Associate Vice-President of Human Resources
About the role
Concordia is a highly unionized environment and is currently navigating a period of considerable change. Like many post-secondary institutions, they are responding to budget pressures, an evolving workforce, changing demographics, and increasing demands for agility, inclusion, and impact. Their community is asking for more from HR — not just effective processes, but trusted partnership, clear guidance, and forward-thinking strategy.
Reporting to the Vice-President, Services & Sustainability, the new Associate Vice-President of Human Resources will play a high-profile, influential role in driving the transformation by implementing cultural initiatives such as organizational effectiveness, decisiveness, and human capital development, ensuring Concordia’s long-term leadership. They will be empowered to reimagine how HR contributes to Concordia’s success by creating the structures, capabilities, and culture needed to support a sustainable, healthy, and high-performing work environment.
The successful candidate will also be tasked with strengthening Concordia’s HR systems and data capabilities. The Associate Vice-President of Human Resources will play a critical role in enhancing system performance, improving user experience, and ensuring confidence in the tools and data that support effective decision-making across the University.
As the leader of the HR team, you must be a progressive thinker and a transformational leader who constantly seeks opportunities to innovate and challenge the status quo. You are a senior HR executive with a track record of leading in complex, unionized, and highly consultative environments. You understand the nuances of higher education and have the courage, insight, and diplomacy to lead change and innovation in contexts where influence often matters more than authority.
You are known for your decisiveness, integrity, and ability to inspire trust. You are as comfortable making difficult decisions as you are building consensus. You take pride in developing high-performing teams, and you bring both systems thinking and empathy to everything you do. Finally, you are adept at leveraging data and know how to make modern HR systems fully support the institution’s mission.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to something bigger than ourselves and to help shape the future of a university that is ready to do things differently.
To apply
To apply for this position, please submit your application and related materials to Marie-Hélène Gaudreault at mgaudreault@boyden.com and state the title of the position in the subject line of your email.
Submissions will be accepted until the position is filled. Concordia will begin its formal review of applications at the beginning of November 2025.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those under consideration for the role will be contacted.
Concordia University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, members of sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversification; candidates are invited to self-identify in their application. Candidates who require accommodation to ensure their full participation in the recruitment process are asked to make their needs known in advance. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Upon request, Boyden and Concordia University will provide accommodations to any candidate with a disability during the recruitment, selection, and assessment process.