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Director of Human Resources
The Ontario March of Dimes
Toronto

The Ontario March of Dimes is a federally chartered, non-profit organisation offering dedicated services and support to persons with disabilities, assisting them in leading meaningful and dignified lives. Working across all of the regions of Ontario in over 70 locations, the volunteers and staff offer a wide range of services including Employment Services, Referral Services, Independent Living Services and innovative service models such as Conductive Education. The organisations 1,700 staff and hundreds of volunteers work within a $56 + million dollar annual budget.

History

Established in 1951, the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis, more commonly known as March of Dimes, was mandated to fund research and provide medical and rehabilitative assistance to people who contracted polio, a highly contagious, disabling and sometimes fatal disease.

Mothers, determined to help find a vaccine, canvassed door-to-door, raising funds one dime at a time. The perseverance of the Marching Mothers inspired the involvement of everyone in the community - from celebrity endorsements to school children filling up slotted cards of dimes. Ontario March of Dimes and the Marching Mother's endeavours had a direct impact on the discovery of the Salk vaccine in 1955, which virtually eradicated the disease in North America.

With the threat of polio greatly diminished, Ontario March of Dimes began funding centres for people who had already contracted the disease. These early programs focused mostly on rehabilitation and job training. In the early 1960s, Ontario March of Dimes developed and grew into a multi-service organisation, with its mandate shifting considerably to serve the broader needs of all adults with physical disabilities. Today, the vision is "creating a society inclusive of people with physical disabilities."

Present Opportunity

The Ontario March of Dimes is an effective partner with its clients, corporations, community and leadership volunteers and governments. It prides itself on quality service delivery supported by an efficient and dedicated staff cadre with a strong emphasis on quality, risks management and staff development. The agency has achieved high levels of proficiency in programme design and delivery, in governance, and in financial management. It is highly innovative and its people thrive on challenges. It is determined to establish a strategic business-minded culture embedded within the core values of a volunteer agency dedicated to its client/consumers. Highly cost conscious and focussing on "value for money" the OMOD is pursuing a strategy of revenue diversification and development by the creation of a series of for-profit operations.

SUBSIDIARIES

Ontario March of Dimes Non-Profit Housing Corporation

Established in 1992 to promote and develop accessible and affordable supportive housing for persons with physical disabilities, the Corporation revised its mandate in 2001 in light of the limited opportunities to create the necessary housing and co-ordinate the funding for services. The Corporation is now committed to housing first, and will seek to add services, or to partner with a supplier who meets the high quality and standards of Ontario March of Dimes' Independent Living Programs.

Today the Corporation owns and operates the Jean and Howard Caine Apartments in Oakville, a 59-unit apartment building funded by a provincial government-backed mortgage and Jason's House in Hamilton which houses 4 persons, with high care needs, who live in a single family home, receiving 24/7 on-call service.

OMOD NPHC has entered into an agreement with Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Homes to develop supportive housing for 8 persons requiring higher than average care support in Toronto, and in 2002, will be developing a new model of shared accommodation.

OMOD Independence Non-Profit Corporation

Ontario March of Dimes (OMOD) established this non-profit corporation to explore revenue-generating opportunities and conduct feasibility studies on business ideas that could both employ persons with disabilities and create net proceeds for ongoing OMOD services and programs. Viable businesses are presently being sought while task groups are established when needed, to consider proposals, prepare business plans, seek collaborative partners, or investigate proposals.

Rehabilitation Foundation of Disabled Persons, U.S.

Incorporated in 2001 as a registered charity in the U.S., and registered in Florida, this foundation is legally permitted to receive donations from Americans. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an EI Number so that letters for U.S. income tax purposes can be provided. . The RFDP is similar to the Ontario corporation in its goals: to assist adults with physical disabilities to achieve a meaningful and dignified life through service, research, information and advocacy.

