TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Talent Acquisition Specialist plans, develops and implements recruitment strategies for assigned departments with special emphasis on a well-qualified and diverse pool of candidates, exceptional internal and external customer support, process improvement, and cost effectiveness. Responsible for managing all aspects of the recruiting process life cycle for exempt and non-exempt level positions as well as participating in HR projects.

Essential Job Functions:

• Leading Initiative: Acts promptly to resolve problems; initiates better ways of doing things; acts as a catalysis for change. Implements at least one process improvement initiative for department on an annual basis. Investigates root cause analysis of reoccurring problems and takes appropriate action.
• Motivating and Influencing: Ties contributions to larger goals; influences and persuades others, builds commitment and trust. Demonstrates ability to eliminate silos by modeling actions and setting example; influences others to think and act as a unified health system.
• Professionalism/Outreach: Challenges oneself to a higher level of performance by taking responsibility for professional growth and development.
• Standards and Accountability: Holds self and others accountable; takes responsibility for outcomes; achieves results through adherence to standards in a consistent manner. Establishes and maintains a safe working environment; assures staff comply with safety, environmental and infection control guidelines. Practices and encourage survey readiness in compliance with agency regulations and guidelines. Demonstrates expectation of confidentiality by continually encouraging staff to keep private information confidential and share information on a need-to-know basis only.
• Service Orientation and Customer Focus: Assesses customer's needs; exceeds customer expectations; considers customers in decision making; improves customer satisfaction. Performs in accordance with Independence Health System's behavioral standards in support of the mission, vision, true north, and values. Holds staff accountable for modeling the behavioral standards. Responds to client service recovery issues within the required time frame and to the satisfaction of the customer. Actively and positively promotes the Respect and Recognition initiatives by supporting staff participation in committee membership, activities, and projects.
• Planning and Decision Making: Constructive Thinking: Analyzes issues before acting; generates creative ideas; detects patterns and connections; breaks down complex problems. Practices participatory leadership by involving staff in decision-making and problem solving. Considering global implications of decisions made; involves all appropriate departments and individuals for optimal outcome.
• Prioritizing and Delegating: Acts on most urgent tasks' leverages available resources; reviews own workload; implements workable systems, provides clear direction.
• Communication: Giving Feedback: Provides constructive feedback; helps others improve performance; articulates areas of deficiency. Provides opportunities for staff to actively provide input into the decision-making process. Seeks input before decision is made. Provides feedback regarding how and why decisions are made.
• Developing People and Managing Relationships: Upward Management: Updates stakeholders on project process; uses sound judgment; influences the decisions of leadership in an effective manner.
• Building and Strengthening Relationships: Facilitates open communication; diffuses sources of conflict; demonstrates respect for others; diplomatically negotiates solutions. Facilitates teamwork through coaching and mentoring of staff. Build trust through fostering empowerment and shared decision making within the appropriate level and scope of authority.

Competency and Experience [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities]

Required Qualifications/Experience:

• Associate's degree in related field and three (3) to five (5) years previous human resources/recruiting experience.
• Requires an advanced knowledge of recruiting practices and exceptional leadership abilities, which include, but are not limited to, interpersonal skills and ability to maintain and improve service excellence.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments.
• Prior Experience with Application Tracking Systems.
• Functional Skills on PC and Related Software (Microsoft Office).
• Knowledge of basic Office Equipment such as copier, fax machine, etc.
• Proficiency in the use of Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and various software programs.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in related field or Human Resources.
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification is preferred.
• Prior Healthcare recruiting experience. Prior experience with social and digital media sources
• Experience in Healthcare setting.

License, Certification & Clearances:

• Act 34-PA Criminal Record Check from the PA State Police system

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
• Travel may be expected locally between System locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Disclaimer:

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Moreover, duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Work Environment:

Effective March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines