Director, Talent & HR Strategy
Proudly rooted on Canada’s East Coast, Shannex Incorporated is a private family-owned organization offering a continuum of services to seniors across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario including home care, dynamic retirement living, transitional care, supportive living and licensed long-term care. For over 30 years, Shannex has been designing, building and operating high-quality homes that residents can be proud of and where they receive the support they need to age well. Today Shannex employs over 7,000 great people and has nearly 60 residences, with several more actively in development. As the largest provider of seniors’ services in Eastern Canada, Shannex has not lost sight of ensuring that the service and care provided are personalized and based on each resident’s choice. Every decision is guided by respect and understanding of the life residents choose to live.
Shannex is seeking a Director of Talent & HR Strategy to lead mission-critical execution of the recruitment function across our rapidly expanding organization. The Director ensures optimal hiring practices and leads all projects driving a positive experience for candidates and new hires through talent attraction, acquisition and early-stage retention, including employer brand, value proposition, strategic sourcing strategies and candidate pipeline development. Leading a team of 15+ across NS, NB and ON, the Director is held accountable for attaining immediate recruitment and retention KPIs as well as developing medium- and long-term strategies to ensure strong pipelines of talent to support future growth.
What this role entails:
Reporting to the Vice President, People and Culture, the Director ensures process excellence and creative recruitment strategy, including relationships with community, educational institutions and immigration partners.
This role is based at head office in Bedford, Nova Scotia, with occasional travel required. There is significant room for professional growth as Shannex expands and its HR department scales.
As the ideal candidate, you:
The principles of equal opportunity employment will be upheld throughout this process. KBRS will also provide support in the recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation in order to participate as a candidate in the recruitment process, please contact accommodate@kbrs.ca or communicate your needs to the recruitment professionals named within this advertisement.
Shannex is seeking a Director of Talent & HR Strategy to lead mission-critical execution of the recruitment function across our rapidly expanding organization. The Director ensures optimal hiring practices and leads all projects driving a positive experience for candidates and new hires through talent attraction, acquisition and early-stage retention, including employer brand, value proposition, strategic sourcing strategies and candidate pipeline development. Leading a team of 15+ across NS, NB and ON, the Director is held accountable for attaining immediate recruitment and retention KPIs as well as developing medium- and long-term strategies to ensure strong pipelines of talent to support future growth.
What this role entails:
Reporting to the Vice President, People and Culture, the Director ensures process excellence and creative recruitment strategy, including relationships with community, educational institutions and immigration partners.
This role is based at head office in Bedford, Nova Scotia, with occasional travel required. There is significant room for professional growth as Shannex expands and its HR department scales.
As the ideal candidate, you:
- Bring 15+ years of Human Resources experience, including 5+ years leading talent acquisition teams in a service environment
- Love to build and execute processes and structure, but bring an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to adapt and innovate.
- Have experience leading the talent function in a fast-moving, unionized environment.
- Are equally comfortable attending a recruitment event and presenting in the boardroom.
- Are deeply analytical and value diving into the data, trends and potential impacts to the talent pipeline. At the same time, you can make decisions and quicky action practical solutions.
- Have a talent for fostering a culture of dedication, innovation and accountability
- Hold a degree in human resources or a related field, and ideally a CPHR designation, RPR or equivalent.
The principles of equal opportunity employment will be upheld throughout this process. KBRS will also provide support in the recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation in order to participate as a candidate in the recruitment process, please contact accommodate@kbrs.ca or communicate your needs to the recruitment professionals named within this advertisement.