Human Resources Specialist

Position Summary:

The HR Specialist supports and enhances the organization’s HR initiatives by driving results and contributing to team/units efforts by accomplishing established goals.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Delivers new hire orientation and other training programs as needed.
• Provide information, advice, and guidance to managers and employees on routine HR-related issues (e.g. recruitment, compensation, benefits, leave, and HR policy and procedures); refer more complex HR issues to the Senior HR Manager
• Open, track, log (update), and close grievance case files (including HRTO complaints)
• Prepare and distribute supporting case documentation and correspondence (e.g. requests for union leaves); log and review file contents for accuracy and completeness
• Assists with unit-specific program design, development and implementation; and assists with implementation of any enterprise-wide programs, as needed.
• Assist with maintaining the HR databases with accurate employee data (e.g. new hires, name/address changes, banking information)
• Process employee benefit and pension enrollment and beneficiary changes
• Create new employee files; file papers and documents in appropriate employee files
• Coordinate the employee file system to provide appropriate access and controls and maintain files and records in accordance with legal requirements, and company policies and procedures
• Maintain bulletin boards, recruiting tracker, exit interview tracker.  
• Ensures that weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports are completed accurately and in a timely manner. 
• Accomplishes human resources and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
• Foster and maintain positive working relationships with managers, employees and union representatives

  Education:

• Preferred 2 years college or equivalent

  Work Experience:

• Prior work experience with at least 2-4 years in a human resources related role
• Experience working in airline, transportation, hospitality, manufacturing or food service environment highly desirable

  Job Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal employment law
• Position requires experience and skills in: 
• Effective relationship building

  Business partnering

  Cross-functional collaboration

  Talent acquisition

  Analysis

  Time management

  Prioritizing multiple projects/tasks

  Working independently

• Candidate must have strong interpersonal skills, and be highly organized, action oriented and collaborative
• Must have strong computer and database application skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

  Communication Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; must also be good listener

  Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• None

  Travel:

• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

  Environmental Requirements:

• Regularly, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during shifts
• In a normal production kitchen facility there may be physical discomfort due to temperature and noise
• Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed

  Organization Structure

• Direct Line Manager (Title): Sr. Mgr, HR or GM, Unit
• Dotted Line Manager (Title, if applicable): 
• Number of Direct Reports: 0
• Number of Dotted Line Reports: 0
• Estimated Total Size of Team:

Demonstrated Competencies to be Successful in the Position:

• Thinking - Information search and analysis, problem resolution skills
• Engaging - understanding others, team leadership, developing people
• Inspiring - influencing and building relationships, motivating and inspiring, communicating effectively
• Achieving - delivering business results under pressure, championing performance improvement, customer focus

  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required.  Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.  In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

  Candidates will be required to go through a criminal background check.

  gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other ground under applicable law.

Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. is pleased to accommodate applicants who have a disability up to the point of undue hardship during the recruitment, assessment and selection process. Please inform our Recruitment Team if you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process.