Talent Acquisition Lead

Job description / Role

Job purpose:

The talent acquisition lead is responsible for finding, recruiting, hiring and retaining talented candidates. He/she will be in charge of planning, developing and implementing a new and productive talent acquisition strategy for the company.

Talent acquisition job description:

Plan and participate in strategic planning meetings with key business partners to understand current and upcoming requirements in order to build a plan on how to effectively recruit for positions within your area of responsibility.
Provide guidance and direction to other recruiters and be responsible for managing the recruiters' effectiveness in meeting their performance goals.
Increase the quality of hire by proactively developing qualified and targeted talent pools with active and passive candidates for all business units, by making use of a variety of channels.
Own the entire recruitment process, including requisition approval, hiring manager briefing, job advertising, candidate sourcing, application review, candidate screening, interview strategy and offer process.
Oversee the policy, process, and operations of the new hire onboarding process.
Drive the talent acquisition team excellence in delivering against key recruitment metrics.
Leverage relevant advertising resources to create awareness and attract qualified applications for key roles within your area of responsibility.
Leverage candidate databases (internal and external) to identify prospective candidates to create awareness and invite them to apply for open positions, including cold calling prospects.
Build and maintain candidate pools of strong candidates and new prospective candidates within the functional area that you support.
Work alongside the organization to implement the best assessment tools.
Conduct weekly check-ins with active candidates and hiring managers throughout the entire recruiting process for each role.
Manage planning and gathering information for quarterly review meetings with key stakeholders that will provide an overview of recruiting achievements as well as opportunities to improve hiring performance moving forward.
Lead any additional recruitment initiatives as needed.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field.
• A professional certification is a plus (SHRM/CIPD).
• A minimum of 5 years of talent acquisition experience, which includes full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, and two years of supervisory experience.
• In-depth knowledge of full-cycle recruiting and employer branding techniques.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage change and influence hiring behavior.
• Ability to set clear goals and deliver on key objectives with minimal supervision.
• Good ability to understand business needs and assess talent against those needs.
• Demonstrated ability to push back/influence the business to drive best hiring practices.
• Understands how to navigate challenges independently.
• Process improvement mindset to think beyond the current state towards what could be and independently bring forward solutions.