Talent Acquisition Specialist

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$70,000.00/yr - $78,000.00/yr

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Work from Home (WFH) - Remote work must be performed while residing in California, New Mexico or Florida

CIAT Campus Locations: San Diego, CA and Albuquerque, NM

Reports to: VP of People & Culture

Status: Exempt

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be responsible for sourcing, screening, and recommending qualified candidates, embodying and promoting CIAT's values, building strong talent pipelines, coordinating with hiring managers, conducting interviews to assess candidate qualifications, and supporting the pre-onboarding process to ensure a smooth and positive experience for new hires. You will also help execute recruitment strategies to meet hiring goals and ensure all recruitment activities comply with company policies and relevant regulations.

By carrying out these responsibilities, you will play a crucial role in attracting and hiring talent to drive CIAT's continued success.

Planning / Searching

• Support the development and execution of recruiting strategies in collaboration with Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist and hiring managers to attract top talent and meet organizational goals
• Assist interviewers, providing guidance on sourcing techniques, candidate engagement, and process optimization
• Stay informed of industry trends, recruiting tools, and best practices, and share insights with the team to enhance overall recruitment success
• Support employment branding initiatives to enhance company visibility, reputation, and appeal to prospective candidates
• Support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) recruitment strategies to ensure the organization attracts talent from diverse backgrounds
• Place and monitor advertisements to the target population, actively recruit using social media such as Linked In, job boards, online communities and staffing agencies
• Locate qualified applicants (passive) using databases, searches, online job boards such as Indeed, Linked In, networking events, etc.
• Utilize creative recruitment techniques by researching and recommending new sources for active and passive candidate recruiting
• Identify opportunities to increase employment brand recognition and partner with marketing department to update the careers page, social media outlets, and other platforms
• Communicate with managers and employees regularly to promote the referral program and internal opportunities
• Continuously refine and streamline the recruitment processes to ensure that amazing, talented, and qualified people are applying
• Work with hiring managers to maintain up-to-date job descriptions and understand the skills and competencies required for openings

Screening / Interviewing

• Support the recruitment lifecycle, helping ensure a seamless and positive candidate experience from application to onboarding
• Conduct phone and in-person interviews to assess aligning values, ethics, attitudes and technical competency, providing detailed feedback to hiring teams
• Train hiring managers on advanced interviewing techniques, including behavioral-based and competency-based interviews, to maintain compliance and reduce bias
• Coordinate and implement processes to support candidates with accommodation requests during the interview process, ensuring accessibility and compliance with relevant laws and policies
• Provide hiring managers information on market trends, salary benchmarks, and candidate availability
• Support compliance initiatives by ensuring adherence to all relevant employment laws and regulations during the hiring process
• Act as a trusted advisor for employee relations, proactively addressing concerns raised by candidates or employees to ensure a positive work environment
• Champion a high-performance culture by promoting employee engagement and morale initiatives
• Assist with…