Associate Vice-President (Human Resources)
Top Benefits
About the role
Faculty/Department Human Resources Unit Human Resources - AVP's Office Employee Group Out of Scope Collective Agreement Consideration Open to the Public. CUPE 5791 Job Family N/A Category Staff Number of Vacancies 1 Position Summary
The University of Regina is situated on Treaty 4 lands with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the ancestral territories of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda peoples, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. Today, these lands continue to be the shared territory of many diverse peoples from near and far.
The University of Regina invites applications and nominations for the appointment of its next Associate Vice-President (Human Resources).
The University of Regina is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the communities it serves. The University encourages applications from members of equity-deserving groups such as Indigenous peoples including First Nations (status and non-status), Métis, and Inuit peoples; racialized/persons of colour; persons with disabilities; women; and people from gender-diverse groups.
Reporting to President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Jeff Keshen, the Associate Vice-President (Human Resources) (AVP, HR) is a key member of the University’s Senior Leadership Team and supports, through a matrix reporting relationship, the Vice-President (Administration), the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and the Vice-President (Research). The AVP, HR provides strategic and operational leadership for the Human Resources Department, with responsibility for areas including faculty and staff relations, organizational development and people programs, health and safety, pension and benefits, including employee well-being, and the University’s Human Resources service centre, which includes payroll operations. The Respectful University Office and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office report jointly to the AVP, HR and other senior leaders, reflecting their broad institutional mandates. Working with a dedicated and experienced team of approximately 45 professional and administrative staff, the AVP, HR fosters a supportive, healthy, and collegial environment in which staff can be productive in delivering human resource services to faculty, staff, and students in a proactive, customer-oriented manner. The AVP, HR ensures that the initiatives, programs, policies, and services offered by the Human Resources Department are consistent with the University’s mission and goals. Through establishing strong relationships across campus, the AVP, HR ensures that the Human Resources Department supports current and future forecasted human resource needs, effects appropriate change, and provides a vision that encompasses the department’s strengths and potential. The AVP, HR is also responsible, in collaboration with the department’s Directors, for the preparation and oversight of the department’s budget (including salary and discretionary funds), the University’s pension plans and benefits, health and safety, tuition and professional development funds and employee and family assistance, as well as the development and implementation of strategic and operational plans to accomplish the goals of the University.
Position Requirements
As the ideal candidate, you bring an established, progressive track record in senior human resource management roles, and an undergraduate degree from a recognized university; a Master’s-level degree and an HR designation are both strong additional assets. Your career includes experience with many of the HR functions, including but not limited to workforce planning; performance management; organizational development; labour relations; compensation; recruitment and retention; and HR policy development. Your leadership experience has provided you with strong financial and budgetary acumen, including experience managing large and complex budgets. As a lifelong learner, you have the interest and ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the legislation that impacts the human resources of the University, including the Saskatchewan Employment Act, Pension and Benefits Act, Saskatchewan Human Rights Act, and occupational health and safety regulations. Colleagues recognize your proven experience developing strong business and working partnerships, as well as your ability to create trusting and effective relationships with both internal and external constituents. You embrace a proactive and straightforward communications style which aids you in addressing human resource issues and challenging institutionalized thinking in an appropriate manner. Creative and adaptable, you are aware of current human resources trends and concepts, and can bring new ideas, energy, and enthusiasm to the University’s human resource functions. To be considered as a candidate, you must be able to demonstrate a strong and sustained commitment to reconciliation, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. You engage meaningfully with Indigenous communities and equity-deserving groups, and contribute to building inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive workplace environments. You understand the responsibilities of institutions operating on Indigenous lands and actively advance systemic change within the post-secondary sector through both strategic leadership and everyday actions. This includes action, engagement, and support of the University’s unwavering commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, and its student-centred mission as articulated in the University’s 2020 – 2025 Strategic Plan, entitled All Our Relations: kahkiyaw kiwâhkômâkaninawak.
All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.
Physical Demands Pay Grade OOS 12 Salary Range $165,703- $248,554 Annually Status Permanent Work Hours
Monday – Friday 8:15 am to 4:30 pm
Duration (if Term/Temporary) Full-Time/Part-Time Full Time Preference Posting No Preference Target Posting Not Targeted
Additional Information
Contact Information
jane@griffithgroup.ca
caroline@griffithgroup.ca
Job Open Date
08/13/2025
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Special Application Instructions
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with the University of Regina, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca) or visit https://griffithgroup.ca/university-of-regina-avp-hr/
Diversity Statement
The University of Regina is committed to an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the community that we serve. The University welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including individuals within the University’s employment equity categories of women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, individuals of diverse gender and sexual orientation and all groups protected by the Human Rights Code.
About University of Regina
The University of Regina is the leading experience-based learning university in Saskatchewan, located in the province's capital. The preferred institution for more than 16,000 students, the University of Regina is home to 10 faculties, two academic units and approximately two dozen academic departments which have established reputations for excellence and innovative programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
With more than 120 undergraduate academic programs and over 80 graduate programs, the University and its federated colleges offer small class sizes, world-class research, and a beautiful campus!
Our alumni – numbering more than 90,000 – contribute to and build our society in Saskatchewan and in Canada. Our history, our accomplishments, and our growth as a university stem from our commitment to working together for the good of our local and global communities.
