Job Specifications
Who We Are
At Heart & Stroke (H&S) our mission is to promote health, save lives and enhance recovery. We are committed to a culture that exemplifies our core values: champion health, practice humility, embrace change, drive impact, learn and grow and be heartfelt as we work together to beat heart disease and stroke.
We believe in equity, diversity and inclusion ― it’s embedded in our values and core mission work to support all people in Canada to lead healthier lives. We are committed to applying this principle to cultivate a welcoming environment that embraces diversity among our employees. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, racialized communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, women, and people living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
To learn more about our mission, values, commitment to EDI, and the difference Heart & Stroke makes in the lives of people in Canada at every age, please visit our website.
The opportunity
H&S offers a flexible hybrid work environment. This role is mainly remote within the GTA, with occasional travel to the Toronto office (Yonge & Eglinton) as required, based on the needs of the business.
Reporting into the Sr. Manager, Human Resources and Sr. Manager, Leadership & Development, this 13 month contract opportunity provides a unique opportunity to serve as a link between two departments, ensuring that teams with shared responsibilities collaborate effectively and have access to current data for tasks like onboarding and offboarding, managing employee information and leaves, and coordinating the performance management process. The coordinator also maintains and ensures new hire procedures employee records and databases are accurate and updated, supports employee wellbeing initiatives, manages contracts and translation request and acts as the main contact for any general HR or Learning questions from employees
This important dual‑reporting role supports the daily operations and initiatives of both the Talent & Diversity and Learning & Development teams, while modeling H&S’s culture of caring, high performance, and organizational values.
How You Will Make An Impact Every Day
New Hire onboarding and orientation
Prepare new hire offer letters
Lead employee onboarding by communicating with new hires, responding to their inquiries, and sending pertinent information including required documents.
Ensure new hire documentation is completed, tracked, saved and submitted in a timely manner, including supporting hiring managers with onboarding process and following up on new hire training or compliance requirements.
Coordinate the new employee orientation process, including content design and maintenance, deployment of ‘Welcome’ messages, assignment of user licenses and user support.
Deliver new employee orientation sessions and support other teams in the development and scheduling of sessions.
Administration and Communication
Maintain accurate and up-to-date human resource paper and electronic files, records, and documentation while ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of all data.
Create and respond to employment verification letters and department inquiries.
Ensure monthly updates to the organization charts are accurate and uploaded to Internal Intranet
Proficiently respond to Talent & Diversity and Learning and Development department inquiries (email & phone) by understanding applicable policies and programs.
Confidently respond to common internal and external questions or inquiries on policies or programs and directs inquiries to the appropriate team member if appropriate.
Embody the culture of H&S through interactions with employees and external partners.
Proactively manages the maternity and parental leave process
Supports Sr. HR Managers with disability management administration
Support departing employees and managers with offboarding information and tasks
Support the annual Code of Conduct and other annual policy communication and collection process.
Carry out other T&D duties/projects as appropriate and as assigned by managers
Leverage AI and HR tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy of HR and L&D processes and continuous improvement in HR practices
L&D Program Execution and information management
Support the needs assessment, sourcing, license procurement/invoicing, project coordination execution of learning and organization development programs (and/or processes) that drive employee growth, engagement and success.
Support employee health and wellbeing initiatives, including Wellbeing Wednesday webinars, monthly Coffee chats and the employee recognition program.
Coordinate the submission of content for translation into French and transposes French language materials using translated content.
Manage data integrity of the employee databases, including account set-up/decommission, end-user support (e.g. LinkedIn Learning and Knowbe4), information audits, and report generation
Support the consolidation and
About the Company
For over 70 years, Heart & Stroke has been at the forefront of tackling pressing issues related to heart disease, stroke and vascular cognitive impairment. We drive life-saving medical breakthroughs and act as a catalyst to bring together the brightest minds to improve diagnosis, care and support. Our work has saved thousands of lives and improved millions of others. Since 1952, we have invested more than $1.65 billion into supporting best-in-class researchers as they work to discover revolutionary medical advances. In that ...
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