HR Generalist

Position Summary:

The Human Resources Generalist  will function as a trusted advisor to all employees at all levels, including senior management, providing guidance, constructive feedback, and strategic solutions. This role manages the full employee life cycle for their aligned business unit.  Additional responsibilities include delivering efficient HR services including interpreting and applying HR policies, performance management, organizational and management development, employee relations, employee coaching, organizational analysis.  The HR Generalist will also identify any trends, root causes and solutions to improve organizational/team satisfaction. 

Main Duties:

The Human Resources Generalist will partner with business unit management to align HR strategy to business objectives; coaching, counseling, and providing strategic solutions for all HR-related client issues. This includes but not limited to partnering on employee relations situations, performance management, interpreting and applying HR policies, and overseeing HR procedures. The Human Resources Generalist plans, coordinates, and executes projects across assigned client groups.  Serve as primary point of contact for managing the execution of any HR matters for their assigned business unit. Human Resources Generalist will leverage the appropriate Centers of Excellence to complete required tasks while keeping track of details, deliverables, timelines, and due dates. The Human Resources Generalist will also be responsible for the following: 

• Partner with HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Benefits, and Legal teams with managing all aspects of the employee life cycle, including recruitment, onboarding, promotions, job changes, leaves of absence, relocations, immigration issues, terminations, and the exit process. 

• Partner with client group(s) and Finance on annual bonus and salary planning processes; salary recommendations for new hires, promotions, and market adjustments. 

• Partner with Learning & Development to analyze needs of business unit, including identifying training needs for the group as well as individual executive coaching needs. 

• Provide guidance and support to management on re-orgs/restructures and acquisitions. 

• Main HR point of contact for their respective group’s performance review process, including reviewing all performance reviews and counseling management on effective ways to evaluate and communicate job performance to employee. 

• Handle special projects as needed, and function in a back-up capacity to other HR Business Partners/client groups as needed. 

• This is a hybrid position and will require working a few days per week in our Vancouver, BC studio. 
   

What You Bring:

The ideal candidate will have the ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and must be able to gain and inspire the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, authenticity, and consistent delivery of commitments. They must be highly ethical and can be trusted to do only the “right thing” for the employees, and others. They will be results and process oriented, energetic, resourceful, with strong service orientation and positive can-do attitude. They must be fully committed to the job and to delivering outstanding work. They will bring the ability to challenge the status-quo sensitively and constructively and look to create ways for the organization to be successful, while managing day-to-day HR matters. They must be able to anticipate risks and propose practical plans to mitigate them. Additional desired skills include: 

• Strong systems skills, especially MS Office Suite/Excel; experience with HR systems or D365 is a plus. 

• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage numerous projects with potentially competing priorities. 

• Communicating clearly, consistently, effectively, professionally. 

• Ability to operate in a transparent fashion without a personal agenda. 

• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.  Must be a self-starter, proactive thinker. 

• Ability to look at big picture with a holistic approach. 

• Must have past experience in a HR Generalist role or similar in a global and multistate company. 

• Familiarity with BC employment law with some knowledge of Onatario employment law. 

• Prior Project Management experience is an asset. 

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; and ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities. 

• Entertainment and/or Media Industry experience preferred.