FLSA Status

Exempt

Job Role Summary

Grant Funded Position - The Talent Acquisition Partner – Workforce Development, GF conducts full-cycle recruiting for mental health workforce and professional development programs within Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center (SEMHC). This position partners with SEMHC leaders and other HR team members to creatively and strategically plan, implement, and coordinate all student and graduate recruitment activities to recruit diverse talent. Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health's mission of Advocate, Care, Teach, and Serve while modeling Eskenazi Health’s values of Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Development and Excellence

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Conducts full-cycle recruitment activities for mental health workforce and professional development programs within SEMHC with a focus on ensuring a positive candidate and customer experience in high-volume and competitive candidate market
• Manages all recruitment and hiring activity through applicant tracking system (ATS) and other onboarding processes to quickly and efficiently hire qualified candidates within established timeframes including but not limited to reference and background checks as well as education, license and certification verifications to meet regulatory requirements
• Partners with SEMHC leaders and other HR team members to creatively and strategically plan, implement, and coordinate all student and graduate recruitment activities in high-volume, mass-hiring initiatives to recruit diverse talent
• Partners with SEMHC leaders and Public Affairs to develop innovative, creative, attractive, accurate, and thorough recruitment communication materials
• Promote roles at educational and workforce development partner events as well as in communication materials across various platforms, including ATS and social media
• Communicates clearly, accurately, and timely with leaders and candidates throughout talent acquisition processes, maintains and provides regular candidate activity and status reports, and looks for opportunities to continuously improve candidate and customer experience
• Prepares and collaboratively communicates recruitment and/or retention data and performance indicators within established time frames to drive continuous improvement
• Communicates with prospective applicants seeking information regarding employment opportunities and is responsible for thorough follow-up on each inquiry
• Understands strengths and needs of candidates as well as programs, teams, and roles and uses this knowledge to screen, evaluate and recommend viable candidates to hiring leaders for further consideration
• Works with internal and external leaders to develop and maintain strategic partnerships and talent pipelines with school systems, community organizations, colleges and universities in workforce and professional development programs
• Serves as applicant tracking system administrator to support team with processes such as resetting user passwords, updating positions and requisitions, and data compilation
• Supports regulatory audits/surveys with personnel data requests and assists with maintaining listing of regulatory requirements such as current licenses/certifications required by regulatory bodies
• Maintains working knowledge of state and federal legislation/regulations including labor laws, etc.
• Assesses workforce climate to stay current and look forward to project mental health workforce market trends, assist with workforce problem-solving, including awareness of social, academic, and professional developmental barriers
• Obtains and organizes current marketplace, salary, benefits and recruitment information to support recruitment and retention efforts
• Serves as an ambassador for recruitment practices, processes, and technologies
• Confers with internal and external candidates regarding career growth opportunities in SEMHC and SEMHC workforce and professional development opportunities
• Partners closely with hiring leaders and Compensation to manage the selection and offer process including offer formulation, recommendation and approval process, extension of offer, offer acceptance and new hire process
• Leads and facilitates candidate interview feedback and provides follow-up on interviews
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, social science, humanities, business or related degree plus at least two years of recruiting experience
• High school diploma or equivalent plus five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in recruiting, preferably in healthcare, may be accepted in lieu of education
• Working knowledge of healthcare services and understanding employment laws

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health profession licensure and certification requirements, labor laws, corporate and departmental policies/procedures, as well as personnel procedures
• Knowledge of direct candidate sourcing, with proven ability to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies
• Expertise in benefits and perks of working in mental health field, in SEMHC, and in Eskenazi Health
• Expertise in current recruitment resources including sourcing products and applicant tracking systems
• Expertise in mental health workforce and recruiting
• Basic knowledge of mental health services

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent collaboration, relationship-, and rapport-building skills
• Skilled in candidate assessments and conducting interviews with the ability to coach and teach
• Skilled in use of standard office equipment, word processing systems, databases, and spreadsheets
• Skilled in long-range recruitment planning
• Proficient in communicating, drafting and reviewing material with attention to detail and accuracy

Abilities

• Strong work ethic and ability to prioritize work with minimal supervision, devise own work patterns/methods to provide exceptional candidate/customer experience, be flexible to changing priorities, exercise good judgment, work effectively with students/health care professionals and wide variety of other individuals
• Ability to continuously improve candidate and customer experience
• Ability to think and problem-solve with creativity and integrity
• Ability to exercise discretion, maintain confidentiality of information and demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills in sensitive situations
• Ability to recognize disparities in social, academic, and professional developmental opportunities, strengths, and needs and advocate to meet diverse recruitment needs
• Ability to recognize needs of varying customers and respond appropriately during interactions
• Ability to present self and work environment professionally in remote working environments
• Ability to gain competency with human resources information systems, records databases, and other software
• Ability to adjust working hours to meet needs and deadlines
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of individuals and organizations while maintaining a positive, solutions-focused attitude