Human Resources Generalist

Job post summary

Date posted: September 10, 2025

Pay: CA$25.00-CA$30.00 per hour

Job description:

HR Generalist/Manager, Part-Time

Location, Downtown Toronto

Type: Part time, three or four days per week, paid hourly (potential for role to be full-time or freelance)

On-site: Hybrid, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in-office.

Reports to: CEO and management team.

Collaborates day-to-day with Operations and Recruitment Managers/Consultants, and supervises the Office Manager/Administrative Assistant supporting designated HR tasks.

About the Company

Founded in 1997, ZSA Legal Recruitment is Canada’s largest national legal recruitment firm specializing in the headhunting, recruitment and placement of lawyers, partners, legal support staff and law firm management.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR and operations

• Serve as the primary HR contact for leaders and employees, provide timely advice and hands-on support
• Meet with the CEO to translate business goals into practical people plans and quarterly priorities
• Build and maintain the annual HR calendar, anniversaries, birthdays, office holidays and closures, performance cycles, and engagement cadence
• Monitor jurisdictional changes that affect our recruitment practice across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia, and partner with external legal counsel on required compliance actions
• Lead workplace health and safety compliance and programs, policies, training, incident logs, and WSIB reporting as required
• Oversee internal hiring with smooth handoffs to managers and the Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

Talent acquisition support

• Partner with hiring managers to define internal recruitment and manage the recruitment cycle

Onboarding and offboarding

• Own end to end onboarding, provisioning checklists, first week plans, probation milestones
• Run offboarding, recover assets, revoke access, and collect insights through exit feedback

Policy, compliance, and risk

• Maintain an up to date Employee Handbook and HR policies, Ontario ESA, OHSA, AODA, human rights, privacy
• Maintain health and safety documentation and the Joint Health and Safety Committee, where required

Benefits, leaves, and total rewards operations

• Administer benefits enrollment and changes with Manulife in partnership with Accounting
• Guide leaders and employees through leaves, accommodations, and return to work plans
• Support compensation reviews, market checks, and job leveling frameworks

HR data, systems, and reporting

• Own HRIS employee data and workflows, hire, change, termination, permissions, reporting
• Produce monthly people metrics, headcount, attrition, hiring pipeline, engagement, training completion
• Maintain clean employee files and access controls

Culture, engagement, and development

• Plan holiday and summer offsites with the support of the Administrative Assistant/Office Manager
• Coordinate training, compliance modules, and manager development
• Promote equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in everyday operations

Qualifications

• CHRP or CHRL in progress or completed is a requirement
• Two or more years of progressive HR experience, ideally in professional services, recruiting, or fast paced small to midsize companies
• Strong working knowledge of Ontario employment law, OHSA, AODA, human rights, and privacy, exposure to Quebec is an asset
• Hands on HRIS administration experience, ideally with Humi
• Excellent written and verbal communication, discretion, and relationship building skills
• Organized and action oriented, able to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines

NOTE: Please email your application to , with the subject: HR Generalist. We appreciate all interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Freelance

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Experience:

• HR (generalist, excluding payroll): 3 years (required)

Language:

• French (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• CHRP/CHRL/CPHR designation? (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M5H 3B7