Director, Talent Acquisition

About the role

The Director of Talent Acquisition – Field is responsible for driving the overall talent acquisition strategy and process execution within the business to ensure Towne Park is attracting and hiring top talent in our hourly, field positions at high volume.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for the overall talent acquisition efforts to ensure recruiting targets are achieved.
• Lead talent acquisition team to provide consistent delivery of recruitment services that elevates capability and drives accountability for workforce planning.
• Create strategies to ensure that there are successors for critical roles, and facilitate the talent review to continuously adjust selection and development processes.
• Create and implement comprehensive sourcing plans for open requisitions, including posting on external job boards, generating staff referrals, finding passive candidates, and executing other creative strategies to promote healthy, diverse talent pools.
• Utilize the applicant tracking system (Workday) to post open positions both internally at Towne Park and externally with recruitment sources (recruitment agencies, job site vendors, etc.).
• Develop and maintain relationships with recruitment sources including, but not limited to, recruitment/temp agencies, career websites, college career offices, social media sites, etc., to build and preserve a continually stocked pipeline of talent.
• Maintain a metric that delivers data-driven information about the identification/location of critical talent and determine investment strategies for employees.
• Partner with hiring managers and department heads to establish minimum qualifications and experiences required for all open positions and conduct all preliminary processes as needed to forward qualified candidates to hiring managers for review.
• Train Managers on recruitment and staffing protocol to ensure recruiting strategies align with the goals, policies and objectives of Towne Park.
• Manage the Talent Acquisition Department to achieve or exceed department goals by driving a continual focus on best practices and a deeper understanding of the business.
• Propose corporate policies and implement operating procedures to retain talent.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Licensure, Certification, Etc.: CA-PHR/PHR/SPHR or SHRM Human Resources certification is highly desirable.
• Work Experience: 8 plus years of full life cycle Talent Acquisition experience with 5 years of demonstrated success in leading an Enterprise Talent Acquisition team or Staffing Firm. 3 or more years of management experience. 3 or more years’ experience in business analytics and reporting or demand forecasting. Experience with large corporation recruitment initiatives; Hospitality is highly preferred. Proven track record of a data-driven mindset that has shown the ability to influence, drive decisions and lead discussions utilizing data. Previous experience utilizing recruiting resources such as job postings, job site aggregators, ATS and job distribution tools.
• Knowledge: Possess knowledge of various recruitment technology platforms and applicant tracking systems; Workday preferred. Knowledge of recruitment implementation structures and strategies for high volume, fast-paced environments. Knowledge of current recruitment industry trends and best practices. General Knowledge of federal, state, and city employment laws; experience with EEO/OFCCP requirements and reporting preferred. Knowledge of EEOC, ADA, and employment policies. Strong knowledge of Best Practices in HR and current employment law with demonstrated success in handling sensitive legal issues.
• Skills: Demonstrated sourcing strategy capabilities. Strong analytical and reporting skills. Significant experience and expertise in workforce planning, change management, and talent acquisition strategy programs, and initiatives. Achievement and results orientation; able to translate vision/strategy into specific goals, tactics, action plans, and deliverables. Strong influencing capability; able to skillfully influence peers, colleagues, and vendors to promote and engage ideas. Demonstrated ability to effectively build broad-based relationships across the organization; ability to build trust. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Superior leadership and managerial skills with superior ability to lead, motivate, and develop others. Requires ability to empower team, foster collaboration, and enhance team morale. Strong technical aptitude and demonstrated accomplishment in improving systems, fostering use of technology, and making data-driven decisions. Strong understanding of legal and regulatory compliance of recruiting policies and practices. Strong project management skills; ability to efficiently lead implementation of key business initiatives. Successful implementations of applicant tracking systems. Experience with HRIS, such as Workday. Proficient in the use of MS Office applications such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, and telemedicine benefits.
• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance as well as short-term and long-term disability.
• Enrollment in the company’s 401k retirement savings plan.