Coordinator, People

More about the role:

Burson is looking for a People Coordinator to join our Canadian People Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is looking to build broad exposure across all areas of the employee lifecycle. As a member of the People Team, you will play a key role in supporting employees and managers across Canada while helping deliver a seamless employee experience from recruitment through onboarding, development, and offboarding.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, service-oriented, detail-focused, and enjoys building relationships while balancing multiple priorities.

Here’s what you’d be doing:

Recruitment & Talent Coordination

• Coordinate interviews, candidate communications, and recruitment logistics across multiple business units.
• Conduct reference checks and support offer preparation and pre-employment activities.
• Partner with hiring managers, recruiters, and candidates to deliver a positive candidate experience.
• Support recruitment reporting and talent acquisition administration activities.

Employee Lifecycle Administration

• Support employee lifecycle activities including onboarding, employment changes, leaves of absence, returns from leave, and offboarding.
• Prepare employee documentation and coordinate communications related to employee changes.
• Maintain employee files and records while ensuring confidentiality and data accuracy.

Onboarding & Employee Experience

• Coordinate onboarding activities for new hires, including scheduling, system access requests, orientation planning, training assignments, and new hire communications.
• Partner with managers and internal stakeholders to ensure employees have a successful start.
• Support employee engagement initiatives, recognition programs, and People Team projects throughout the year.

HRIS & Employee Records Management

• Maintain employee information and organizational data within Workday and other HR systems.
• Process employee transactions, organizational changes, and reporting updates.
• Support ongoing data integrity initiatives and ensure employee records remain accurate and up to date.

Benefits & Leave Administration

• Support employee benefits administration, including enrollments, changes, and employee inquiries.
• Assist with leave administration processes, documentation tracking, and return-to-work coordination.
• Liaise with benefit providers and internal stakeholders as required.

Reporting & People Operations Support

• Maintain People Team trackers, reports, and dashboards.
• Support reporting requests related to headcount, organizational structure, training compliance, workforce metrics, and business needs.
• Assist with data gathering and reporting for internal initiatives and business requests.

Compliance & Process Improvement

• Support HR compliance activities, policy administration, audits, and documentation management.
• Ensure People Team processes are followed consistently and in accordance with company policies and employment legislation.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and employee experience.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Payroll, Finance, IT, Talent Acquisition, managers, and external vendors to support employee lifecycle activities and ensure a high level of service delivery.

What you’ll need to get here:

• 2–3 years of experience in Human Resources, People Operations, Talent Acquisition Coordination, or a related role.
• Post-secondary education in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience working with HRIS platforms; Workday experience is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of employment standards and HR best practices.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service orientation and ability to build effective working relationships.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Bilingualism (English and French) is considered an asset.

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting onboarding and offboarding programs.
• Experience administering employee benefits and leaves of absence.
• Experience maintaining employee data and reporting within Workday.
• Exposure to HR reporting, workforce analytics, or HR compliance activities.
• Experience working in a professional services, agency, consulting, or fast-paced corporate environment.

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