Mission Statement
We support individual and organizational success through best people practices, collaborative advice and education.
About Us
Located on campus adjacent to the Engineering Building and the Transit Exchange Loop, the Human Resources department is responsible for:
- the planning, implementation and management of employee relations
- employee health and wellbeing
- recruitment and employment processing
- orientation
- benefits
- training and development
- classification and compensation
For General HR Enquiries relating to the Okanagan campus, please email ubco.hr@ubc.ca however if you have a specific HR inquiry, please refer to the below table to determine your specific contact for the inquiry you have.
Who Do You Call For Assistance?
**NOTE: The Associates and Senior Associate provide support across all faculties and departments as required
| Table 2 – HR Advisory Services Role Summary |
Senior Managers Faculty and Employee Relations:
Kristin Cacchioni (local 7-8296)
Leah Terai (local 7-8029) |
- Faculty & Staff Collective Agreement interpretation
- Labour relations, supporting complex faculty & staff matters including grievance management & investigations
- Providing advice & support to senior leadership, faculty & staff on HR processes and procedures
- Change management
- Conflict resolution
- Collective bargaining
- Departmental leadership on a range of issues such as working practices, equity issues
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HR Advisors:
Janna Fisk (local 7-9596)
Terri Jones (local 7-8619)
Ruth Calnan (local 7-9879) |
- Faculty & Staff Collective Agreement interpretation
- Grievance case management & conflict resolution
- Change management and support for departmental reorganizations
- Recruitment & selection support & strategies
- Attendance and performance management support
- Academic & Staff HR processes, advice & support
- Investigation & fact-finding support
- Support for best practices in HR
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HR Manager AVPF & O:
Brett Carter (local 7-8439) |
- Dedicated to the AVP Finance and Operations
- Provision of general HR advice and support
- Recruitment & selection, attendance & performance management
- HR support for establishing in-house Food Services
- Campus-wide orientation
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HR Associates:
Manveen Maadhra (local 7-9285)
Nicole Yearwood (local 7-8682)
Jessica Zawada (local 7-8833) |
- Hiring and appointment processing support
- Short-term auxiliary placement coordination
- General staff Collective Agreement interpretation & HR inquiries
- Support for faculty recruitment & appointment as required
- Training for Workday & orientation for new Administrators
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Faculty Relations and Immigration Consultant:
Trisha Kasawski (local 7-9819)
(All work is campus-wide) |
- Immigration support for hiring from outside of Canada
- Relocation assistance
- Faculty appointment processing
- General faculty benefit & HR inquiries
- Advice on faculty recruitment
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Relocation & Benefits Associate:
Jacky Ivans (local 7- 8928)
(All work is campus-wide) |
- Support for relocation of staff and faculty
- Benefits advice & coordination with payroll & benefit services
- Logistics for the onboarding of staff and faculty, including conducting welcome meetings
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| Table 3 – Role Summaries for Specialist Staff |
Managing Director, Human Resources:
Alex Bayne (local 7-8327) |
- Leadership of the HR Team & representing the Department on various committees
- Strategic planning, change management & organization development
- Leadership of collective bargaining processes and of complex labour relations issues and cases
- Leadership development, support for organizational development, wellbeing and Strengths based team development support
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Human Resources Administrative Assistant:
Contact Kerry Ann Kozak for assistance or email ubco.hr@ubc.ca for general assistance |
- General HR information and reception and HR website management, including support and management of job postings
- Administrative support for the Director, Senior Managers, Advisors and Associates
- Manages the financial processes for HR
- Organizes events, seminars, workshops & courses for HR
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Director, Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office:
Shilo St. Cyr (local 7-9640)
Support Specialist, SPVRO:
Jannah Jais (local 7-8495)
Anna Stewart Zyw
Educator, SVPRO:
Johannah Black (local 7-9035) |
- Supports and assists staff and faculty with disclosures, reports and/or investigations of any sexual misconduct
- Provides confidential information and interpretation of relevant UBC policies:
- Policy # SC17 (formerly Policy 131) – Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct
- Policy # SC7 (formerly Policy 3) – Discrimination
- Policy #SC13 (formerly Policy 14) – Response to At-Risk Behaviour.
- Provides information and referrals for internal and external resources and accompaniment if requested
- Collaboratively assesses and coordinates appropriate accommodations
- Identifies educational needs, develops and delivers training
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Compensation Consultant:
Angela McLean (local 7- 8582) |
- Support for the development of job descriptions
- Management of the BCGEU job evaluation process
- Management & coordination of all classification & reclassification processes for all staff
- Education of managers and staff on classification and compensation processes
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Workplace Learning & Engagement Consultant:
Shannon Ballance (local 7-8349) |
- Responsible for the Managing@UBC program, campus-wide programming and M@UBC speaker series
- Identifies & supports learning needs, leadership development and team-building activities through designing and delivering learning solutions
- Oversees the onboarding processes & orientation workshops, facilitation, coordination and organization of learning activities
- Leads the development & implementation of recognition and engagement activities including Staff Award & Long Service Recognition Programs
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Manager, Workplace Health and Wellbeing:
Carleigh Benoit (local 7-9543) |
- Leads Workplace Health and Wellbeing on UBC Okanagan campus, ensuring strategic alignment of initiatives/projects/education with the Wellbeing Strategic Framework, UBC Strategic Plan and Focus on People Strategy while collaborating with other campus stakeholders
- Identifies and prioritizes opportunities for development of initiatives based on trends in benefits utilization, labour relations themes, consultation, observations, best practices and industry trends
- Provides leadership of the Workplace Reintegration and Accommodation Program (WRAP) and identifies opportunities to enhance additional supports for staff and faculty within WRAP
- Provides case management support for complex WRAP cases
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Wellbeing Specialist:
Amanda Swoboda (local 7- 8671) |
- Leads, develops and delivers a variety of health education, promotion workshops that enhance staff and faculty health and wellbeing
- Coordinates UBC Okanagan’s Wellbeing signature events (Thrive Month, MoveUBC, Staff and Faculty Sports Day, etc)
- Identifies and leads strategic workplace wellbeing HR initiatives (Ex. Mental Health Literacy)
- Co-leads UBC Okanagan’s Wellbeing Action Network
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Workplace Health Associate:
Sarah Cochrane (local 7-8893) |
- Provide intake services for the WRAP program
- Provides case management support
- Supports requests for medical accommodation
- Provides support for the Workplace Health Specialist
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Workplace Health Specialist:
Victoria Gritchen (7-8354) |
- Coordination of the Work Reintegration and Accommodation Program (WRAP)
- Provides case management support for staff and faculty absent from work >5 days
- Supports requests for medical accommodation
- Educates campus community regarding WRAP and associated resources
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Workplace Health & Wellbeing / Learning & Engagement Administrative Assistant:
Kerry Ann Kozak (local 7-8592) |
- Administrative support for Workplace Health and Wellbeing (WHW) and Workplace Learning & Engagement (WLE) Portfolios
- Provides communications support WHW / WLE
- Provides event/education support for WHW / WLE
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