Director, Talent Acquisition

Role Description

Here's what you can expect as a Talent Acquisition Director at DaVita:

• Lead an exceptional team of talent acquisition professionals who are filling critical field positions; patient care technicians, registered nurses, clinical leadership.
• Partner with field operational leaders (Directors and VPs) to align on talent acquisition strategies and outcomes to ensure talent acquisition team is meeting business needs to support patient care.
• This position is instrumental in building the department in concert with senior leadership, centers of excellence, and broader People Services teams (i.e. Human Resources, Compensation, etc.).
• Work remotely driving strategic initiatives for executing ~3000 hires per year.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide day-to-day management, ongoing education, support, inspiration and coaching of talent acquisition manager/supervisor and partners (~20 direct/indirect reports) who are responsible for all stages of the recruitment process (talent attraction to hire).
• Own the entire talent acquisition function for ~$500 million business lane in a large multi-state geography.
• Work closely with operational business partners (Regional Operations Directors, Division Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents) and key stakeholders to partner on hiring need alignment and strategies to meet hiring objectives; to include proactive communication on results and possible roadblocks impacting hiring performance.
• Establish and manage a cohesive talent acquisition team that excels at meeting business hiring targets; ensure effective, consistent attraction and selection processes are in place and operational business partners have appropriate talent acquisition support to fill high impact roles.
• Manage, leverage, and challenge existing recruiting strategies, methods, and systems to generate a proactive and efficient approach to increasing application volume to meet hiring needs, while improving the quality of candidates, and time to hire.
• Lead team to utilize our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to the fullest extent.
• Consult with operational business partners on recruiting process, strategy and expectations.
• Execute and track performance of recruiting strategies to hit defined goals and metrics.
• Monitor and track metrics to identify trends; redirect team as appropriate to ensure workload is managed to produce established goals.
• Stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques to attract and compete for top talent in the market.
• Manage internal and external recruiting activities including, but not limited to, teammate referral programs and student internship programs.
• Build effective relationships with all clients (internal/external), leveraging relationships to accomplish goals.
• Centralize communications; streamline reporting processes to talent acquisition leaders to include, identifying contributors and inhibitors to recruitment strategies in geographic markets.
• Serve as talent acquisition liaison for Company-sponsored committees and initiatives.
• Collaborate with talent acquisition leadership to effectively manage pilot recruitment programs, leading to successful rollout of programs designed to offer high-impact, simplified recruiting methods.
• Work with PSMs (People Services Managers) and PSD (People Services Director) to identify recruitment challenges within the regions and divisions.
• Develop and foster strong partnerships with People Services management team, region/division management, and corporate talent acquisition.
• Other duties as requested, assigned, or needed.
• Know, understand, implement, and follow DaVita teammate and employment guidelines.
• Travel required: up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related area required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ management experience preferred; multi-site, decentralized (off-site, home-based team) preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years’ recruiting and/or related HR experience preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years sales experience (inside or outside) preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in high-volume recruitment preferred.
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems; significant experience with recruiting databases strongly preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of AAPs (Affirmative Action Plans) and laws/regulations related to staffing and recruitment required.
• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out.
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access to Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more.
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.