Talent Specialist

Talent Specialist

Organization: The Centers
Location: 4500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103
Employment Type: Full-time

About The Centers

The Centers through healing, teaching, and inspiring helps individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about connecting great talent with meaningful work? We're seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Talent Specialist to join our team and play a key role in attracting, assessing, and securing top talent for our organization.

In this role, you'll partner closely with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, source and engage candidates, and guide them through the recruitment process. The ideal candidate is passionate about people, highly organized, and committed to delivering an exceptional candidate experience while supporting the company's growth and talent strategy.

What You'll Do

Core Responsibilities:

• Source, screen, and interview candidates for various roles across the organization (Healthcare, H.O.P.E. Campus, Crisis Receiving Center (CRC), Workforce, and Early Learning)
• Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and define job requirements
• Post job openings on internal and external platforms to attract top talent
• Maintain and update applicant tracking system (ATS) with candidate information and status updates
• Schedule and coordinate interviews
• Attend in-person and virtual job/career fairs
• Provide support or coverage to other HR Team members as needed
• Perform other related duties as assigned

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of strong recruiting experience with proven track record of sourcing candidates and maintaining a candidate pipeline across multiple functional areas
• Considerable skill in interviewing techniques and creative writing ability

Preferred Qualifications:

• Third-party recruiting experience, particularly in the healthcare or education fields
• Experience utilizing social networking for recruiting purposes, and familiarity with platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and Handshake
• Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. The role regularly requires speaking and hearing, and frequently requires sitting for extended periods of time. Travel and work outside of normal hours may be required for meetings, presentations, trainings, and career fairs.

What We Offer

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Choice of medical and dental plans
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
• Vision coverage
• Support for continuing education and credential renewal
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution
• Mental Health Support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Calm Subscription
• Short- and Long-Term Disability

Ready to Make an Impact?

Join our team and help us build a talented, diverse workforce dedicated to serving the Greater Cleveland community. Apply today to become part of an organization that values healing, teaching, and inspiring others to reach their full potential.

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.