Sourcing Recruiter

Job Description - Sourcing Recruiter (23000A2D)

Position Overview : The Human Resources Division seeks an energetic and engaging individual with creative talent acquisition / recruitment experience to contribute to the Commonwealth’s ability to attract and hire quality, diverse talent.

This TBD TITLE is a contributing member of the Human Resources Division’s Department of Strategic Workforce Planning team focused on sourcing, screening, and hiring candidates across the Commonwealth’s executive departments.

We are looking for someone who has successful sourcing and recruiting experience that can bring new ideas and leverage different online and social platforms to help us find and hire great talent.

Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match.

This key role will partner and support across all the Executive Departments to substantially increase the volume of qualified candidates and new hires to fulfill the Commonwealth’s talent acquisition objectives.

They will be responsible for screening and qualifying potential candidates, using the Commonwealth’s applicant tracking system (ATS) as a tool for managing candidates, managing and scheduling interviews according to stakeholder and business needs, relationship-building, and supporting / supplementing the Commonwealth’s other recruiters and hiring managers.

To be successful in this role, candidates should have strong talent acquisition skills, successful experience as a recruiter, be self-directed, have extensive customer service and communication skills, thrive in a team environment, think critically and creatively, and contribute to the Commonwealth’s mission of finding, developing, and retaining the best talent.

Responsibilities

• You are a self-starter who creates and manages effective talent acquisition strategies and processes to identify, source, evaluate and endorse a high volume of the most qualified candidates.
• You successfully develop diverse talent pipelines and maintain candidate databases.
• You are ready to promote the Commonwealth’s employer brand as an employer of choice.
• You proactively search, qualify, and manage lists of talent pools and potential candidates using various sourcing / recruiting techniques.
• You are prepared to partner with a variety of hiring managers and support those who may not have expertise in the recruiting process.
• You use known strategies to deliver a qualified and diverse pool of candidates to hiring managers and other recruiting teams in an effective manner.
• You use broad market information and knowledge to build relationships and networks, and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for the Commonwealth.
• You provide subject matter expertise in working with contemporary applicant tracking systems (ATS) and all social media and online recruiting and talent acquisition platforms.
• You develop and execute a sound strategy for each search; manage the end-to-end recruiting process while ensuring a positive candidate and business partner experience.
• You develop strong partnerships with agency leaders, HR business partners, recruiters, and hiring managers.
• You ensure an impressive candidate experience through thorough and timely communication and feedback, by coaching and project managing your business partners and stakeholders as needed.
• You are hungry for metrics and data, and deliver reports and insights for strategic analysis of recruiting campaigns and overall talent acquisition success.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ large enterprise recruiting and hiring experience.
• Outstanding communication, collaboration, presentation and writing skills.
• Strong competencies and skills in cold calling, networking, innovative sourcing and building talent communities.
• Strong proficiency with Internet based applications, Taleo or other ATS applications, and the Microsoft Office suite, especially Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Power BI a plus.
• Extraordinary attention to detail and ability to juggle multiple responsibilities.
• Sound understanding of recruitment processes and an aptitude for creating efficiencies.
• Solid work ethic, high energy, humble, enthusiastic, curious, and with a positive attitude and a willingness to be flexible and adaptive.
• Professional and resourceful style with the ability to work both independently and as part of a small and busy team.
• Bringing high levels of self-motivation, accountability, autonomy, creativity, and eagerness to team and tasks.
• Ability to meet and exceed fast-paced deadlines.
• Social media savviness, comfort and experience working with LinkedIn, Indeed, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Minimum Entrance Requirements

Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time professional experience in human resources work, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below :

Substitutions

• An Associate's degree may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.
• Bachelor's degree or higher may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience.
• A Graduate degree with a major in Human Resources Management, Human Resources Administration or Public Administration may be substituted for the required experience.
• Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

The classification may require possession of a current and valid motor vehicle driver's license at a class level specific to assignment.

Comprehensive Benefits

When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.

We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

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An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Official Title : Human Resources Specialist II

Primary Location : United States-Massachusetts-Boston-100 Cambridge Street

Job : Human Resources

Agency : Human Resources Division

Schedule : Full-time

Shift : Day

Job Posting : Sep 12, 2023, 1 : 58 : 56 PM

Number of Openings : 1

Salary : 64,976.34 - 93,662.66 Yearly

If you have Diversity, Affirmative Action or Equal Employment Opportunity questions or need a Reasonable Accommodation, please contact Diversity Officer / ADA Coordinator : Pete Murillo - 6178789700

Bargaining Unit : 06-NAGE - Professional Admin.

Confidential : Yes

Hybrid Work Eligible : Yes

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