• Job Description

  Req#: R-0000068309

  Come Work with Us!
  
  At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose.
  
  Whether you’re helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work that matters in the world, in an environment built on teamwork, service, responsibility, diversity, and integrity.

  Job Title

  Director, Employee Relations

  Job Description

  What is the opportunity?

  The Director, Employee Relations role leads an Employee Relations team, with primary accountability for effective management of workplace risk, including: compliance with policy, regulatory requirements and applicable federal and provincial employment and human rights legislation; advice and counsel on employee relations matters, processes, procedures and projects; strengthening RBC’s value of integrity and business ethics practices through ensuring misconduct is addressed appropriately.

  What will you do?

  Employee Conduct & Risk Culture

  • Lead management of employee conduct investigations, including Respectful Workplace matters and other Code of Conduct breaches and ethical concerns.
  • Cultivate and leverage external network (industry peers and associations, advocacy groups) to obtain information that provides competitive intelligence and details regarding trends.
  • Monitor regulatory developments, identify and report trends and emerging issues through data analytics and insights.

  Advice and Counsel on Conduct and Other Employment Related Issues

  • Oversee team’s management/resolution of specific workplace issues and incidents, including investigations of employee concerns and escalations.
  • Provide guidance to senior leaders to resolve sensitive workplace issues, including in the areas of performance management, attendance management and Respectful Workplace matters.
  • Provide Employee Relations advice on restructuring initiatives, role eliminations and terminations, working with the appropriate internal partners as required.

  Conduct Monitoring and Reporting

  • Develop, implement and manage HR processes and systems to monitor employee conduct, aligning with business conduct monitoring processes to provide integrated insights and identify proactive strategies to prevent misconduct.
  • Improve the analysis of employee misconduct identifying and reporting trends and emerging issues including understanding the root cause of misconduct to report insights to the business and functional partners, as required, for additional monitoring.

  People Leadership

  • Develop employee goals that align to team vision and demonstrates commitment to RBC Leadership Model, Collective Ambition and Values.
  • Provide real-time, constructive performance & behaviour coaching that strengthens employee engagement and enablement.
  • Support & monitor employee development/career management to build/grow professional capabilities.
  • Foster an open environment that drives a high performance culture.

  What do you need to succeed?

  Must-have

  • Minimum of 8 years direct experience in Employee Relations/Human Resources/Dispute Resolution (ER/HR) and/or employment law.
  • Post-secondary education or equivalent experience (preferred focus in human resources.)
  • Strong knowledge of Canadian employment law and regulations (both federal & provincial.)
  • People management / leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in aligning and integrating risk management with business and HR strategy.
  • Exceptional ability in establishing and managing relationships with senior level stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to drive execution and achieve business results.
  • Thought leadership, strategic thinking, analytical and problem solving capabilities.
  • Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
  • Excellent collaboration capabilities and ability to engage others to work towards a shared vision and common goals.

  Strong preference:

  • Experience in an in-house legal department or law firm.
  • Called to the Bar of a Canadian province (or equivalent.)
  • Experience managing a team of at least 3 direct reports.
  • Significant Experience in conducting and/or managing workplace investigations.
  • Bilingual (English/French.)

  What’s in it for you?

  We thrive on the challenge to be our best and work together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation.
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater scopes of work.

  Job Summary

  Address:

  ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

  City:

  CAN-ON-TORONTO

  Country:

  Canada

  Work hours/week:

  37.5

  Employment Type:

  Full time

  Platform:

  Human Resources

  Job Type:

  Regular

  Pay Type:

  Salaried

  Posted Date:

  2023-09-21

  Application Deadline:

  2023-10-18

  Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

  At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.
  
  We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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• About the company

  Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), is a diversified financial services company. The Company provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. The Com...

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