Interim Vice President, Human Resources

IMMEDIATE INTERIM OPPORTUNITY

Interim Vice President, Human Resources

Reports To EVP Corporate Services

Duration: 6 Months

Location: GTA, ON

Hybrid working

Our client is a well-known and high-profile health services provider in the GTA. They need a strong and accomplished HR leader to support the organization’s employees and the management team through a period of significant transition and change. This interim will coach, lead and inspire a diverse portfolio of over 50 HR professionals alongside providing critical insight and support to the EVP Corporate Services and the broader executive leadership team. This is a classic ‘strategic interim’ engagement as you will have both operational and transformational objectives. This role partners with the EVP Corporate Services as the organization modernizes their HR strategy with the goal of elevating the impact and sophistication of HR programs. To be successful in this role you will have a deep background in HR, have extensive experience working in large complex unionized environments and love a challenge.

Key Accountabilities:

• Take full operational responsibility for a diverse Human Resources function focusing on talent management, total compensation, employee and labor relations, recruitment, health, safety and wellness, change management, organizational and leadership development, and learning.
• Coach, lead and inspire a large and talented team of HR professionals.
• Work with the CEO and the EVP Corporate Services to assess the HR function providing recommendations on the future organizational structure.
• Refresh the current HR strategy looking to elevate the value and impact of HR across the organization.
• Be the trusted advisor to senior leaders on all human capital issues that support organizational development and/or protect the organization.
• Execute a series of critical projects to benefit the organization.
• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Establish goals to support the organization’s corporate and people strategic plans.
• Partner with the unions to improve the employee experience.
• Oversees, develops, and executes talent acquisition and retention strategies and plans, including directing the implementation of the organization-wide employment programs for recruitment and retention strategies, candidate identification and selection methods, and diversity and inclusion strategies and measurements.
• Develop and monitor strategies aimed at maintaining a healthy workplace culture including strategies, programs, and initiatives related to employee communications, engagement, and relations across all organization’s programs and offices.
• Oversee all Occupational Health and Safety Strategy including Incident Management, Emergency Preparedness, and Business Continuity.

Competencies and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or other similar areas of study plus a Human Resources designation.
• 10+ years or more of relevant work experience with an emphasis on employee engagement, employee experience, organizational effectiveness, ED&I or other related HR disciplines.
• Progressive experience in a complex unionized environment.
• Expert knowledge of executive compensation, employee and labor relations.
• CHRL or CHRP designation preferred.
• Demonstrated achievement in strategy development and execution.
• Strong, well-developed business acumen with a proven ability to influence and impact others.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in leading large change initiatives.

PLEASE SEND YOUR CV (AS A WORD DOC) TO: Interim.Applications@LHHknightsbridge.com (Subject: Job Title)

LHH Knightsbridge Interim Management is a service to help our clients address a wide range of scenarios including leadership support due to sudden departures, driving key change initiatives or leading transformation projects. Our interim executives step in with minimal downtime to meet specific objectives and deliver results. All have held senior positions in the past and have now chosen to offer their unique depth and breadth of experience to organizations on a limited engagement basis.

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Lee Hecht Harrison Knightsbridge Corp. is committed to providing equitable treatment and accommodation to ensure a barrier-free recruitment process. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and our AODA policy, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of the hiring process. If you require accommodation to apply or if selected to participate in an assessment process, please provide your accommodation needs in advance to the Recruitment Lead for this opportunity.

We thank all interested candidates in advance; however, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

September 2025