Talent Acquisition & HR Coordinator

Toronto ON
Hybrid 4 days per week in office at Queens Quay West
Contract
Department: People & Culture
Reports to: Senior Manager People & Culture
Compensation range: CAD $55000 to $67000 plus performance bonus eligibility

Big Viking Games is a Canadian gaming company focused on building operating and growing long-standing online game communities. Our games have entertained players for years supported by loyal audiences live operations evolving content systems product innovation and deep player-driven economies.

Our flagship titles YoWorld and FishWorld have served millions of players over their lifetime. These are enduring live-service virtual worlds with rich in-game economies virtual goods social interaction and long-term player engagement at their core.

We are entering a new phase of modernization and growth with a focus on stronger operating discipline better systems practical AI adoption clearer accountability and scalable processes that help our teams perform at a higher level.

The People and Talent function is central to that work.

Big Viking Games is hiring a Talent Acquisition & HR Coordinator reporting the Chief Operating Officer to be the day-to-day engine of our recruiting and support the COO and HR Manager and other recruiter across people operations.

This is a hands-on in-house execution-focused role for someone who is organized responsive technically comfortable and excited to work close to leadership while learning how hiring and People operations actually run inside a business.

You will help run candidate pipelines support sourcing and screening coordinate interviews prepare candidate briefing packages maintain our ATS and HRIS support onboarding and offboarding and help keep People processes moving cleanly.

This is an early-career role with unusual visibility. You will work closely with the Senior Manager HR People & Culture and Recruiter as well as the CEO COO hiring managers and leadership team. You will see how hiring and people decisions are made and you will be expected to bring structure urgency discretion and follow-through to everything you touch.

We are rebuilding our recruiting and HR foundations and many of the processes templates systems and workflows this role will help run are being created or significantly improved right now.

This is a hybrid role based in Toronto with an expectation of working from our Queens Quay West office four days per week.

• Source candidates for active roles using LinkedIn Recruiter job boards referrals outbound outreach and internal talent pipelines.
• Help build and maintain pipelines for recurring role types including engineering data product player services operations and art or content roles.
• Review applications and run first-round qualification screens including experience availability compensation alignment location eligibility to work in Canada and basic role fit.
• Make clear recommendations on which candidates should advance and why.
• Own interview scheduling and logistics across hiring managers leadership the CEO and the COO including in-person interviews at the Toronto office.
• Reschedule quickly and professionally when calendars shift.
• Prepare interview briefing packages including résumé screen notes compensation expectations location availability prior feedback and suggested areas to probe.
• Coordinate structured interviewer feedback so decisions can be made quickly and consistently.
• Keep Workable accurate and current including stages notes tags disqualification reasons automations and next steps.
• Ensure no candidate sits stalled without ownership or follow-up.
• Assist with offer preparation approvals reference checks where applicable and handoff into onboarding.
• Track and report recruiting metrics weekly including pipeline health time to schedule time to fill offer acceptance and candidate status.
• Ensure every candidate we interview receives an outcome update within required timelines.
• Represent Big Viking Games professionally with candidates schools job fairs community partners and talent networks.

• Run onboarding logistics including paperwork equipment and access requests day-one schedules onboarding checklists manager reminders and 30/60/90-day check-in tracking.
• Support offboarding logistics including documentation access removal coordination equipment return exit checklists and HRIS updates.
• Draft and maintain offer letters employment agreements contractor agreements HR templates and People documents.
• Keep our HR documentation space organized current and easy to navigate.
• Maintain HRIS data in Humi including new hires role changes leaves contractor renewals departures reporting fields and org chart updates.
• Reconcile headcount data with Finance on a regular basis.
• Support benefits administration including enrollments changes employee questions and follow-up with providers where needed.
• Support time-off tracking and employee recordkeeping.
• Provide scheduling and follow-up support to leadership on people-related matters including interview loops candidate follow-ups contract sign-offs and action-item tracking.
• Support company rhythms and culture including all-hands logistics social committee coordination recognition events and the in-office employee experience.
• Help document and improve People processes SOPs checklists and recurring workflows.
• Handle confidential information with judgment discretion and professionalism.

• Keep Workable clean accurate and useful as the source of truth for recruiting activity.
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing tools to support proactive candidate discovery.
• Use Humi and related HR tools to keep employee records and org data accurate.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to draft outreach summarize screens prepare candidate briefs improve job descriptions rank résumés against role criteria and reduce manual administrative work.
• Act as the human in the loop for AI-assisted recruiting workflows reviewing outputs correcting errors and making sure judgment stays with people.
• Help improve recruiting and HR workflows so the team can move faster without lowering quality or candidate experience.
• Support clean handoffs between recruiting HR hiring managers Finance IT and leadership.

