Director, Labour Relations and HR Business Partnership

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About the role

  • Direction des relations de travail et du partenariat RH à la Sépaq, réseau québécois de parcs et d’établissements nature. Pilotage des négociations collectives, dossiers litigieux et équipes-conseils.

Responsibilities

  • Lead labour relations activities and the HR business partnership offering for Sépaq’s establishments and head-office business units.
  • Translate Vice-Presidential direction into strategies, intervention frameworks, priorities, and advisory services tailored to Sépaq’s operational realities.
  • Prepare, recommend, and lead collective bargaining strategies and mandates.
  • Serve as the employer spokesperson or negotiator and lead bargaining committees.
  • Prepare and analyze demands packages, bargaining scenarios, and their financial, human, organizational, and operational impacts.
  • Oversee the drafting, validation, communication, implementation, and monitoring of collective agreements and other agreements.
  • Implement corporate direction and evolve labour relations frameworks, practices, and governance mechanisms.
  • Advise executives and managers on collective agreements, labour legislation, and internal policies.
  • Oversee grievances, disputes, complaints, arbitrations, and litigation matters; coordinate external counsel and experts.
  • Advise the Vice-Presidency and senior leadership on strategic labour relations, business partnership, and work organization issues.
  • Produce analyses, scenarios, dashboards, and performance indicators.
  • Define and manage the HR business partnership service model, establishment coverage, portfolios, and priorities.
  • Coordinate HR centres of expertise and develop the advisory capabilities of business partners.
  • Provide leadership for the direction’s people, development, performance, and financial and contractual resource management.

Requirements

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree in industrial relations, human resources management, law, or another relevant discipline.
  • Have at least fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible experience in labour relations within heavily unionized environments, including several years leading a team or specialized function.
  • Have led major collective bargaining negotiations as the employer spokesperson, from mandate preparation through agreement implementation.
  • Demonstrate extensive experience managing grievances, arbitrations, legal proceedings, and complex litigation matters involving significant human, financial, legal, or reputational risks.
  • Have designed, implemented, or evolved an HR business partnership model in a multisite organization serving establishments spread across a large territory with diverse operational, seasonal, and workforce realities.
  • Possess proven experience advising executives and managers through transformations affecting work organization, management practices, or working conditions.
  • Master Quebec’s labour relations legislative framework and the mechanisms of negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.
  • Develop and lead bargaining strategies that integrate human, financial, legal, and operational considerations while maintaining constructive labour-management relations.
  • Analyze risks and data, then formulate clear, well-supported, decision-oriented recommendations.
  • Lead an HR business partnership offering that is close to operations, consistent across the organization, and value-creating.
  • Engage and develop expert teams while rigorously managing the direction’s resources and performance.
  • Communicate clearly and exert credible influence with executives, managers, union and government partners, and other diverse stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Free access to national parks, as well as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and cycling trails
  • Discounts of up to 50% on accommodations, equipment rentals, and retail products
  • Mobility and advancement opportunities throughout the province
  • Defined-benefit pension plan providing predictable and stable income throughout retirement

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$98,171 - CA$143,084 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridQuebec CityCanada

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