Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Overview

Job Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director, Talent Acquisition, the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for recruitment of candidates for American Career College, West Coast University, and Administration to include more senior roles as well as niche positions requiring a more specialized sourcing strategy. Working collaboratively in a multi-faceted, multi-location academic setting, the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner provides a comprehensive full life-cycle recruitment process that includes developing recruitment strategies, evaluating candidates through independent interviews to determine whether candidates would be a good fit, selecting qualified candidates to recommend to the hiring manager, consulting and guiding hiring managers through interviewing, selection, and placement functions as it relates to position control.

Delivers high quality candidates. Assists with day-to-day guidance and direction on recruitment policies and procedures, championing an environment that promotes American Career College, West Coast University, and Administration as a premiere place to work. The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner may also participate with various projects that will move the talent function forward.

• Provides exceptional client service and full lifecycle recruiting for American Career College, West Coast University and Administration. Establishes, cultivates, and maintains partnership with hiring managers in order to understand the department and its staffing strategies, and fulfill its recruitment needs. Demonstrates courtesy, diplomacy, and tact in interactions with internal and external customers.
• Develops recruitment strategies that reflect current and future goals of the department to include senior level roles as well as niche positions requiring a more specialized sourcing strategy. Decides own sourcing techniques and methods to identify employees. Strategies may include, but are not limited to online recruitment, campus recruiting and job fairs, and targeted recruitment.
• Consults with the hiring manager to determine the types of skills needed for the position. Decides who to recruit and develops complete and detailed search assignments (client engagement documents) with appropriate content/information, ensuring an understanding of job duties, responsibilities, and department requirements.
• Determines effective recruitment methods based on their own experience and knowledge of a variety of sources. Executes their own recruitment strategies and aggressively recruits well-qualified candidates. Builds and maintains network of potential candidates through on-going relationship building such as pro-active market research, networking, and direct contacts with candidates via phone.
• Utilizes independent judgment and discretion in evaluating candidates. Assesses resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, education, experience and knowledge in relation to the position to determine whether the candidate would be a good fit. Provides complete and accurate information to candidates about American Career College, West Coast University, Administration, the position, and benefits.
• Interviews candidates via phone, zoom, or in person using their own questions which they develop to evaluate a candidate's skills, experience, personality, and knowledge and whether the candidate would be a good fit for the position. Creates prescreening questions and collaborates with hiring manager for approval. Exercises discretion to select candidates for the job opening. Decides which candidates to recommend to the hiring manager.
• Prepares candidates for interviewing with specific hiring managers by providing detailed information on American Career College, West Coast University and Administration, business strategy, department background, job descriptions, and expectation-setting. Coaches candidates for interviews with specific hiring managers as appropriate. Manages and coordinates all communication with candidates.
• Organizes, leads and documents post-interview debrief/feedback and post-mortems with interview teams and candidates. Evaluates feedback to determine whether further assessment of candidate is required and makes appropriate recommendations to hiring manager (e.g., such as recommending further interviews with certain members of department or recommending obtaining additional information from candidate regarding particular qualifications). Reviews the hiring manager's interview performance with each candidate to provide guidance to hiring manager regarding effective interview techniques.
• Assesses results from background checks, references, certification and licensure, education, and other appropriate qualifying data established for the position to evaluate candidate and make recommendations to hiring managers consistent with policies and procedures.
• Develops and implements a recruitment strategy, job posting optimization, recruitment marketing channel…