What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual HR Coordinator (French and English) position at Behr Process Corporation?
To thrive as a Bilingual People Services Coordinator, you'll support our People Services (HR) team by helping create a positive, inclusive, and well-informed workplace. As you will be supporting both Canada and the US, there is a language requirement where you must be able to communicate fluently in both English and French.
This role is ideal for someone early in their HR career who wants hands-on experience in a corporate environment as well as individuals with established HR experience who are seeking a flexible, part-time opportunity.
This long-term temporary role allows you to be part of our onsite Santa Ana team for 10-20 hours per week. You'll receive pay and benefits through our staffing agency (Aston Carter) while still having the opportunity to work closely with Behr leaders and gain meaningful hands-on HR experience.
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as a friendly and reliable point of contact for team member questions that need additional support beyond the business unit.
- Assist with coordinating and documenting employee relations activities, including gathering information, preparing notes, and supporting case follow-up.
- Support the People Services team with research, policy interpretation, and providing general HR guidance to employees and managers
- Help maintain accurate records, documentation, and HR metrics with a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
- Assist with basic intake for employee concerns, ethics questions, and policy-related inquiries, escalating issues to consultants as needed.
- Support performance management processes by helping track milestones, documentation, and communication.
- Build positive relationships with employees and managers, both in person and remotely.
- Conduct basic exit interview coordination and assist in compiling insights for the HR team.
- Perform general administrative duties to support HR operations, including scheduling, indexing, documentation updates, and follow-up tasks.
- Maintain strong judgment and confidentiality while working within established HR policies and practices.
- Exercise good judgment and expertise within defined policies and practices
- Maintain ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage competing priorities
- Consult and build relationships with all levels of teammembers
- Conduct exit interviews to gather insight into turnover trends
- Support People Services related training
Requirements
- You must be bilingual in French and English where you can write and speak both languages in a professional setting (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
- A completed high school education is required with a preference for a bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
- Minimum of2 years1 year in an HR Generalist or equivalent role
- Experience consulting on Canadian employment laws
- Experience consulting on multiple employee relations issues that vary in scope and complexity
- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently
Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging
We believe a workplace that encourages and values different voices, perspectives, and backgrounds builds better teams, better solutions, and more innovation. The goal is for every single team member to have a voice and experience a sense of belonging here, regardless of where they sit in the organization and what their background is. We look forward to your sharing your outstanding and unique talents and perspectives with us!
BEHR (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.
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