About the role
Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for an HR Specialist. About the team: As a strategic partner supporting all of Huawei Canada, the Human Resource Department plays a pivotal role in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent while ensuring compliance with corporate and legal standards. By prioritizing employee well-being and professional growth, this department cultivates a culture of collaboration and success. The Human Resource Department is committed to aligning workforce strategies with Huawei’s vision, driving sustainable growth and organizational effectiveness.
About the job:
- Act as the primary owner of IT systems used for contractor workforce management, ensuring functionality, availability, and alignment with operational needs.
- Drive data quality initiatives by identifying inconsistencies, executing clean-up efforts, and implementing ongoing governance practices to maintain accurate records.
- Define, assign, and regularly audit user roles and permissions across systems to maintain secure and compliant access for internal and external users.
- Create and maintain system manuals, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and job aids to support consistent and accurate use of contractor-related systems.
- Conduct training sessions and provide ongoing support for HR teams, business units, and vendors to ensure effective system usage and understanding of processes.
- Participate in planning and execution of new system rollouts, including requirement gathering, testing, and user onboarding activities.
- Work closely with HR, IT, procurement, business units, and external vendors to ensure systems and processes support contractor operations efficiently.
- Identify, track, and resolve system-related issues, coordinating with IT or vendors as needed to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
- Develop and deliver regular and ad-hoc reports to support data-driven decision-making for contractor operations and compliance tracking.
Job requirements
About the ideal candidate:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 2 - 3 years of experience in system support, workforce operations, HR administration, or related HR coordination roles.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel (e.g., using pivot tables, filters, and basic formulas for data review).
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when handling system data and documentation.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills to support documentation, training, and stakeholder collaboration.
- Eager to learn and grow in system administration, process improvement, and contractor workforce operations.
About Huawei Canada
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. We have approximately 197,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.
In Canada, Huawei conducts innovative and leading edge research in 5G technologies, along with advanced development of emerging cloud, device and network technologies & services. While our renowned Canada Research Centre in the thriving technology landscape of Ottawa, Ontario continues to grow rapidly in size and strategic product initiatives, additional presence has also been established across Canada with R&D facilities in Vancouver, Edmonton, Waterloo, Markham, Montreal, and a R&D office in Quebec City.
About the role
Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for an HR Specialist. About the team: As a strategic partner supporting all of Huawei Canada, the Human Resource Department plays a pivotal role in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent while ensuring compliance with corporate and legal standards. By prioritizing employee well-being and professional growth, this department cultivates a culture of collaboration and success. The Human Resource Department is committed to aligning workforce strategies with Huawei’s vision, driving sustainable growth and organizational effectiveness.
About the job:
- Act as the primary owner of IT systems used for contractor workforce management, ensuring functionality, availability, and alignment with operational needs.
- Drive data quality initiatives by identifying inconsistencies, executing clean-up efforts, and implementing ongoing governance practices to maintain accurate records.
- Define, assign, and regularly audit user roles and permissions across systems to maintain secure and compliant access for internal and external users.
- Create and maintain system manuals, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and job aids to support consistent and accurate use of contractor-related systems.
- Conduct training sessions and provide ongoing support for HR teams, business units, and vendors to ensure effective system usage and understanding of processes.
- Participate in planning and execution of new system rollouts, including requirement gathering, testing, and user onboarding activities.
- Work closely with HR, IT, procurement, business units, and external vendors to ensure systems and processes support contractor operations efficiently.
- Identify, track, and resolve system-related issues, coordinating with IT or vendors as needed to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
- Develop and deliver regular and ad-hoc reports to support data-driven decision-making for contractor operations and compliance tracking.
Job requirements
About the ideal candidate:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 2 - 3 years of experience in system support, workforce operations, HR administration, or related HR coordination roles.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel (e.g., using pivot tables, filters, and basic formulas for data review).
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when handling system data and documentation.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills to support documentation, training, and stakeholder collaboration.
- Eager to learn and grow in system administration, process improvement, and contractor workforce operations.
About Huawei Canada
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. We have approximately 197,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.
In Canada, Huawei conducts innovative and leading edge research in 5G technologies, along with advanced development of emerging cloud, device and network technologies & services. While our renowned Canada Research Centre in the thriving technology landscape of Ottawa, Ontario continues to grow rapidly in size and strategic product initiatives, additional presence has also been established across Canada with R&D facilities in Vancouver, Edmonton, Waterloo, Markham, Montreal, and a R&D office in Quebec City.