HR Specialist (12-Month Contract)

The Opportunity:

Company, Department: Emera Inc, Corporate Human Resources

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Closing Date: July 31, 2025

The opportunity:

We are currently looking for a HR Specialist to join our Corporate HR team on a 12-month term with possibility for extension. Reporting to the Director, Total Rewards, the HR Specialist will be responsible for collaborating with members of the HR team and will focus on researching and implementing HR best practices, advancing Total Rewards team initiatives and HR enhancements, and assisting with the administration of programs as required.

Key elements of the role include

As the HR Specialist, you will be responsible for:

What skills will make you successful?

As the ideal candidate you recognize yourself in many of the following competencies, and possess or are working towards the desired skills and experience listed below:

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

Inclusion at Emera:

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values by our recruitment policy and values, we are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants.

If you don’t quite see yourself in this role but want to join our team, set up a Job Alert on our career site to learn about future opportunities!

e the employee experience of Emera employees. This work will advance our goal to provide highly valued HR programs.

What skills will make you successful?

As the ideal candidate you recognize yourself in many of the following competencies, and possess or are working towards the desired skills and experience listed below:

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

Inclusion at Emera:

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values by our recruitment policy and values, we are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants.

If you don’t quite see yourself in this role but want to join our team, set up a Job Alert on our career site to learn about future opportunities!