Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Specialist supports recruitment activities for project and department positions on the east coast and overseas, and collaborates in recruitment activities across the HR regional teams as assigned. The position is associated with the Olgoonik Anchorage, Alaska and Fairfax, Virginia corporate offices.

Responsibilities

• Sources passive candidates through networking, cold calling, complex internet searches, and research.
• Sources active candidates from online databases, contact lists, internal databases, and employee referrals.
• Engages with active and passive talent, connecting them to current job opportunities, executing recruitment strategies that produce a diverse slate of candidates, evaluating applicants, and submitting qualified candidates for hiring manager review.
• Markets open positions via the company’s career page, job boards, social media platforms, and networking databases to fill vacancies.
• Develops extensive pipeline candidate pools to fill current and potential needs.
• Responds to candidate inquiries and communicates with candidates/new hires (phone and email) throughout recruitment and employment offer processes.
• Develops job descriptions with FLSA analysis and maintains company job descriptions in collaboration with managers and HRBPs, in line with HR procedures.
• Collaborates with HRBPs to ensure the recruiting function is compliant with all applicable regulations: AAP, OFCCP, EEO, etc.
• Collaborates with HR team members in execution of talent acquisition strategies and provides necessary backup for other HR staff members to offer optimal HR support to internal and external customers.
• Supports the HRBP/Supervisor in organizing teambuilding events for the Fairfax office as assigned, such as holiday celebrations, quarterly meetings, and annual picnic.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or a related field, or equivalent education, training, and experience.
• 3 years of recruiting experience.
• 1 year of experience sourcing/recruiting cleared openings (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI) is strongly preferred.
• Experience recruiting personnel in technology or security fields is preferred (e.g., Security Technicians, Security Application Engineers, Cyber-Security positions, PSIM Integrators, TSCM Inspectors, TEMPEST Certified technicians, and other positions within the electronic security industry).

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to make cold, warm, and hot calls and develop long-term candidate relationships.
• Well-versed in social media recruitment methods, with the ability to utilize platforms including LinkedIn.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with management staff, employees, and the general public.
• Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form.
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Access, and email business software).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Able to work with a sense of "controlled urgency."

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and/or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, talk, hear, taste, or smell.

Work Environment

General office environment. Some travel both domestically and internationally required based on business demands.