Summer Student - Talent and Development

Reporting to the Manager of People and Culture, the Work Experience Placement position will be part of the People and Culture Team at AFSC. The Team is primarily responsible for managing the processes and procedures associated with the Employee Life Cycle - Talent Acquisition, Onboarding, Training, Career progression, Safe work practices, and Off-boarding. We exist to manage the safe and effective use of people within the company to meet our Organizational

Objectives
This position will allow the candidate to gain exposure in many of the above processes. It will also support the team on other projects as needed.

What will your growth opportunities look like in this role?
The successful candidate's background, field of study and ambition will shape the path within the role to a large extent. General opportunities that exist with exposure to AFSC as part of the People and Culture include:
• Gaining skills in a variety of talent acquisition and talent management processes
• Work on a team to achieve department and corporate goals related to your education.
• Learn to work within a Human Resources Management System

What will you be responsible for?
• Create a plan for your term that outlines your project, other work and goals you have.
• Complete a project that fulfills or exceeds your educational institution's work experience requirements in align with AFSC's strategic goals.
• Support other team members via workload relief and partnering with them on projects to learn from their experience.
• Help review and write policies and procedures
• Help assess our HR Metrics and how they can assist business partners in decision making.
• Help with annual process audits - driver's license report; work away agreements, etc.

What are we looking for from you?
• Self-motivation and drive toward goals
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Ability to produce results in a work from home environment
• Balance and prioritization - Ability to balance multiple competing priorities in a tight timeline.
• Interpersonal skills - Ability to work with a variety of business partners - employees and levels of management.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. E.g. ability to create written materials and presentations in a style that recognizes the audience.
• Research Skills - ability to answer a research question in a defendable way and taking a project from start to finish
• Working on teams in a collaborative environment
• High level of competency with MS Word, Excel, Teams
• General software literacy and adaptability to new programs.