Manager, Human Resources
Application Deadline
August 29, 2025
Department
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, CA
Workplace Type
Onsite
Role Overview
As Manager, Human Resources you will lead day-to-day human resources operations and drive initiatives that strengthen our culture, attract and retain top talent, and align HR practices with our business goals. You will partner closely with leaders to provide guidance on workforce planning, organizational development, and employee relations, while supporting change and growth across the company. This role will also be responsible for developing and enhancing HR programs, policies, and procedures to ensure they are effective, compliant, and aligned with our organizational values.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on HR strategies, workforce planning, and talent management.
- Oversee HR operations, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, and total rewards.
- Develop, implement, and maintain HR programs, policies, and procedures that support business objectives and promote consistency across the organization.
- Partner with operational teams to deliver consistent, effective HR programs and initiatives.
- Apply change management best practices to guide leaders through organizational changes in people, processes, and structure.
- Lead or support projects in areas such as diversity and inclusion, workforce strategy, organizational planning, and continuous improvement.
- Use HR data and metrics to drive decisions, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
- Stay current on HR best practices, employment legislation, and market trends to ensure compliance and competitiveness.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Degree or Diploma in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including experience advising leaders and managing complex employee relations matters.
- Strong knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practices.
- Proven ability to develop and implement HR programs and policies from concept to execution.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- High level of integrity and ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.
Core Competencies
- Communicates in an open candid and consistent manner with impact to inform, enroll, coach, and inspire.
- Effectively builds rapport and appropriately delivers information (oral and written) in a timely, well-organized, thoughtful, and engaging manner.
- Works collaboratively across functional teams, embracing unique talents and diverse perspectives, to achieve common goals.
- Takes a proactive approach to building relationships by actively participating as a prepared team member, demonstrating flexibility and respect for different work styles.
- Plans, manages and follows through to ensure the flow and timely completion of activities to deliver successful work results.
- Maintains quality and safety standards to ensure NexGen's Elite Standards are met across all work streams.
- Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.
- Takes responsibility for own actions and outcomes.
- Maintains effective and professional approach, demonstrating resilience and accountability in a fluid fast paced work environment.
- Able to identify, articulate and problem solve for complex situations with consideration for outcomes.
- Provides clear and informative explanations to support effective decisions in line with company objectives.
- Uses creative, conceptual, and/or inductive reasoning.
- Applies specialized knowledge in own area of expertise and openly shares information and knowledge with others.
About NexGen
NexGen Energy is a Canadian company focused on optimally developing the Rook I Project into the largest, low-cost producing uranium mine globally, incorporating the highest levels of environmental and social governance. The Company has a strong portfolio of highly prospective projects, including the Company's 100% owned Rook I property that is host to the high-grade Arrow Deposit (discovered February, 2014), South Arrow (discovered July, 2017), Harpoon (discovered August, 2016), Bow (discovered March, 2015), and the Cannon area (discovered April, 2016).
NexGen is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NXE and on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol NXG, and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an operations office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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