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Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

Unum Group


Job Location:

Portland, OR - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 63500 - 120000
Posted: 26 August 2026 (25 days ago)
Application Deadline: 23 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

When you join the team at Unum you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout lifes moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this we provide:

  • Award-winning culture

  • Inclusion and diversity as a priority

  • Performance Based Incentive Plans

  • Competitive benefits package that includes: Health Vision Dental Short & Long-Term Disability

  • Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)

  • Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution

  • Mental health support

  • Career advancement opportunities

  • Student loan repayment options

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Flexible work environments

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And thats just the beginning

With 10000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether youre directly supporting a growing family or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others and join Team Unum today!

General Summary:
General Summary

This position is responsible for the design development and delivery of candidate recruitment and selection for designated area of specialism i.e. Actuarial Finance & Accounting and Technology & Transformation. Provides mentoring to Talent Acquisition Consultants and Talent Acquisition Specialists.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Development and execution of comprehensive sourcing and recruitment strategies for exempt and non-exempt openings which position Unum to meet current and ongoing staffing requirements.
  • Development of strong rapport/working relationships with diverse audiences including but not limited to business management; faculty and academic administration; student organizations vendors and community resources.
  • Expertly cold call network recruit and close candidates.
  • Consult and educate managers and selection teams on recruiting and selection-related topics and issues.
  • Proactively source and identify candidates for pipeline and introduce to hiring managers.
  • Evaluation and selection of colleges and universities from which to source candidates and develop relationships based on business needs.
  • Plan coordinate and execute on-campus recruitment efforts (information sessions career fairs interviews).
  • Set challenging performance goals and high-performance standards to support achievement of business results.
  • Promote the employee referral bonus program to create additional pools of quality talent.
  • Provide expertise on the regional employment market to ensure competitiveness in hiring.
  • Develop alternative recruiting strategies as needed.
  • May perform other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

  • Bachelors degree required.
  • 5 years of successful recruitment and selection experience required.
  • 3 years recruiting for roles in designated area of specialism required.
  • Insurance industry experience and HR certifications preferred.
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
  • Strongwritten and oral communication skills; highly organized.
  • Strong knowledge of OFCCP requirements and expertise in effectively managing full life cycle recruitment.
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform at both strategic and tactical levels.
  • An expert level of knowledge in all full lifecycle recruiting components including but not limited to sourcing qualifying networking assessing legal job analysis wage and salary trends relationship management and due diligence.
  • Excellent negotiation decision making and persuasion skills.

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga TN with international offices in Ireland Poland and the UK Unum also has significant operations in Portland ME and Baton Rouge LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia SC with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring placement and advancement without regard to a persons race color religion national origin age genetic information military status gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description actual pay will be based on skill geographical location and experience.

$63500.00-$120000.00

Additionally Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health vision dental) insurance benefits (short & long-term disability) performance-based incentive plans paid time off and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum

Required Experience:

Senior IC


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Unum provides comprehensive financial insurance products to industries of all sizes. Leader in disability insurance, life insurance, compliance and developing HR technology solutions for our clients.

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