Associate Vice-President (Human Resources)
Top Benefits
About the role
Faculty/Department Human Resources Unit Human Resources - AVP's Office Employee Group Out of Scope Collective Agreement Consideration Open to the Public. CUPE 5791 Job Family N/A Category Staff Number of Vacancies 1 Position Summary
The University of Regina is situated on Treaty 4 lands with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the ancestral territories of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda peoples, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. Today, these lands continue to be the shared territory of many diverse peoples from near and far.
The University of Regina invites applications and nominations for the appointment of its next Associate Vice-President (Human Resources).
The University of Regina is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the communities it serves. The University encourages applications from members of equity-deserving groups such as Indigenous peoples including First Nations (status and non-status), Métis, and Inuit peoples; racialized/persons of colour; persons with disabilities; women; and people from gender-diverse groups.
Reporting to President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Jeff Keshen, the Associate Vice-President (Human Resources) (AVP, HR) is a key member of the University’s Senior Leadership Team and supports, through a matrix reporting relationship, the Vice-President (Administration), the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and the Vice-President (Research). The AVP, HR provides strategic and operational leadership for the Human Resources Department, with responsibility for areas including faculty and staff relations, organizational development and people programs, health and safety, pension and benefits, including employee well-being, and the University’s Human Resources service centre, which includes payroll operations. The Respectful University Office and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office report jointly to the AVP, HR and other senior leaders, reflecting their broad institutional mandates. Working with a dedicated and experienced team of approximately 45 professional and administrative staff, the AVP, HR fosters a supportive, healthy, and collegial environment in which staff can be productive in delivering human resource services to faculty, staff, and students in a proactive, customer-oriented manner. The AVP, HR ensures that the initiatives, programs, policies, and services offered by the Human Resources Department are consistent with the University’s mission and goals. Through establishing strong relationships across campus, the AVP, HR ensures that the Human Resources Department supports current and future forecasted human resource needs, effects appropriate change, and provides a vision that encompasses the department’s strengths and potential. The AVP, HR is also responsible, in collaboration with the department’s Directors, for the preparation and oversight of the department’s budget (including salary and discretionary funds), the University’s pension plans and benefits, health and safety, tuition and professional development funds and employee and family assistance, as well as the development and implementation of strategic and operational plans to accomplish the goals of the University.
Position Requirements
As the ideal candidate, you bring an established, progressive track record in senior human resource management roles, and an undergraduate degree from a recognized university; a Master’s-level degree and an HR designation are both strong additional assets. Your career includes experience with many of the HR functions, including but not limited to workforce planning; performance management; organizational development; labour relations; compensation; recruitment and retention; and HR policy development. Your leadership experience has provided you with strong financial and budgetary acumen, including experience managing large and complex budgets. As a lifelong learner, you have the interest and ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the legislation that impacts the human resources of the University, including the Saskatchewan Employment Act, Pension and Benefits Act, Saskatchewan Human Rights Act, and occupational health and safety regulations. Colleagues recognize your proven experience developing strong business and working partnerships, as well as your ability to create trusting and effective relationships with both internal and external constituents. You embrace a proactive and straightforward communications style which aids you in addressing human resource issues and challenging institutionalized thinking in an appropriate manner. Creative and adaptable, you are aware of current human resources trends and concepts, and can bring new ideas, energy, and enthusiasm to the University’s human resource functions. To be considered as a candidate, you must be able to demonstrate a strong and sustained commitment to reconciliation, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. You engage meaningfully with Indigenous communities and equity-deserving groups, and contribute to building inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive workplace environments. You understand the responsibilities of institutions operating on Indigenous lands and actively advance systemic change within the post-secondary sector through both strategic leadership and everyday actions. This includes action, engagement, and support of the University’s unwavering commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, and its student-centred mission as articulated in the University’s 2020 – 2025 Strategic Plan, entitled All Our Relations: kahkiyaw kiwâhkômâkaninawak.
All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.
Physical Demands Pay Grade OOS 12 Salary Range $165,703- $248,554 Annually Status Permanent Work Hours
Monday – Friday 8:15 am to 4:30 pm
Duration (if Term/Temporary) Full-Time/Part-Time Full Time Preference Posting No Preference Target Posting Not Targeted
Additional Information
Contact Information
jane@griffithgroup.ca
caroline@griffithgroup.ca
Job Open Date
08/13/2025
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Special Application Instructions
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with the University of Regina, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca) or visit https://griffithgroup.ca/university-of-regina-avp-hr/
Diversity Statement
The University of Regina is committed to an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the community that we serve. The University welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including individuals within the University’s employment equity categories of women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, individuals of diverse gender and sexual orientation and all groups protected by the Human Rights Code.
About University of Regina
The University of Regina is the leading experience-based learning university in Saskatchewan, located in the province's capital. The preferred institution for more than 16,000 students, the University of Regina is home to 10 faculties, two academic units and approximately two dozen academic departments which have established reputations for excellence and innovative programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
With more than 120 undergraduate academic programs and over 80 graduate programs, the University and its federated colleges offer small class sizes, world-class research, and a beautiful campus!
Our alumni – numbering more than 90,000 – contribute to and build our society in Saskatchewan and in Canada. Our history, our accomplishments, and our growth as a university stem from our commitment to working together for the good of our local and global communities.