Why Work Here?

At Sask Polytech, we believe that providing regular reporting on our activities ensures accountability and transparency. Our students, employer partners and all residents of Saskatchewan benefit from this openness by having access to information that reports on how Sask Polytech continues to contribute to the economic development of the province.

Find out more about us and what the organization plans to do in the future, and how you can be part of this by reading our Strategic Plan.

As your employer we want to be an important part of your life, but we also want you to have a life. Sask Polytech supports its employees with;

• Vacation and earned days off. Instructors enjoy a 199-day work year while professional services employees receive vacation and earned-days-off generally used on a bi-weekly basis.
• Our campuses are closed during the December break supporting our faculty and staff in having time with family and friends.
• A variety of flexible work arrangements and paid leaves.
• Health & dental benefits and wellness programs including employee family assistance.
• Pension and competitive compensation.

Sask Polytech supports its employees dealing with personal and family life by offering a variety of flexible work arrangements. Various types of work arrangements may be available to fit your needs and lifestyle, including part-time employment or job-sharing. We also use technology to our advantage given our geographic footprint, making sure we capitalize on our time and our travel. Being well and your work life in balance creates our strong and vibrant community.

We recognize you need to enjoy your work and the people you work with. At Sask Polytech, we are always growing and evolving. This creates an exciting environment and work community, and will keep you excited about your job day after day. We are colleagues, mentors and friends.

We consider the diversity of our workforce to be one of our leading assets and continually emphasize the importance of developing a representative workforce. We recognize that people differ in many ways, including life experience, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, physical abilities, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

For more information about how we are working to achieve a representative workforce, please visit Building a Representative Workforce.

Please email hrinquiries@saskpolytech.ca.

Lolita Humm
Director, Employee Relations
lolita.humm@saskpolytech.ca

The Employee Relations unit is focused on problem solving and liaising with the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Faculty Association (SFA) and Saskatchewan Government Employees Union (SGEU) bargaining units on behalf of the employer and providing labour relations expertise to the organization.

Wally Hurlbert
Director, Health, Safety and Security
306-775-7943
wally.hurlbert@saskpolytech.ca 

The Health, Safety and Security unit ensures Saskatchewan Polytechnic meets regulatory and best practice standards, and that effective training and orientation of employees is conducted.  Having the right information to safely perform your work is the focus of our team.

Deirdre Marshall
Director, Human Resources Advisory Services
deirdre.marshall@saskpolytech.ca
306-659-3798

Our HR Advisory Services unit consists of HR consultants and assistants located at each campus to provide service and support to our faculty, staff and business leaders. The HR consultants provide business and strategic support to clients to help lead their teams in accomplishing Saskatchewan Polytechnic's strategic goals. Our front line human resource assistants support each campus community handling inquiries on benefits, pay and other general employment items. Whether you are recruiting, restructuring or maybe retiring - your campus HR team is there to help with all your employee life cycle needs!

Jocelyn Watson
Director, HR Strategy Development
jocelyn.watson@saskpolytech.ca

The HR Strategy unit all about employee engagement and innovative strategies to help Sask Polytech achieve our goals and objectives. Working with clients and leaders to move forward our institutions priorities and initiatives to be the leading Polytechnic in Canada. Current areas of focus are leadership development, organizational effectiveness and change management, compensation and rewards programs, and building our representative workforce strategy and programs.

Jocelyn Watson
Director, HR Strategy Development 
jocelyn.watson@saskpolytech.ca

Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one of our leading assets. Sask Polytech recognizes that people differ in many ways, including life experience, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, physical abilities, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

Trevor Smith
Respectful Workplace Consultant
smith1571@saskpolytech.ca

Knowing what’s expected, and how issues are addressed should they arise, provides guidance to act in ways that reflect Sask Polytech’s core values of respect, integrity, excellence and sustainability. This helps ensure a positive, safe education and work experience.

In addition to the employee Code of Conduct (pdf), other important policies which govern employee and student behaviour include:

• Appropriate Use of Information Technology Resources (pdf)
• Harassment (pdf)
• Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence (pdf)
• Violence (pdf)