Administrative Specialist (People & Culture) (Hybrid/Telework)

Job summary

The role focuses on administering employee timesheets, attendance, and compliance using the Workday platform to ensure seamless payroll processing. It involves resolving timekeeping discrepancies, auditing records for legal compliance, and collaborating with HR and Payroll teams.

Job details

Position Title: Administrative Specialist (People & Culture) (Hybrid/Telework) Status of Employment: Permanent Position Language Requirement: English, French Language Skills: English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C - Advanced), English (Writing - B - Intermediate), French (Reading - C - Advanced), French (Speaking - C - Advanced), French (Writing - B - Intermediate) Work at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians. Unposting Date: 2026-09-20 11:59 PM This permanent role is currently a hybrid work arrangement. Work schedule to be discussed with the hiring Manager according to the guidelines defined by the department. Please note that the end time and date for this posting is available at the bottom of the page. This position will not be filled until consideration has been made by the CBC-Radio-Canada and the CMG Local Joint Employment Committee. Your role Canadians know CBC/Radio-Canada for its programming and its presence, but there’s much more happening behind the scenes. Whether your field of expertise is finance, HR, communications or IT, you are the highly skilled professional that makes our business run smoothly. Join the People & Culture team at CBC/Radio-Canada on an exciting journey dedicated to administering time, attendance, and compliance while maximizing and optimizing our Workday platform. We are currently seeking a dynamic Administrative Specialist to join our HR Services team. Our focus is ensuring all timesheets, reporting, and inquiries are handled efficiently, accurately and in a timely manner. In this role, you will bring your precision and expertise to provide crucial administrative support, resolve complex timekeeping discrepancies, audit records for compliance, and collaborate closely with timekeepers and other People & Culture teams to continuously improve our time-tracking processes. Additionally, this role offers great professional growth, with opportunities to cross train with our Expertise team in managing service dates, leave banks, and complex pay analysis. While work must conform to CBC/Radio-Canada operating standards, HR Policies, collective agreements, tax legislation, labour standards, and administrative procedures, this role encourages and requires independent judgment, analytical thinking, and independent decision-making within a complex environment. Work is subject only to general review, and you may occasionally coordinate the work of others. Responsibilities Review, process and approve employee timesheets in Workday to ensure accuracy and completeness, while adhering to strict, recurring deadlines to support seamless payroll processing. Investigate and correct time-entry discrepancies, missing records or duplicates, collaborating directly with employees, managers, and timekeepers. Ensure compliance across all time tracking records and documentation with CBC/Radio-Canada operating standards, HR policies, collective agreements, provincial/federal labour standards, and tax legislation for audit readiness. Collaborate closely with the Payroll and Operations teams to ensure accurate wage calculations, retroactive pay adjustments, and seamless, timely payroll processing. Reconcile overtime, leave balances, holiday pay, and shift differential earnings to ensure accuracy. Provide training and support to employees and managers on timekeeping procedures and Workday system navigation. Identify issues or improvement opportunities related to the Workday timekeeping module, collaborating with the Senior Specialist responsible for escalating and resolving issues with the People Systems and Analytics team. Collaborate with the HR Services Expertise Team to develop your skills and support various activities, including service date calculations, complex leave bank management, and deep-dive pay analysis. We are looking for a candidate with the following: Post-secondary education or equivalent practical experience. Minimum 2 years of experience in HR, Payroll or administrative operations within CBC/Radio-Canada or similar complex organization. Essential fluency in both English and French (written and spoken). Exceptional attention to detail and high accuracy in data management. Hands-on experience with pay processing systems, such as Workday combined with strong knowledge of HR policies, collective agreements, and federal/provincial labour standards. Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage several priorities and meet multiple, tight deadlines. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with discretion, diplomacy, tact and absolute confidentiality. Sound judgment, initiative, analytical problem-solving abilities, and resourcefulness. Flexibility to work overtime as required during peak periods. Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes: A mandatory Criminal record check. Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position. CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest. Primary Location: 181 Queen Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1K9 Number of Openings: 1 Work Schedule: Full time

What you’ll do

The role focuses on administering employee timesheets, attendance, and compliance using the Workday platform to ensure seamless payroll processing. It involves resolving timekeeping discrepancies, auditing records for legal compliance, and collaborating with HR and Payroll teams.

Requirements

Candidates need post-secondary education and at least 2 years of experience in HR, Payroll, or administrative operations within a complex organization. Fluency in both English and French is essential, along with proficiency in pay processing systems like Workday.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• interpersonal communication · Preferred
• Workday · Preferred
• data management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Workday
• Payroll Processing
• Timekeeping
• HR Policy Compliance
• Data Management
• Bilingualism (English/French)
• Analytical Thinking
• Audit Readiness
• Organizational Skills
• Interpersonal Communication
• Problem Solving
• Confidentiality

Job areas

• Human Resources
• Administrative
• Creative & Media
• Government & Public Sector