Talent Acquisition Specialist / HR Recruiter

General Purpose:

The Talent Acquisition Specialist/Recruiter is responsible for strategically and proactively managing the continuous volume of full cycle recruiting needs and branding for Children’s Rescue Fund as an employer of choice. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will source, identify, screen, and hire candidates for various roles in the organization. Responsible for meeting metrics that have been set by the Recruitment Manager and/or Human Resources leadership, creating reports, self-goal setting, new hire survey administration, and related forecasts, as it relates to recruitment. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will proactively work with management and leadership to implement effective recruitment methods and efforts across the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Recruitment:

• With a long-term strategy in mind, form close relationships with hiring managers to ensure staffing needs are being met by having clear expectations for candidates and interviewers and analyzing and developing new recruitment strategies for sourcing candidates, screening resumes, interviewing on both the HR and business line levels, parameters for risk on experience vs. credentials.
• Provide tracking and hands-on mentoring for managers and candidates who are hired to assure cultural assimilation, colleague receptivity, career planning and overall success.
• Directly partner with agency leaders and management team to understand, and grow talent pipelines, and recruit for key positions within the agency in the present, and in the future.
• Steward a positive end-to-end candidate experience (sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection and on-boarding) and ensure it follows best-in-class practices and enthusiastically communicates the employment value proposition, reflects the brand and is an engaging candidate experience.
• Lead efforts to continuously improve the selection process with tools, interview guides, testing and interview training that improves overall selection results.
• Develop, revise, and update job descriptions and other relevant recruitment and human resources documents.
• Establish strong working relationships with external talent sources to ensure agency attracts top students from local colleges and universities particularly those with social service programs.
• Coordinate internal resources for campus visits, career fairs, college recruiting and networking social events.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, Federal, State and Local government and funding agency policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Contributes to the overall success of the organization by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned, and being able to pivot with ever-changing priorities and newly added job-related responsibilities that arise based on business changes, needs, and demands.

Retention:

• Building a strong two-way rapport with staff to have a pulse on the initial New Hire OnBoarding. 
• Develops, maintains, and distributes New Hire employee engagement survey reports with recommendations for action planning at both the agency level and departmental level. 
• Build employee networks, tasks forces and/or committees as a means of employee feedback and involvement to support retention goals. 
• Work with managers and leaders across the board to ensure the organization is an employer of choice.
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives and processes for retaining diverse talent.
• Other additional duties, directions, and tasks as designated by manager.

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Position Requirements and Minimum Qualifications:

EEO Statement – Children’s Rescue Fund is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

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