Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Vice President of Human Resources

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is more than just a place to learn; It is a university supported by people who live and work here – students, employees and faculty members alike. As one of the major employers in BC, we strive to implement initiatives that will attract, support, share and preserve people in KPU and create an environment where all employees themselves see as they contribute to learning students. Join us today and turn your future!

Competition ID: 4316

Date of internal closure: Open until you fill

External closure date: Open until you fill

# From the openings: 1

*Salary Information: 18 – Administrative salary network – 162,938 dollars to 249,839 dollars

Employment type: Permanently permanent

Workplace type: hybrid

Travel frequency: Ordinary travel between universities is required.

Employees Group: Administration/Administration



About KPU
For more than 40 years, KWANTLEN Polytechnic (KPU) works with pride in the southern Fraser area. As the only Polytechnic University in Canada, we combine academic excellence with applied learning, innovation and strong relationships with industry and society.

With the campus of the universities in Sari, Richmond, Langley and Cloverdale, we are very addicted to the societies that we serve. Sari, our largest campus and one of the fastest growing city in the province, reflects the energy and diversity that define KPU as a whole. Our students bring a wide range of cultures, backgrounds and experiences – and their success in the heart of everything we do.

KPU was honored to partnership with the first local nations, including Kwantlen First Nation, whose name we have. These partnerships, along with our commitment to fairness, integration and reconciliation, are essential to whom we are as an institution.

Our programs extend to the arts, business, science, health, trade, design and emerging fields – reflect the diversity of our societies and the needs of advanced workforce quickly. This offer and flexibility makes KPU unique, as they offer students to meet students as they and they are preparing them for the place they want to go.

As an open access institution, we are committed to the success of students and we know that our employees are necessary to achieve this. Building a varied and comprehensive workforce and sharing the key to the constant impact of KPU.

Today, KPU enters an exciting period of change and renewal. With a new president and advanced strategic priorities, we focus on enhancing our student’s mission, deepening societal ties, and forming a comprehensive workplace for the future.



Opportunity
This is a pivotal moment to join the KWANTLEN Polytechnic Executive Team. We are looking for a vice president with experience and vision, human resources (VP ​​HR) to guide KPU during a period of change and great renewal. After submitting reports directly to the President and Vice -Chancellor, Vice President of Human Resources is a reliable advisor and a major member of the executive team – which is the future of the workforce in KPU, enhancing organizational strategy, and promoting a strong and comprehensive culture in the workplace.

VP Human Resources provides executive leadership via human resources, risks and security on campus, and leads a directly talented portfolio, including deputies of the head of persons and persons’ services; Organizational development managers, employee experience, risks and security; First Director of Labor Relations; And director of the human resources department. This role is both strategic and practical, as it provides an opportunity to influence the strategy of the KPU people, support students’ success, community participation, and institutional priorities.

As the human resources deputy, will:

• It is a reliable adviser to the president, the council and the Supreme Command, directs the strategies of people that are in line with the KPU mission and long -term priorities.
• Employee experience champion, formation of programs and practices that enhance participation, learning, luxury and a sense of belonging across KPU.
• The leadership transformation by updating human resource practices, providing innovative approaches, and assisting the university develops through times of change.
• Providing strategic and operational driving in all human resources jobs – including labor, employment, retention, compensation, organizational development and employee experience.
• Providing leadership in labor relations, including collective negotiation, grievances, conflict resolution, and building strong cooperative trade union relationships.
• Providing supervision and guidance for safety and security risks on campus, and ensuring a safe and supportive environment for students, faculty and employees.
• Promoting shares, diversity, inclusion and reconciliation in all aspects of the human resources and institutional culture strategy.
• Building strong relationships with faculty members, employees and unions, enhancing cooperation, confidence and an effective solution to complex issues in a union environment.
• Supervising the diverse human resource leadership team, in order to achieve administrative and institutional goals.
• Enhancing communications with KPU societies and cooperation with after high school institutions throughout BC and Canada to exchange experience and enhance best practices.
• The influence on priorities at the institution level as part of the KPU executive leadership team, which contributes to a university that focuses on students, depends on society and comprehensive.

What you are attending
You are an executive of the seasoned human resources who flourish in complex environments and sees an opportunity in times of change. You can bring both strategic experience and operational experience, with a busy record of pioneering shift, building strong teams, and enhancing comprehensive workplaces in a complex trade union environment. You are reliable for integrity, proper judgment, and the ability to inspire confidence in every level of the organization.

We are looking for a person:

• He holds a graduate degree in a related field and has at least 10 years of the expertise of high human resources leadership, perfectly in the public or post -secondary sector.
• It has an attached ability to lead change, update practices, and direct the difference by moving.
• He is sure to advise presidents, councils and great leaders in sensitive human resources and organizational issues.
• It builds credibility through integrity, consistency, transparency and fairness.
• Strong emotional intelligence explains: listens, engages and enhances a respectable and comprehensive work environment.
• Deeply committed to the progress of fairness, diversity, inclusion and reconciliation, and creating a workplace where all employees feel appreciated and supported.
• It brings extensive experience in labor relations, including collective negotiation, grievances, and arbitration.
• He has experience in developing and empowering high -performance teams, balance accounting with cooperation and excellence in service.
• It brings flexibility, the ability to adapt, and the ability to make sound decisions in a complex environment and union.

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the site
KPU is a multi -campus. Human resources offices are located on the Langley campus, however, repeated travel will be needed between universities.

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The application process
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your coverage letter and appeal as one document through the KPU job center. A CV review will be made on November 3, 2025; However, the competition will remain open until you fill.

For inquiries or recommendations related to this situation, please contact:
Navneet Sidhu
Director of acquisition and recruitment services talent
Email: navneet.sidhu4@kpu.ca

Salary information
The above compensation range is the range between the minimum and the maximum basic salary of the situation. The initial salary position is usually between the minimum and the maximum. This represents an employee with full career knowledge, qualifications and experience for this position. On the normal track, employees will be employed, transported or promoted between the minimum and about the middle of the salary range for a job, taking into account the internal shares.



Total rewards
As part of our total rewards, KPU also offers healthy and extended layers, health care spending, generous vacation package, specific pension plan, paternity settings, pathological leave, long -term disability, life insurance, vocational development days, waiver of tuition fees, training and development inhouse, transportation between the campus, And more!

Note: The requirements of eligibility are applied, benefits may vary depending on the group of employees to which the situation belongs and whether the position submitted is temporary or part -time.

Visit https://www.kpu.ca/hr For more information about KPU’s workplace, culture and total bonuses.

Note to applicants
Kwantlen Polytechnic University welcomes and encourages requests from groups that deserve shares and various experiences including, but not limited to, indigenous people, racist people, persons with disabilities, and members of 2S/LGBTQIA+.

If there are any barriers you face or residence we can provide to support you through the application process, please contact us on talentacquisition@kpu.ca.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of employees, students and the general public, supporting the university’s reputation and integrity. For this reason, the final applicants will be required to undergo a background examination.

We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Legitimate qualified candidates will be considered to work in Canada; Only contact will be contacted for the interview.



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