Associate Vice-President (AVP), Human Resources

The Role

The Associate Vice-President (AVP), Human Resources, is the University’s senior human resources leader, responsible for advancing a strategic, people-centred, service-oriented HR function that supports the academic mission and long-term sustainability of the institution. Reporting to the Vice-President (Finance and Administration), the AVP provides strategic and operational leadership across labour and employee relations, compensation and benefits, organizational development, policy, talent management, wellness, and HR systems.

The University is entering an important implementation phase following foundational strategy work. Key priorities include advancing the People Plan aligned with the University’s strategic plan, leading a provincially required non-union compensation review, supporting modernization of enterprise systems and processes and navigating collective bargaining and mediation in a complex unionized environment.