Strategic HR Partner

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 03/15/2025

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, HR Strategic Partnerships, your main responsibility will be to provide strategic HR support to our Downstream assets in Lloydminster.

The role will work closely with the Strategic HR Partner Specialist in Lloydminster, our HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) and the HR Operations team to deliver programs and services to the business in alignment with the business and people strategy and plans.

The successful candidate will have strong critical thinking, client management skills and the ability to build and maintain a professional network within and outside of the HR department.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity located in our Lloydminster office.

Work Environment:

• This position is located in Lloydminster and requires the successful candidate to live in the area.

What you’ll do:

• Support HRBP Specialist in delivering HR services to leaders within the Lloydminster Region, focusing on people aspects of business strategy, including organizational capacity, capability, employee experience, and risk.
• Support organizational change initiatives by assisting with adjustments to processes, teams, and structures, ensuring alignment with people goals and strategic objectives.
• Provide input into business and people strategies, while observing HR data trends to identify potential impacts on strategy execution.
• Track business performance, diagnose organizational challenges with leadership, and implement Cenovus People Plan to drive effectiveness and align with performance goals.
• Support HR projects and initiatives by addressing gaps in organizational capacity, capability and employee experience, collaborating with COEs for seamless execution.
• Collaborate with Workforce Planning teams to ensure accuracy, budget management and timely approvals for the workforce plan.
• Collect feedback from clients regularly to ensure HR programs, projects, and support align with the business area's needs and goals.
• Assist in organizational design, workforce planning, talent development, retention strategies, and key HR programs such as leadership development, performance management and compensation processes.
• Support employee development through talent reviews, succession planning, and internal mobility movements, while collaborating with COEs to ensure consistent HR services like recruitment and employee changes.
• Provide advice and consultation to management and employees on performance and conduct.
• Report and address employee concerns in accordance with Company policies.
• Represent the business area’s needs in HR program development, offering input to COEs for fit-for-purpose programs and continuous improvement.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Post-secondary degree in a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years HR experience in a corporate environment. HR Business Partner role experience is considered a strong asset.
• Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) designation or equivalent is an asset.
• Experience in employee relations, conflict management and organizational navigation.
• Technical HR experience in performance management, learning and development, succession planning, leadership development, compensation and total rewards, diversity and inclusion, and organizational team effectiveness and development.

We acknowledge the value of transferable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT March 14, 2025.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to resolving next steps.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities.

If you require accessibility to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email careeropportunities@cenovus.com.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps, with the focus on identifying opportunities for development and career advancement within the organization.

Who we are:

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We’re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

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At Cenovus, we embrace diversity of thought, experience and backgrounds to help us make better business decisions, address our challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions. We’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where people feel respected, valued and engaged. We strive for a collaborative, physically and psychologically safe environment where you can be yourself, feel a sense of belonging and thrive. For more information, including details on our inclusion and diversity targets and networks, visit Cenovus.com.

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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