Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner

New College of Florida, the state's public honors college, is located on the shores of Sarasota Bay in sunny Sarasota, Florida. The College offers a distinctive academic culture defined by intellectual rigor, independence, and close community engagement. Employees benefit from competitive pay plus a comprehensive and competitive State University System of Florida benefits package, including health coverage, retirement programs, generous leave, and professional development opportunities.

The Talent Acquisition Partner supports the full employee lifecycle with primary responsibility for recruitment administration, onboarding and first-day experience, workforce reporting, and continuous process improvement. This role ensures that hiring and onboarding practices are efficient, compliant, data-informed, and aligned with institutional priorities. The position serves as a central operational resource for HR leadership, hiring managers, and new employees.

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Support

• Coordinate and administer job postings across institutional and external platforms.
• Partner with hiring managers to ensure position announcements are accurate, complete, and compliant.
• Conduct sourcing to build robust candidate pipelines.
• Monitor recruitment workflows, ensuring timely movement of candidates through the hiring process.
• Maintain recruitment records and documentation in applicable HR systems.

Onboarding & First-Day Experience

• Manage onboarding processes for new hires, ensuring completion of required documentation and compliance items.
• Coordinate pre-employment requirements, including background checks and employment eligibility verification.
• Design and execute a structured and welcoming first-day experience for employees.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for new hires during the transition into employment.
• Partner with departments to ensure smooth integration of employees into roles and systems.

Reporting, Metrics & Workforce Data

• Produce and maintain regular reports related to recruitment, hiring activity, and onboarding outcomes.
• Track key talent metrics such as time-to-fill, applicant flow, vacancy status, and hiring trends.
• Support data integrity within HR systems to ensure accurate workforce analytics.
• Assist HR leadership in developing dashboards, summaries, and decision-support materials.
• Identify patterns, bottlenecks, or opportunities revealed through workforce data.

Process Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Evaluate HR workflows to identify inefficiencies, redundancies, or risks.
• Recommend and implement improvements to recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Contribute to documentation, standard operating procedures, and process guides.
• Support initiatives aimed at improving service delivery, consistency, and user experience.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement within HR operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in recruitment, HR operations, or administrative process coordination. Preferable to have agency recruitment experience.
• Strong organizational and workflow management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring immigration sponsorship, including but not limited to non-immigrant visas, such as H1B, STEM, or F1, now and in the future.

New College of Florida (NCF) is an equal opportunity employer and educational provider committed to a policy of non-discrimination for any member of the NCF community on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veterans' status, marital status, or any other legally protected group status. This policy applies to faculty, staff, students, volunteers, visitors, applicants, and contractors in a manner consistent with applicable laws, regulations, ordinances, orders, and University policies, procedures, and processes.