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Do you want want to "Help Conquer Cancer In Our Lifetime" using your HR expertise?

Employer
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
Location
University & College, Downtown Toronto
Salary
Competitive Base + Variable + Benefits + HOOPP Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Closing date
May 3, 2019

Do you want to help Conquer Cancer In Our Lifetime?

Our mission is to enable Future Care Now by raising funds that accelerate cancer research, education, and clinical care benefiting patients at The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, across Canada, and around the world. To deliver upon this mission, we aspire to be Canada’s most respected charitable Foundation where the best people want to work, volunteer, and give – and we are looking for a talent and organizational effectiveness leader to play a critical role in helping us achieve this goal.

The Director, Talent & Organizational Effectiveness will support the organization in recruiting, retaining, developing, and coordinating our talent towards effective implementation of our strategic plan.  This means that we not only want to ensure we are organized to meet and exceed strategic plan objectives through deployment of an effective management system, but that we are also creating an environment where top talent can grow and achieve their individual career aspirations in support of our mission.  Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Talent & Organizational Effectiveness will support the Senior Leadership Team in championing culture, and enable all team members in support of these priorities.

We are seeking a mission-motivated leader with experience in human resources management to take a leading role in this portfolio.  The individual must possess strong understanding of business operations and human resources leadership, and be inspired at the opportunity to maximize the power of our team toward achievement of our goals. 

About The Organization – The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (The PMCF) is one of the world’s leading cancer charities. Our vision is to Conquer Cancer In Our Lifetime.  The PMCF raises funds for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world, to deliver future care now. For more than a decade, The PMCF has been on an aggressive growth trajectory. In 2018, we raised $112 million—our best year ever and we are on track to raise even more in 2019.

Setting daring and audacious goals is a mindset that is driven by PMCF’s culture and passion to perform. We have pioneered many successful fundraising programs, including our world-leading Princess Margaret Home Lottery, and some of the world’s largest cancer fundraising events, including:

  • Rexall OneWalk to Conquer Cancer
  • Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer
  • Scotiabank Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer

The PMCF has a strong track record of securing and stewarding major and estate gifts. We engage our supporters through annual campaigns, leadership and tribute giving, and more than 100 community events and ethnocultural programs.

Through our diverse and complementary portfolio of fundraising events, we attract over 300,000 gifts, 250,000 unique lottery purchasers, and 15,000 event participants and volunteers each year. And we engage with hundreds of corporate partners and their employees.

 

The PMCF has a distinguished board that engages in fundraising, and provides governance and support through a number of very active committees. Princess Margaret is a proud member of University Health Network, Canada’s largest research hospital network, which also includes Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto Rehab Institute and The Michener Institute for Education.  The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation is relentless in its pursuit to fulfill its vision to Conquer Cancer In Our Lifetime.

The PMCF is pursuing a bold and ambitious agenda. If you have a passion for our cause, are a team player with a can-do attitude, have the right skills, and you would like to be part of the team that’s making the impossible possible—we would like to hear from you.

Job Summary

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to:                        Chief Operating Officer

Key Stakeholders:            Chief Executive Officer

                                           Director, Human Resources, University Health Network (Partner Org)

                 Senior Leadership Team

 

 

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Director will interact with many internal and external partners to deliver on several key accountabilities including:

  • Management System Implementation
  • Human Resources Policy & Strategy
  • Organizational Development & Learning
  • Talent Acquisition & Development

Management System Implementation

  • Support the COO in ongoing oversight and continuous improvement of the comprehensive management system enabling clarity and accountability of objectives for all individuals in the organization towards delivery of in-year and multi-year strategic plan goals (e.g. corporate work plan, objective mapping, reporting, dashboards, etc.)
  • Enables role clarity for team members by facilitating development of accountability statements for all roles, and facilitates discussions to clarify cross-functional relationships and decision rights to enable effective operation of the team
  • Support all Foundation team members in ongoing implementation of the management system
  • Support the COO in preparing reports to Board and Committees on execution of the strategic plan
  • Support the COO in effective monthly full team town halls that inspire, engage, and inform all staff on key activities of the Foundation and Cancer Centre

Human Resources Policy & Strategy

  • Introduce an HR/Talent function to develop and implement a comprehensive people plan across the organization (i.e., compensation, training & development, talent management, policies, etc.)
  • Partner with Director, Human Resources from University Health Network (our HRC from UHN) in development and implementation of standards and practices to guide standardized human resource management practices across the organization
  • Recommends and implements changes or improvements to policies, programs, and procedures to enhance the effectiveness of HR services and operations. E.g. performance management programs, onboarding process and people management strategies.
  • Support CEO and COO in reporting to the HR Committee of the Board

Organizational Development

  • Facilitates development of leadership, performance, and organizational capacity of the full team to support the long-term strategic goals of the Foundation
  • Acts as a culture champion, leading and implementing programs to drive culture, engagement, diversity, wellness and inclusion across the Foundation
  • Leads the employee engagement planning, launch and the analysis of results, including developing employee engagement action plans, tracking progress, and refining programs.
  • Support and drive culture initiatives and objectives as required that deliver on business goals and objectives.
  • Optimize physical space to improve collaboration, accelerate fundraising, and enable a “one team” culture
  • Develops and delivers content for various interventions and training as needed

Talent Acquisition & Development

  • Develop talent strategy including high potential and succession planning plus traditional leadership and learning program to contribute to achieving overall business goals and objectives
  • Design, develop and launch a new competency framework to support leadership, management and employee development plans.
  • Partners with all leaders in the organization in clarifying role requirements for new positions, and supporting all recruitment and selection activities
  • Develops and manages onboarding activities for new team members
  • Drive execution of team development plan to ensure everyone has individual learning plans, quarterly performance discussions, and full team training plan
  • Partner with the Donor Impact & Accountability team to leverage best practices in knowledge management and organizational learning to accelerate learning (case, funding priorities, impact stories, etc.)
  • Develop a learning strategy and framework for professional development that supports current and future organizational needs, is sustainable, measurable, and cost effective.  Includes development of annual full-team training plans.

Operating & Technical Skills

  • Exceptionally strong communication skills, both written and verbal (presentation skills)
  • HR policy expertise, or ability to demonstrate aptitude to create new or improve existing processes
  • Expert PC skills (MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Leadership & Interpersonal Skills

  • For optimum success in this role, business acumen, a strategic mindset and building team strength through vision and purpose will be essential
  • Ability to lead within a high performance team, inspiring and coaching team members within a “one team” culture; servant leadership
  • Exceptional service orientation; ability to deliver client management in a professional and courteous manner, and to develop and leverage professional working relationships
  • Ability to work independently and efficiently in a busy environment managing multiple varied projects
  • Ability to deal with confidential materials in an appropriate manner
  • Ability to maintain a positive attitude and composed demeanor especially during stressful periods

Experience & Education

  • Requires 10+ years of experience in fast-paced not-for-profit or corporate environment with proven experience in human resources leadership
  • University degree or college diploma required, MBA preferred
  • CHRE/CHRP designation preferred

Work Environment

  • Willingness to work flexible hours. Some after-hours work will be required.
  • Work may take place primarily at our offices at 700 University Avenue, Toronto

If you are interested in this role, please apply by 5pm through the UHN careers portal on Friday May 3, 2019.

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