Human Resource Business Partner

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is the central human resource agency for the Government of Saskatchewan. The PSC provides human resource leadership and policy development in employee and labour relations, total rewards, talent management, organizational effectiveness, safety, wellness and inclusion. Our clients include ministries of executive government and several government agencies, boards and commissions.

Our mission is to ensure the Government of Saskatchewan has the workforce required to successfully deliver on priorities and meet the needs of citizens through our Business Partner service delivery model.

The PSC is committed to employee development and career growth in the human resource profession. The size of our organization lends itself to greater opportunities for career variety and advancement.

We offer work/life balance in an environment that fosters employee engagement and embraces an inclusive culture. Join our team and help make Saskatchewan the best place to live, work and raise our families.

About the Team

Let us tell you about our Business Partner Model approach to client service. Our Business Partners support their clients to ensure alignment between a client’s business operations and HR practices and strategic objectives. In this role, Human Resource Business Partners use their consultation skills to build strong business relationships with ministry management teams and serve as a key advisor to enable sound human resource management practices and decisions.

To support our Business Partners to meet client needs, our model encourages partnerships with staff in our Communities of Expertise and Human Resource Service Centre who have deep expertise in specialized areas of HR which include Employee and Labour Relations, Total Rewards, Employee Wellbeing and Inclusion, Talent, Organizational Development, HR Pay Management, Payroll and Benefits. Through these partnerships, we use a collaborative approach to deliver exceptional human resource consulting services to our client ministries.

The Opportunity

The Public Service Commission is seeking several resourceful, results-oriented human resource business partner professionals to join one of our nine Business Partner Teams in a one-year term opportunity. You will work strategically with ministry clients to develop human resource solutions that support the achievement of their goals.

As a Human Resource Business Partner, you will:

• Build strong working relationships with senior leaders in your assigned client portfolio to learn their business and proactively offer strategies to meet their current, emerging and future human resource needs;
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts in order to provide innovative solutions and best practice advice in such areas as employee and labour relations, talent management, and organizational development; and
• Work closely with team members on projects and/or committees to advance the Public Service Commission initiatives and strategies.

Based in Regina or Saskatoon, these positions allows you to leverage your consultation skills, passion, and technical expertise with an organization that holds deep-rooted values of Respect and Integrity, Serving Citizens, Excellence and Innovation, and One Team.

Ideal Candidate

You are an agile, confident, action-oriented individual who builds strong relationships and is an influential communicator that is able to:

• Draw upon your human resource experience and knowledge in order to develop solutions in the areas of employee and labour relations, talent acquisition, talent management, and organizational development;
• Listen actively and objectively in order to understand facts and pertinent information for effective consulting;
• Analyze, interpret and research information in order to develop innovative solutions to meet clients’ shifting priorities;
• Identify potential risks, develop mitigation strategies and communicate possible outcomes;
• Strategically and proactively align human resource plans to support the achievement of ministry goals; and
• Develop and foster strong collaborative relationships to influence the implementation of effective human resource strategies.

Typically, the knowledge and experience required to achieve the above is obtained through:

• A Bachelors’ degree specializing in human resource management;
• Human resource generalist experience in areas such as organizational development, employee and labour relations, talent management, and talent acquisition; and
• An equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered. A CPHR or IPMA or equivalent designation would be an asset.

The Saskatchewan public service offers an attractive compensation package that includes a competitive salary; comprehensive health and dental benefits; and a pension plan.

This competition may be used for current and future permanent and term opportunities located in Regina or Saskatoon.

To learn more about the Saskatchewan Public Service Commission, please visit our website: Saskatchewan Public Service Commission.