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About the role

The Talent Acquisition Consultant serves as a strategic talent advisor responsible for attracting, assessing, and hiring top talent to support MEM’s workforce needs and long-term business objectives. This role partners closely with leaders to provide guidance on recruiting strategy, candidate assessment, workforce planning, and selection decisions while delivering a high-quality candidate experience. The position manages the full recruitment lifecycle, develops proactive sourcing strategies, oversees internship and high-volume hiring programs, and leverages data and market insights to continuously improve recruiting outcomes. Additionally, the Talent Acquisition Consultant drives process optimization, employer branding, and recruiting technology initiatives to ensure MEM maintains a competitive, efficient, and future-focused talent acquisition function.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a forward-looking Talent Acquisition (TA) strategy aligned with MEM’s goals, in partnership with the HR Director.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, offering coaching on structured interviewing, assessment feedback, candidate selection, and inclusive hiring practices.
• Deliver data-driven insights to improve recruitment outcomes, workforce diversity, and alignment with organizational talent needs.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within Talent Acquisition to align with the market and best practices.
• Regularly monitors recruitment performance metrics to ensure alignment towards the needs of the business.
• In coordination with HR leadership, implement and refine feedback mechanisms to enhance the end-to-end candidate experience.
• Ensure alignment with hiring managers on role expectations, candidate profiles, and timelines through recruitment intake meetings.
• Collaborate with the Organizational Development Consultant and business leaders to ensure recruiting efforts are integrated with broader workforce planning and capability-building strategies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates, ensuring a seamless, professional, and timely experience from initial engagement through offer acceptance.
• Integrate and reinforce MEM’s Employee Value Proposition in all candidate-facing materials and communications.
• Manage all phases of the recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
• Coordinate pre-employment processes such as background checks, drug screening, and completion of administrative requirements.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure readiness (i.e., equipment needs etc.) for new hires and successful integration into the organization.
• Develop and post targeted job advertisements through local partnerships and digital platforms to attract a broad and diverse talent pool.
• Proactively sourcing and developing talent pools through internal and external pipelines to support both external recruitment and internal mobility.
• Ensure recruitment practices are in compliance with all relevant federal, state, and local employment laws, as well as internal standards