Working through Ontario March of Dimes, the RFDP supports polio survivors and those experiencing Post Polio Syndrome or the late effects of poliomyelitis by providing current medical and social information, peer support groups, conferences and seminars, and a post polio survivors chat forum. These programs can be accessed from anywhere in the U.S. or abroad, via Internet communication.

Position Description

Director of Human Resources

The Director of Human Resources, a member of the operational team and working closely with C.O.O., is accountable for the development and the achievement of organisation-wide human resource operational goals. This role is the pivotal interface between the operations, regions and the day-today operations of the agency.

S/he is the leader/manager of the human resources team with responsibility for human resources, volunteer development, training and policies, operating tactics and implementation strategies, human resource risk management and control systems. The Director of Human Resources, working with the C.O.O., Director of Regional Operations, and Regional Directors ensures that all Agency policies and programmes are effectively implemented within set human resource and fiscal parameters and quality guidelines.

A. Principal Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and support to the Human Resources Team.
  
• Recommends and directs the development of short and medium term human resource plans and budgets to achieve organisational goals, within a business-minded, values driven culture.
  
• Provides human resource advice and support to line management leadership.
  
• Participates in the development of annual business plans and budget, with particular responsibilities for human resources, staff and volunteer development and organised labour relationships.
  
• Directs human resource operations to achieve planned results within the desired organisational culture.
  
• Evaluates and monitors the performance of human resource operations regularly and systematically within established benchmarks and risk management guidelines.
  
• Hires, assigns, develops, trains, performance manages, evaluates and guides staff towards the attainment of organisational, departmental, team and individual goals.
  
• Ensures the duties, responsibility, authority and accountability of each staff member is clearly defined and are understood by the staff member as well as by other staff and volunteers who rely upon the individual for service and/or support.
  
• Monitors relevant emergent human resource, volunteer and staff training and development issues.
  
• Develops, recommends and implements human resource policies, procedures and controls sufficient to maintain effective operations and appropriate and timely information flow.
  
• Provides an exemplary leadership/management style reflective of OMOD’s desired organisational culture.
  
• Assures compliance with all regulatory requirements.
  
• Working closely with the Director of Regional Operations, the Regional Directors and provides leadership to union negotiations

B. Relationship Management

• Reports directly to the C.O.O.
  
• Works collaboratively with the Director of Regional Operations, the Regional Directors and the Director of Finance and Administration.
  
• Is a member of the Operations Management Committee and the Regional/Provincial Management Committee.
  
• Directs and performance manages the human resources team, providing leadership to the Employee and Labour Relations Specialist, Occupational Health and Safety Co-ordinator and the Provincial Manager, Compensation and Payroll Services, with an overall team of six/seven staff.
  
• Demonstrates understanding and appreciation of working in a partially unionized environment.
  
• Provides support to the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors.

C. Candidate Attributes

A seasoned Human Resources specialist, with appropriate professional credentials, the successful candidate must have an excellent track record in and a demonstrated understanding of the full scope of human resource issues. They must demonstrate an appreciation of and an affinity towards issues particular to the not-for-profit sector, such as volunteer development and management, process understanding, staff development and training. They must be able to contribute proactively to the successful initiation and implementation of agency strategies. They must demonstrate a high awareness and understanding of risk management and quality issues.

Having experience of unionized workplaces, the candidate must also demonstrate an ability to work successfully within a fast paced environment and a dynamic strategic management team. Reporting to the C.O.O. and working closely with multiple stakeholders the Director of Human Resources must maintain a constant and evolving understanding of business issues. They must be able to proactively lead and manage while building up a highly effective HR team and practice. Able to act as a coach, leader, and advisor they must be able to quickly establish their own as well as their team’s credibility within the agency in particular with the C.E.O., the Director of Operations and the Regional Directors.
Bringing an appreciation of the role of staff development and training to performance management and evaluation, the successful candidate must be able to establish and implement training strategies.

D. Position Location
The Ontario March of Dimes is located 10 Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario. The position requires periodic travel primarily in Ontario.

 For more information, contact Lyn Johnson at lj@r2lj.com