A career as a Senior Advisor in the Employee Relations team, within the Human Performance Experience sector at National Bank, means acting as an expert through diverse mandates. You help evolve employment law practices and contribute to maintaining a harmonious work climate between employees and leaders. This role allows you to have a positive impact on our organization, thanks to your expertise in employment law and your ability to influence complex cases

Your role

• Recommend, develop, and ensure the advancement of policies and practices for National Bank in labor relations, based on organizational evolution and jurisprudence.
• Be responsible for the governance of certain employee relations policies, in line with organizational changes and jurisprudence.
• Possess excellent knowledge of labor relations issues and the Bank’s strategic directions, as well as internal/external environments (competition, regulations, organizations, etc.) likely to impact them.
• Analyze complex and varied situations/cases, whose resolution often requires adapting or combining uncommon solutions, and propose creative, original, and practical solutions. (Examples of cases handled: administrative, corrective and disciplinary measures, underperformance management, changes to employment conditions, terminations, absenteeism, various investigations, and complaint management related to work climate.)
• Draft standard agreements or other contracts involving the consideration and articulation of numerous parameters.
• Propose, recommend, and implement preventive strategies to maintain a healthy and safe work environment, aligned with the Bank’s values, reducing organizational risks while optimizing the employee experience.
• Diagnose problematic work climate situations and formulate innovative solutions adapted to various business realities.
• Act as a facilitator in complex conflict situations between management and employees.
• Advise management on settlement strategies to adequately manage organizational risks.
• Act as a coach to team colleagues and other members of the employee relations community, contributing concretely to their development.

Your team

Within the Employee Relations sector, you are part of a team of 10 colleagues and report to the Senior Director of Employee Relations. Being part of the Employee Relations team means working in a dynamic environment with colleagues who embody the values of collaboration, agility, and empowerment on a daily basis. You will also contribute to maintaining a harmonious work climate in a workplace that aims to be the most stimulating in the country.

We offer a wide range of ongoing learning opportunities for your development, including hands-on learning, training courses and collaborating with colleagues who have varied expertise and profiles.

Prerequisites

• Bachelor's degree in Law or Industrial Relations in a related field and/or Master's degree in a related field and more than 6 years of experience in employment law
• Proven experience in a coaching and advisory capacity with managers at various organizational levels
• Experience in amicable dispute resolution
• Proficiency in writing skills in the languages required for his function (plain language, ability to summarise, etc.)
• Knowledge of federal labour laws
• Knowledge of best practises in employment law at the federal level
• Influential leadership demonstrated
• Adaptability to a dynamic environment and ability to intervene in several files simultaneously within tight deadlines
• Rigorous, accountable and proactive
• Be a member of the Barreau du Québec (an asset)

Applications received will be considered to meet current or future needs.

Languages:

English, French

Reason to require this language: you will need to work closely with our colleagues outside Quebec.