior leadership and management team (including Associate/Assistant Deans, Heads/Directors and unit managers) on complex human resources management and employee relations, policies, and practices.

• Provides leadership to the Faculty’s Health and Safety team, ensuring compliance with Worksafe and internal safety policies.

Faculty Affairs

• Provides strategic advice on all aspects of faculty affairs matters to the Dean, Associate Dean, Faculty and other senior leadership members to ensure that a Faculty-wide framework for supporting the strategic planning and management of faculty recruitment, retention, promotion and professional development is in place.

• Develops policies and procedures that govern faculty recruitment, appointment, reappointment, promotion and tenure processes in the Faculty of Arts; interprets the provisions and implementation of the UBC/UBCFA Collective Agreement.

• Provides guidance and expertise to the senior leadership on a wide range of increasingly complex faculty HR matters.

• Works with, Faculty Relations and senior management to advise, collaborate and resolve complex faculty affairs issues. Represent the Faculty in interactions with UBC and external legal counsel in faculty member disputes.

University collaboration

• Collaborates with senior Human Resources colleagues and partners across UBC (and externally as appropriate) to support a coordinated and integrated approach to human resource services and to leverage opportunities throughout the UBC campus.

• Represent the University, Human Resources, and the Faculty when meeting with union and various employee group representatives.

• Participates as the FOA Human Resources representative on various university committees.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

As a key senior member of the Faculty s leadership team, the Director, Human Resources will work with a high degree of independence and responsibility. Accuracy and consistency are critical. Errors in this portfolio affect the credibility and integrity of the Faculty of Arts. Consequences of error or the impact of poor or inappropriate decisions could have negative results on employee careers as well as financial implications.

Errors in judgement may have legal, financial, contractual and operational implications for the University, Faculty, client departments and employees, both in the short and long term.

Supervision Received
Works independently under broad directives and minimum guidance. Works in close collaboration with the Dean, Associate Dean, Faculty and the Assistant Dean, Finance.

Supervision Given
Directs and leads the activities of the Arts Service Centre – HR (ASC-HR), a team including 11 M&P staff and 7 CUPE support staff.  This position has 6 M&P direct reports.

Minimum Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of eight to nine years of related experience including at least three years of demonstrated management leadership experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualification

Experience with union and non-union staff as well as with faculty members in a university setting preferred. Experience in a large multi-layered, complex unionized public sector organization an asset Thorough knowledge of current human resources management practices specifically in organizational development and leading and developing teams. Knowledge of current Human Resource Management best practices. Knowledge of provincial and federal legislation governing employers. Knowledge of the University s Human Resources and financial policies, procedures and systems preferred. Effective and proven abilities in the areas of leadership development, strategic planning, presentation, organizational and negotiation skills are required. Outstanding communication and problem solving skills including listening, facilitating, coaching, reflecting and resolving. Proven ability to lead, direct and inspire teams, committees and individuals with diverse, individualized skills and personalities and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management, staff and unions. Ability to foster the long-term learning and development of staff through coaching, performance development and mentoring. Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities, work under pressure, and meet deadlines within allocated time and resources. Ability to exercise tact, discretion and sound judgment at all times. Computer experience required (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, experience with databases).