Senior HR Advisor

Job Summary

The Senior HR Advisor performs professional level HR duties and works closely with the HR Manager supporting mill needs. This role is part of a three-person HR department accountable for administering human resources and labor relations programs in a unionized environment for a paper mill with two paper machines, pulp and power facilities and waste treatment plant.

Required Education/Professional Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of professional Human Resources Management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, economics, sociology, psychology, or communications.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience performing a full range of labor relations activities related to the administration of an employer's labor relations program and collective bargaining agreement.
• Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentration in Human Resources Management, Labor or Industrial Relations. Master's degree in human resources management, labor relations, business administration, economics.
• Professional facilitator certification.

Critical Competencies

• Thorough knowledge of human resource management and labor relations.
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of employment federal and state laws, statues, regulations and interpreting employment contracts.
• Building and maintaining professional collaborative relationships.
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Highly organized and an ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in managing labor relations: Preparing for bargaining. Conducting negotiations. Writing technical contract provisions. Clarifying or changing the contract language. Applying administrative decisions to the provisions of labor agreements.

Recruitment

• Regularly maintain the headcount movements and hiring plan matrix.
• Post job openings, screen resumes, schedule panel interviews.
• Manage selection system including applicant flow and tracking new hire evaluations.
• Organize and facilitate new hire onboarding program across departments.
• Continuously improve recruitment process and onboarding program.

Administration

• Maintain employee records in the local database and liaise with local IT to ensure system integrity.
• Implement maintenance testing and maintain qualification and classification records.
• Monitor third party administrator for leave of absences and manage communications to ensure employee compliance with the Attendance Policy and return to work requirements.
• Complete HR Priority Special Projects as assigned.