Assistant Manager, Human Resources

To inspire and enrich for life

Assistant Manager
Human Resources

Permanent full-time position 

Kitchener Public Library welcomes our community to engaging spaces where people connect, ideas flourish, and lives are transformed. Our goals are to work together, foster belonging, ignite community conversation and provide bold leadership. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse framework where our behaviours and actions reflect our values of trust, mutual respect and dignity for all individuals. In this environment we respect each person has an opportunity to participate fully in creating success and is valued for their distinctive skills, experiences, and perspectives.

In support of our vision, mission and goals, we are seeking an enthusiastic, conscientious and motivated Human Resources professional responsible for providing confidential HR services to staff, managers and the executive team. Working closely with the Senior Manager, Human Resources, you will be a key contributor to support and lead projects that have an impact on HR programs and the employee experience to create a strong employee relations environment. In exercising your excellent customer service skills, you will carry out full cycle HR support and contribute to creating and maintaining efficient work processes and programs, such as performance management, recruitment, onboarding and training, health and safety, disability management and other areas as part of the HR team.

The successful candidate for this role possesses a degree or college diploma in Human Resources/Labour Relations Management and two to three years’ Human Resources and management experience including experience working in a non-union and unionized environment. This position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills including strong competencies in consulting, negotiation, conflict resolution and consensus building. Our ideal candidate also possesses demonstrated innovation and change management skills that include supporting and encouraging new ideas and approaches to employee relations, and a commitment to excellence in customer service with the ability to create a positive and meaningful employee experience. A Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation is an asset.

For more information about responsibilities and qualifications, go to www.kpl.org/jobs.

Posting open until filled. Review of applications begins Monday, January 4, 2021.

Please quote Assistant Manager, Human Resources in the subject line.

Kitchener Public Library is committed to and strives to be a leader in equitable workplaces. To this end, we encourage all interested applicants to self-identify.

Please address cover letters and résumés to:
Senior Manager, Human Resources
Kitchener Public Library
85 Queen Street North
Kitchener ON  N2H 2H1
Email: resumes@kpl.org
Fax: 519-743-1261

TTY: 1-877-614-4832

Salary range:  $68,518 - $79,434

No telephone calls please. 

We thank all applicants in advance and advise that we will contact only those selected for an interview. We will retain your application for a period of six months. Personal information on your résumé is collected under the authority of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990 and will be used to determine eligibility for employment. For questions, please contact the Human Resources Department.

Kitchener Public Library is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace where our behaviours and actions reflect our values of trust, mutual respect and dignity for all individuals.

Accommodations are available upon request for applicants with a disability. Please contact Human Resources Staff by phone 519-743-0271 ext. 239 or TTY 1-877-614-4832, or by email go to kpl.org/jobs