Director – People and Culture – 2025-94-01

JOB POSTING 2025-94-01

• INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
• People and Culture
• Director
• Wage: $67.20 to $71.23* per hour
• (*wage to be negotiated commensurate with qualifications and experience)
• Full Time: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Permanent
• Location: Abbotsford

  Provide Leadership and Direction for People and Culture   
  Join the team at Archway
  Come Help Us Help People

  Location:  Abbotsford

  Hybrid

Job Summary

The Director of People and Culture provides leadership and direction to Archway’s People and Culture employees as well as Archway’s senior management team to uphold and further Archway’s mission, vision, and values. The Director ensures the strategic development and risk management of policies and processes that address best practices in the recruitment, management and termination of employees and volunteers to support new and existing service initiatives. In addition, the Director is responsible for decision-making for employee benefits programs including the Municipal Pension Plan as well as oversight of the implementation of an HRIS management system.  The Director of People and Culture supervises and manages the performance of the Supervisor of People and Culture, the Health and Safety Advisor, and the Training Coordinator.

Your Role:

Archway’s Director with the People and Culture Program contributes by:

• Overseeing the management of People and Culture staff, program functions and initiatives.
• Providing consultation to directors, managers and supervisors around complex performance management and other complex employee relations issues.
• Ensuring compliance with all labour law and health and safety legislation both federally and provincially.
• Identifying and strategically addressing issues that affect the overall health of the organization; morale, effectiveness, turnover, absenteeism and productivity.
• Making decisions regarding employee benefits programs including the Municipal Pension Plan as well as oversight of the implementation of an HRIS management system.
• Anticipating and identifying emerging issues, trends and problems that affect the policies and programs of Archway.
• Providing input to the agency’s strategic and five-year plan.
• Providing regular updates, annual and quarterly reports and summaries to the Director of Internal Operations regarding workforce management.
• Managing performance including investigating incidents and managing disciplinary processes up to and including termination of employees in consultation with the Director of Internal Operations and legal counsel.
• Overseeing the agency’s training plans for essential trainings and other required trainings in order to meet CARF accreditation standards.
• Providing oversight to the Health & Safety Committee and Health and Safety Advisor.
• Reviewing Personnel and Health and Safety policies regularly.
• Supervising the P&C Supervisor, Training Coordinator and Health and Safety Advisor positions, providing coaching, support, feedback, development opportunities, performance evaluations and management, and approving payroll hours.

This position is a great fit for someone who has a strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices and procedures of the non-profit sector community, and knows Employment Law, Human Rights legislation, and WorkSafeBC regulations.

Our Offer

• Wage: $67.20 to $71.23* per hour (*wage to be negotiated commensurate with qualifications and experience)
• A permanent, full-time position at 35 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays.

Benefits include:

• • Three weeks vacation in your first year; four weeks in your second year.
  • A great benefits plan including extended health and dental; you choose your plan.
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
  • A pension plan; Archway meets your contribution.
  • Great in-house training opportunities.
  • Rewarding work in a positive environment.

Getting an Interview–you will be considered if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in human services, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPHR designation.
• At least 10 years’ working in Human Resources within a multi-service work environment.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a senior leadership role.
• Experience leading and managing change.
• Experience developing and managing budgets.

The Job Requires you to have::

• Strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices and procedures.
• Strong understanding of the non-profit community services sector.
• Strong understanding of Employment Law, Human Rights legislation and WorkSafeBC regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically, systematically, and analytically, taking a holistic approach to developing and implementing processes, policies, and practices across the agency.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions relating to HR policies, employee benefits programs, and HRIS systems.
• Demonstrated management skills including supervision, coaching, mentoring, goal setting, problem solving, building relationships and trust, and creating autonomy and accountability.
• Strong computer literacy; able to use a variety of devices, software, and applications including Microsoft Office365 and virtual meeting platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Demonstrated facilitation skills; able to effectively facilitate and lead in a variety of situations.
• Strong business writing skills including report writing.
• Clear understanding of Archway’s purpose, vision, mission, values, and behavioural norms.
• Good budgeting skills; able to create, manage, and update budgets, and review monthly financial statements.
• Able to work effectively with individuals at all levels both internally and externally.
• A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.