Human Resources Representative

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

As a Human Resources Representative for our Human Resources team at the Laval location, you will be to establishing close partnerships with internal clients on human resources management activities. You will also be leading communication and engagement activities and strategies for the site.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Build relationship with people leaders to understand the business context of their department. Assess, analyze, and advise internal clients as to best practices and solutions in alignment with organizational goals and priorities;
• Support and coach managers in the management and development of their employees as well as in the application of policies and procedures by ensuring consistent and equitable application of programs and policies and by participating in internal investigations, corrective actions, and mediation to resolve situational issue;
• Participate in the HR cycle activities with internal clients such as objectives setting, performance review, compensation planning, succession planning, etc;
• Coordinate the planning of all engagement site’s initiatives such as social committee, employee group resources, local involvement including budget management;
• Coordinate key messages, prepare communications and visual needed in collaboration with the communication regional team;
• Organize meeting between senior leadership and employees from different department to discuss engagement survey results and idea of actions to improve their work environment;
• Advise on the engagement survey best practices to increase participation rate, achievable action plan and track progress.
  

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or Industrial Relations management;
• 1-2 years of relevant experience as an HR generalist or in a similar role;
• Fluently bilingual, oral and written (French and English);
• Ability to inspire trust and confidence through strong interpersonal skills and effective collaboration.

Role Specific Information:

• Location: Laval: 445 Boul. Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, H7V 4B3
• Transportation: Laval: Free parking. Near the Montmorency Subway. Electric vehicle charging station
• Schedule: Monday - Friday, Hybrid (Minimum 3 days on site)
• Permanent position as of the hiring, full-time 37.5hrs per week.

Why Charles River ?

• Competitive benefits as of the hiring. We pay up to 85% of premiums (health & dental coverage);
• Paid development training;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Excellent welcome program for new employees as well as in-house advancement and career development opportunities;
• Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine);
• 3 weeks’ Vacation & 5 Personal day policy;
• Many social activities!

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.

About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.