Save the Children believes every child has the right to a future. In Canada and around the world, we do whatever it takes – every day and in times of crisis – to support children to fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. With over 100 years of experience, Save the Children is the world’s first and leading independent children’s organization – transforming lives and the future we share.
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, People & Culture, the People & Culture Specialist is an experienced, high‑performing HR professional and personable team player who provides inclusive, trusted, expert‑level HR support to employees and people leaders across the organization. This role serves as a key business partner, ensuring the accurate, timely, and effective delivery of People & Culture operations, HR services, and initiatives. Operate as a senior individual contributor with deep subject‑matter expertise, sound judgment, and strong execution capability. The Specialist supports clients and coordinates complex workplace matters within a unionized environment, including labour relations, workplace investigations, talent management, performance management, organizational development, learning and development and change management. The role requires exceptional time management, solid knowledge of employment legislation, initiative, and accountability, alongside strong communication, data, and technology capabilities. The Specialist acts as the AI and HR technology lead, driving automation, reporting, and workflow improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and client experience.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
HR Operations & Talent Management
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Lead assigned HR functions with a focus on talent management: recruitment, learning & development, performance management, succession planning, employee global mobility. Monitor HR workflows, deliverables, and deadlines to ensure all People & Culture operations are completed effectively.
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Coordinate and complete all assigned HR tasks in a timely manner with a high degree of accuracy, timeliness, and attention to detail to provide a consistent employee experience. Maintain high standards of data integrity, documentation, and reporting.
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Provide expert guidance to people managers. Support leaders in organizational development initiatives, including role clarity, team effectiveness, performance, and change readiness. Apply professional HR judgment to navigate sensitive and high‑impact people decisions.
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Act as a mentor and resource to the HR Administrator, providing coaching, guidance, and quality oversight for HR outputs. Collaborate closely with all P&C team members to support priorities, projects, change initiatives, reporting and continuous improvement.
Labour Relations
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Advise on complex workplace matters including employee relations and labour relations in a unionized environment. Provide HR support related to grievances, complaints, and conflict resolution.
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Support and manage workplace investigations, including intake, coordination, documentation, analysis, and report preparation. Ensure matters are handled with discretion, procedural fairness, and legal compliance.
HR Advisory & Client Support
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Serve as a trusted People & Culture Specialist and partner to managers and employees, providing timely, practical, and well‑reasoned HR guidance to support a positions employee experience
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Apply sound judgment and risk awareness to ensure solutions are fair, consistent, and aligned with organizational values, labour obligations, and best practices.
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Act as a change management Specialist to leaders and project teams during organizational, structural, policy, and process changes. Support the people‑side of change initiatives, including workforce impacts, role changes, new ways of working, and technology implementations.
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Assist leaders in change planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication approaches that build understanding and trust. Reinforce adoption and sustainability of change through aligned performance management, coaching, and follow‑up.
Technology, AI & Data Enablement
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Serve as the People & Culture AI and technology lead, identifying opportunities to improve HR workflows through automation, digital tools, and AI‑enabled solutions. Support change adoption related to new HR technologies and system enhancements.
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Lead the development and improvement of HR reporting, dashboards, and data analysis to support decision‑making. Prepare and facilitate clear, data‑driven presentations and materials for leaders and stakeholders.
Qualifications include (but are not limited to):
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Post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
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Minimum 3-5 years of human resources management experience. Experience in International Development, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO/INGO), or other not-for-profit sectors is preferred.
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Advanced knowledge of talent management including program design and facilitation.
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Proven experience in labour relations management in a unionized environment.
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Demonstrated proficiency in HR business partnership, workforce legal compliance, data AI optimization
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Advanced communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills for diverse audiences to build strong working relationships across cultural and organizational settings, both internally and externally.
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Demonstrated project management experience for task execution of assigned objectives supported by proficiency with MS Office tools and relevant technologies. Ability to work under pressure within tight timelines to achieve SCC objectives.
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Displays analytical and problem-solving skills to support initiatives with demonstrated adaptability to support change management for successful task implementation.
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Applies judgment and make sound decisions that are accountable, justifiable, and in adherence to policies and procedures.
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Considers organizational strategy and thinks creatively to support innovative initiatives and collaborations that deliver benefits for the children and families we serve.
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Ability to occasionally travel locally, nationally and internationally (less than 10%) as required.
WHAT WE OFFER
The salary range for this position is between $63,323.32 to $80,295.12 CAD on skills and experience. In addition to this, our employees will have the following package of additional benefits:
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Comprehensive benefits package for you and your dependents available three months after employment start date. Coordinated benefits for your partner paid by Save the Children Canada.
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Hybrid workplace including opportunities to work remotely and flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and work life balance.
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4 weeks of annual paid vacation.
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In addition to annual leave, we offer an end of year office closure December 25 - January 1 (SAVE Days) so we can all recharge simultaneously.
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5 paid personal days.
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3 paid float days.
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10 paid sick leave days.
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Parental leave top-up.
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Employer contributions to group pension plan. Access to help save for a first home through the pension provider.
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Learning and development opportunities and specialized training including professional development time.
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Confidential Employee Assistance Program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment.
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Organization-wide membership access to Headspace.
HOW TO APPLY?
If you are interested in this position, please visit the career page at https://www.savethechildren.ca/ and submit your resume and cover letter by 5:00 pm EST June 18, 2026. Internal candidates, please apply via ADP by 5:00 pm EST June 11, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that AI is used in some components of the recruitment process.
It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure all children are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that lead to the risk of, or actual, harm caused by our employees. Each employee shall be aware that there may be additional vulnerabilities facing children associated with their age, socio-economic background, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, identity, sexual orientation or identity, and is committed to ensuring this does not form barriers to effective safeguarding.
Each employee is committed to fostering and sustaining a safe environment through proactive, accessible, and effective approaches that seek to prevent and respond to any harm to the children including but not limited to sexual exploitation and abuse. SCC and all its employees will take all reasonable steps to make itself safe, both as an organisation and in the conduct of all aspects of its day-to-day operations of emergency, humanitarian, developmental, policy, campaigning and administrative work.
SCC supports and acts in compliance with the Human Rights Code. SCC is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). Providing an accessible and barrier-free environment is a shared effort, and as an organization, SCC is committed to working with the necessary parties to make accessibility for all a reality. If you require an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment or employment process, please notify People & Culture at [email protected]
Please Note: This job opportunity is to fill an existing vacancy.
This recruitment process may involve the use of AI-enabled or automated tools within ADP Workforce Now to help manage job postings and application workflows. These tools may assist with tasks such as organizing applicant information, identifying potential matches based on job-related qualifications, or supporting communication and scheduling.
All hiring decisions are made by our People & Culture team and hiring managers. No automated tool makes final decisions about your candidacy. If at any point you have questions about how your information is used, please contact our team at [email protected]
