Director, Human Resources
Mississauga, home to more than 720,000 residents, is a successful and dynamic world-class city. People choose Mississauga for its connected, vibrant outdoor public spaces, creating memorable experiences, and recognize it as a leader in the stewardship of the natural environment. We are in an exciting period of significant growth with inspirational possibilities and potential. Mississauga is a place where people choose to be and where businesses choose to grow and thrive. Mississauga is recognized throughout Ontario as an emerging multicultural destination that has redeveloped its waterfront, animated its downtown core, and protected its natural areas in welcoming visitors to the City.
Reporting to the City Manager, the Director, Human Resources is the senior HR professional in the corporation. The Director, Human Resources will lead the development and implementation of innovative human resource strategies to attract and engage the best talent and competitively position the corporation to support and enable the City’s Strategic Plan and provision of services. A transformational leader with demonstrated experience guiding and successfully supporting organizational change efforts, you are experienced in strategic thinking and development, along with long-term strategy execution. Your track record of operational excellence and customer service is clear, and you demonstrate creativity and vision in developing strategies and policies that support an evolving organization.
The successful candidate will have a University Degree in a related discipline with at least 10 years of progressively senior human resources experience in a complex unionized organization. A Canadian Human Resources Leader Designation is also preferred. In addition to relevant professional experience, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated talent for building relationships, fostering collaboration, leading transformational change, and exploring innovative approaches to modernizing human resources functions that support organizations through change.
The City of Mississauga is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with the Accessible Canada Act, 2019 and all applicable provincial accessibility standards, upon request, accommodation will be provided by both Odgers Berndtson and the City of Mississauga throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.
Applications are encouraged immediately, to express your interest in this important opportunity, please submit your resume and letter of interest at https://careers.odgersberndtson.com/en-ca/28816 or directly to margaret.campbell@odgersberndtson.com or andrew.anderson@odgersberndtson.com by November 20th, 2023. We thank all those who express an interest, however only those chosen for further development will be contacted.
