Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Engineering (Defense)
Alexander Mann Solutions
- Halifax, NS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Create and maintain trusted partner relationships with Senior hiring managers/stakeholders. Independent execution of the end-to-end delivery of recruitment services to them, providing counsel, advising through insight and SME knowledge on the recruitment process and ensuring that timelines are correctly identified and met
- Lead discussion on attraction strategies, working with Sourcing and hiring managers to correctly identify approach based on market and hiring demands
- Make recommendations for best fit and skills profile, coaching hiring managers on what may or may not be achievable
- Take full ownership to ensure the recruitment service is delivered in line with contractual obligations and client service level agreements
- Lead vacancy consultation discussions to agree the recruitment plans with hiring managers- this includes role requirements, sourcing strategy, DEI requirements, pay range, agreed timeframes, responsibilities of all involved, and the selection process
- Deliver excellent candidate experience, managing candidate satisfaction with the recruitment experience, from initial interview to start date
- Support the hiring manager with hiring decisions and guide them in determining an appropriate offer; lead the (often complex) offer process and negotiations to close the candidate
- Anticipate potential stakeholder issues within own area of expertise, taking action to address, and using judgement to escalate appropriately
- Proactively manage the future demand by facilitating demand planning meetings to discuss forecasts with client resourcing lead team
- Build proactive pipelining strategies and share insights with hiring managers to support strategic decision-making and execution outside of live demand. Reports regularly on progress of Talent Pool
- Share and implement knowledge gained from other teams to enhance own recruitment delivery
- Actively participates in, or co-ordinates projects outside direct remit of responsibility
- Outline recommended continuous improvement actions and upselling opportunities to Manager - Client Services, including quantifying impact
- Ensure that all changes to a candidate's status and requisition updates are tracked in real time in all relevant systems
- Support account contractual management by identifying and flagging scope creep
- Ensure compliance with legislation affecting area of work (e.g. age discrimination, employment risks for contractors, OFCCP, data management techniques or similar local legislative requirements)
- Identify and track compliance risks in line with the overall AMS Risk Management Framework and suggest solutions.
- 8 plus years of experience in end to end recruitment delivery with expertise in Engineering recruitment - Defense or Aerospace industry experience is a strong asset
- Understanding of attraction strategies and candidate sourcing strategies (e.g. web sourcing, networking, advertising and database searching)
- Experience of using recruitment technology
- Working knowledge of legislation affecting area of work (e.g. age discrimination, employment risks for contractors, OFCCP)
- Experience of working within a highly complex or matrixed organization
- Experience of working with remote teams
- Experience of using databases
- Additional language skills
- Group RRSP Matching Program
- Benefits and excellent Paid Time Off
- Paid Volunteer Day each year
- Training & Development programs
- Global Mentorship Program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Career Development Opportunities
- Excellent culture, clients and a supportive team