Jeff Bell

Sr HR Leader / Executive Advisor

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

About

My passion as an HR professional is to partner, listen, implement and support outcome focused business strategies from an HR mindset to assist the organizations people and leaders to be the best they can be. My personal principles are rooted in doing the right thing rather than the easy thing and ensuring everybody is treated with fairness, respect, and dignity. I use a coaching mindset in working with my team, peers, and clients so everybody has the opportunity to grow and learn as much and often as possible.

Experience

  • City of Calgary (26 yrs 2 mos)
    • Executive Advisor to Chief HR Officer
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

      Provide strategic executive advice to the Chief Human Resources Officer and HR Management Team while managing emerging complex and sensitive people issues for the organization. Create and leverage partnerships across HR and broader to enhance HR operations and our organizational reputation in a fiscally responsible way.

    • Human Resources Team Lead
      Mar 2020 - Mar 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Dual Leadership role of a team providing Business Partnering support for the Capital Infrastructure Engineering and Development and Real Estate part of the organization and a team of experts conducting respectful workplace investigations across the organization.

    • HR Leader, Business Advisory Services
      May 2015 - Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Lead a team of HR Professionals providing HR Generalist support to Corporate Support and Legislative business units.

  • HR Clerk at Safeway Canada
    Feb 1998 - May 2000 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Maintained employee recrods and transactions in the HRIS system.