• Workable is current for every open role.
• Candidate stages notes disqualification reasons and next steps are up to date.
• A consistent screening cadence is in place.
• An onboarding checklist is being used for every new hire.
• Hiring managers and leadership have clear visibility into active roles and candidate status.

• Interviews are scheduled promptly after hiring-manager approval.
• Every leadership interview has a candidate briefing package prepared in advance.
• Offer contract onboarding and job-description templates are standardized.
• Candidate follow-up is timely and professional.
• HRIS and recruiting data are becoming cleaner and more reliable.

• You have made a measurable contribution to hires closed.
• HRIS org chart and Finance headcount data reconcile cleanly.
• Interviewed candidates are consistently updated within required timelines.
• Hiring managers spend noticeably less time on recruiting administration.
• The People function has better structure stronger documentation and more reliable follow-through.

• 1 to 3 years of experience in recruiting coordination talent acquisition HR coordination agency recruiting RPO people operations or a related role.
• Co-op internship or early-career experience will be considered if it shows strong ownership and follow-through.
• Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Resources Business or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfort reviewing résumés running screening conversations and explaining clearly why a candidate should or should not advance.
• Strong organization and follow-through across many moving parts.
• Clear professional written and verbal communication.
• Comfort working directly with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• Discretion with confidential information including compensation contracts employee data and candidate information.
• Working knowledge of Ontario employment basics or the ability to learn quickly.
• Technical comfort with recruiting systems HR systems spreadsheets collaboration tools and modern workplace software.
• Ability to work from our Toronto office four days per week.
• Eligibility to work in Canada.

• Experience with Workable or another ATS.
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter or similar sourcing tools.
• Experience with Google Workspace Slack Humi Confluence Jira or similar workplace tools.
• Hands-on use of AI tools such as ChatGPT Claude Copilot or AI-enabled sourcing and screening tools.
• Exposure to games technology SaaS startups or fast-moving operating environments.
• Exposure to hiring engineering data product player services or creative roles.
• Progress toward CHRP or a similar HR designation.
• Experience supporting in-office hybrid or executive-heavy interview processes.

The ideal candidate is organized sharp responsive and practical.

They like recruiting because they enjoy finding people understanding roles moving quickly and keeping a process clean. They understand that a good candidate experience is built through speed clarity professionalism and follow-through.

They are comfortable with systems. They keep the ATS current notice when data is messy and understand that clean information helps leadership make better decisions.

They are early in their career but they are not passive. They ask good questions anticipate next steps and take ownership of the details.

They are also discreet. This role sits close to leadership and touches compensation contracts candidates employee information and sensitive people matters. Judgment matters.

This role is best suited for someone who wants to grow into a Talent Acquisition Specialist HR Generalist or People Operations role while helping build the recruiting and HR foundation of a live-service gaming company.

The expected base salary range for this role is CAD $55000 to $67000 depending on experience recruiting capability HR coordination experience systems fluency and overall fit.

This role is also eligible for a performance bonus.

• Comprehensive benefits package including health dental and vision coverage.
• HSA/WSA spending account from day one.
• RRSP participation and matching.
• Participation in the Employee Stock Option Plan.
• 15 vacation days.
• 10 wellness days.
• Regular in-person collaboration with a passionate team at our downtown Toronto office.
• Access to BVG tools documentation and AI-assisted workflows to help you do your best work.
• Real exposure to the CEO COO senior People leadership hiring managers and company-building work.
• Growth path toward Talent Acquisition Specialist HR Generalist or People Operations as the function grows.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Big Viking Games may use AI-assisted tools at some steps of the recruiting process including application review support candidate research interview preparation scheduling support and workflow administration.

AI does not make final hiring decisions. Hiring decisions are made by people.

Every interviewed candidate will be informed of their status within 45 days of their final interview.

Big Viking Games is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. We welcome applications from individuals of all abilities and will provide accommodations throughout the hiring process as needed.

If you require accommodation during the hiring process please contact so we can work with you to support your needs.

When you apply tell us about a recruiting or HR process you helped keep organized.

We are especially interested in how many moving parts you were managing what tools you used how you kept information current and how you made sure people were not left waiting.

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