National Early Careers Lead

Role Summary

The National Early Careers Lead oversees recruiting operations for a high-volume internship and campus program, ensuring consistent implementation across various functional and geographic business units. This position partners with Operations leadership, Regional HR Directors, and other areas of HR to provide a streamlined end-to-end recruiting experience to a high-volume campus program.

Career Path

• Makes decisions on non-routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisor, and refers all exceptions to supervisor.
• Careers in Talent Acquisition Enablement Family:
  • Oversees recruiting operations for a high-volume internship and campus program to meet both business needs and support organizational culture.
  • Mentors and develops recruiters supporting different functional areas.
  • Acts as subject matter expert and partner for business leaders, developing collaborative partnerships to improve talent acquisition operations within the Early Career Program.
  • Defines and builds the national Early Careers Talent Acquisition strategy across regions or multiple business units, ensuring alignment with national goals and operations best practices.
  • Monitors the Talent Acquisition effectiveness of assigned team, monitoring team capacity and implementing revisions if needed.
  • Collaborates with HR Business Partners, hiring managers and Business Leaders to drive and optimize talent processes across internship and Early Careers programs.
  • Maintains awareness of current hiring trends, competitor information and employment market conditions.
  • Proactively maintains awareness of business initiatives and large-scale projects to align Early Career operations with emerging business needs.
  • Ensures compliance with applicable regulations and laws within area of responsibility.
• Fiscal Responsibility:
  • Affirms responsibility for day-to-day financial management of assigned scope of responsibility by understanding the budget process, accurately forecasting and limiting month-to-month fluctuations.
  • Maintains fiscal records and follows procedures to ensure effective and efficient operations.
  • Understands business plan and manages financial goals.
  • Makes operational decisions in light of broader financial goals and constraints.
• Managing Others:
  • Imparts a sense of team in the work environment.
  • Utilizes communication and conflict resolution skills to foster teamwork and collaboration.
  • Models a positive and professional attitude, maintaining composure under pressure.
  • Communicates and explains goals and encourages and motivates team performance and productivity in alignment with broader work program and corporate goals and plans.
  • Leads and facilitates effective team meetings.
  • Recognizes individual and team accomplishments.
  • Affords assessments and manages quality of work produced by team.
  • Creates, monitors and manages scheduling; directs assignments and goal setting for optimal productivity and resource management.
  • Participates in a range of talent management activities, which may include responsibilities such as evaluating and managing performance, providing formal and informal feedback, recruiting and staffing, employee learning and development, addressing employee relations risks and issues, etc.
  • Provides feedback and coaching to support individual employee performance, learning and career development.
  • Removes obstacles and solves problems and addresses escalated issues from team members to optimize team performance and productivity.
  • Serves as a change agent by supporting corporate and work program change initiatives.
  • Models and communicates positive approaches to adapting to change.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
• Communication skills, verbal and written - Advanced.
• Proficiency in MS Office – Intermediate.
• Organizational skills – Advanced.
• In-depth knowledge of talent acquisition practices, processes, and solutions and the ability to provide coaching and guidance to hiring managers on a variety of talent related situations.
• Ability to influence candidates in various stages of awareness about the organization to consider a range of opportunities.
• Facilitation skills with the ability to foster and maintain collaborative relationships with customers, peers, subordinates and other members of management.
• Strong presentation skills both verbal and written including the ability to communicate business and technical information clearly.
• Strong project management, organizing and planning skills.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Communications or related field (Preferred).
• In lieu of the above requirements, relevant experience will be considered.

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in recruiting or talent management (Required).
• Experience and expertise in early career recruitment (Preferred).

Benefits

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Working Environment

• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds.
• May require extensive periods of travel.
• Normal office environment.
• Frequent activity: Sitting, Viewing Computer Screen.
• Occasional activity: Standing, Walking, Bending, Reaching above Shoulder.

Additional Core Duties

• Conducts actions in a professional and unbiased manner.
• Complies with all company and site policies and best practice standards.
• Continuously develops proficiency and understanding in the role.
• Maintains a professional appearance and work space.
• Participates in and complies with all company safety and quality programs and procedures.
• Utilizes relevant JE Dunn technology to support all assigned responsibilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

JE Dunn Construction is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. JE Dunn Construction is a background screening, drug-free workplace. JE Dunn provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a job, please submit your request to accommodations@jedunn.com. JE Dunn Construction will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration-related support for this position (including but not limited to H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN-1 or TN-2, E-3, O-1, or future sponsorship for U.S. lawful permanent residence status.)