Talent Acquisition Associate

Responsibilities and Duties

Talent Acquisition Associate is responsible for sourcing attracting and interviewing prospective mission-aligned candidates to find the perfect match for our long-term goals. This person plays an important role in our organizations staff recruitment and retention success.

Responsibilities of the Talent Acquisition Associate include but are not limited to:

Recruitment:

• Use creative sourcing methods to recruit and hire talent
• Create career requisitions and obtain necessary approvals
• Plan and coordinate recruitment events
• Develop and post both internal and external job advertisements
• Conduct candidate sourcing activities
• Manage resume collection conduct position assessments screen candidates and track progress
• Cultivate and maintain professional relationships with college university and community college placement offices to source qualified applicants
• Stay engaged with current job boards social networks and platforms to identify and attract talent and create and distribute job descriptions and announcements
• Develop and nurture high-touch relationships with a database of qualified active and passive talent to tap into for future openings
• Establish and maintain recruitment metrics and dashboards
• Attend career fairs

Onboarding & Orientation

• Collaborate with hiring managers to review job descriptions define critical job tasks and establish qualifying application questions
• Oversee including candidate screening and interview coordination
• Conduct initial phone screenings schedule interviews and notify all candidates of hiring decisions
• Assist with planning and conducting new employee orientation and onboarding
• Maintain application resumes and other employee file documentation in accordance with company policy

Employee Retention:

• Assist with organization staff retention initiatives
• Assist with the organization renewal process
• Develop and coordinate staff appreciation and recognition programs and initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Desired and Required Characteristics

• Unwavering commitment to Ambition Preps mission students families and community is non-negotiable
• The belief that all students can learn at a high level regardless of race culture or socioeconomic status
• Ability to multi-task and work in an ambiguous fast-moving start-up environment
• Team player: demonstrates maturity growth mindset strong work ethic follow-through and flexibility
• Ability to take constructive feedback and quickly incorporate feedback
• Innovative creative organized and willing to take risks

Desired and Required Experience

• Bachelors Degree required
• Two (2) years of full life cycle recruitment experience preferably in the education industry
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Excel Word and PowerPoint and Adobe Pro
• Excellent interpersonal skills a deep understanding of recruitment strategies and a commitment to delivering a positive candidate experience
• Ability to partner and collaborate with hiring managers to ensure an effective recruiting process and positive candidate experience using exceptional interviewing techniques
• Strong written and oral communication collaboration interpersonal and relationship-building skills social media and marketing skills
• Background check passed required

Compensation:Ambition Preparatory Charter School offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Ambition Preparatory Charter School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender sexual orientation national or ethnic origin age disability pregnancy or veteran status.

Disclaimer:This job description describes the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals hired into this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required. Ambition Prep reserves the right to change any or all content of this job description based on business needs.

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