Manager P&C Business Partnerships

Overview

Are you a strategic people leader who thrives at the intersection of business needs and employee experience? Do you bring a consultative mindset, strong political and business acumen, and a passion for building trusted relationships that empower others?

We’re looking for a Manager, People & Culture Business Partnerships to lead a team of People & Culture professionals supporting a divisional client group. In this role, you won’t just deliver HR support—you’ll act as a strategic advisor and relationship manager, helping business leaders connect the dots between operational priorities and enterprise goals.

You’ll lead and integrate the strategic and effective delivery of People & Culture services, projects, and initiatives, working as a trusted and valued partner to divisional leadership teams. While leading the team is a key part of the role, so is enabling a consistent, collaborative, and shared service experience for leaders, employees, and stakeholders.

You’ll drive people-related initiatives that enhance organizational performance, leadership capability, and culture. Your collaborative working style will be invaluable in contributing to a team environment where we lead by example and pull on different strengths to reach shared goals - ensuring we leverage each other in meeting client needs, with the needs of the enterprise in the forefront.

You’ll support a team navigating complex changes by leading with curiosity and confidence.

This is a unique opportunity to lead change and influence people practices that shape the future of work at WorkSafeBC.

This is a temporary role for 18 months.

How you’ll make a difference: You’ll build and empower teams that serve workers and employers across B.C.

Where you’ll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines working remotely, and in our offices based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you will work primarily from our Richmond Office with some flexibility to work from your home in B.C.

• Act as a connector across the organization—bringing the right people together at the right time to solve complex problems and reduce duplication of effort
• Support and coach operational leaders to elevate their own strategic thinking and decision-making capabilities
• Influence and lead change within a transforming organization, supporting the shift from tactical HR to strategic People & Culture partnerships
• Provide leadership and mentorship in a consultative and strategic role to a small team of People & Culture Partners and Advisors
• Collaborate with fellow P&C Business Partnership managers to enable and empower the broader P&C Business Partnership team for success, ensuring consistency in service delivery and alignment across the function
• Participate as a member of a divisional management team, your clients, to identify People & Culture management and planning needs within the division
• In consultation with the business clients, you will develop People & Culture priorities, performance objectives, and business plans for the People & Culture Business Partnerships team in order to support achievement of the division’s business objectives, operational needs, and strategic objectives
• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Demonstrate strong business and political acumen in order to navigate organizational dynamics and influence outcomes
• Thrive in ambiguity, helping to drive organizational transformation
• Show curiosity and confidence while fostering authentic, trust-based relationships with clients and colleagues
• Demonstrate strong consultation, influencing, coaching, project management, and facilitation skills
• Exhibit excellent communication (verbal and written), analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Work successfully in an environment that is: team based, undergoing significant and on-going change, customer-service focused and has multiple competing demands and constantly changing priorities
• Bring a collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement, connecting the right people at the right time together.
• Effectively balance business needs and the employee experience within a unionized environment
• Experience supporting unionized environments and fostering strong, productive labour-management relationships

Your background and experience  

• A degree in Human Resources or related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a senior human resources and leadership role, preferably with consultation or line management experience
• Demonstrated expertise in all generalist People & Culture technical areas (recruitment, labour relations, job evaluation, organizational design/job evaluation, transition/change management, pay/benefits)
• Demonstrated skills in leadership in a consultative role, organization and planning, and developing effective working relationships with business and People & Culture teams

We’ll consider equivalent combinations of education and experience.

Important to know

• Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada

Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflect the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Learn more: Discover who we are.

Our benefits

As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work — and life.  Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• 4 weeks of vacation
• Extensive health care and dental benefits
• Sick leave

Learn more: Find out what we offer.

Salary: $116,186 – $141,166/yearly

Want to apply?

• Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.