The Director of Talent will develop the Y in Central Maryland’s hiring strategy and will implement recruiting initiatives aligned with our business strategies, allowing us to ensure we have the appropriate talent in place to achieve our business goals. This position will develop and manage initiatives including talent forecasting, optimizing just-in-time sourcing, talent identification and assessment processes to ensure a strong and ready talent pipeline across multiple product lines.
Areas of Responsibility:
Talent Acquisition
- Develops and designs the Y in Central Maryland’s talent acquisition program and leads project teams through implementation
- Partners with the Y executive team, senior leaders and hiring managers to understand talent acquisition needs and challenges
- Builds the program to support all phases of talent acquisition to include, identification of hiring needs, recruitment process, candidate evaluation tools and benchmarks, offer creation/negotiation, etc.
- Develops and manages the external recruitment/job board strategy; establishes and managers vendor relationships and maximizes external job boards and other avenues to source talent, including social media
- Acts as a sounding board to hiring managers, supporting them with challenging staffing decisions
- Manages talent pipelines for current and future job openings
- Manages the onboarding process from the employer and candidate experience
- Forecasts hiring needs based on business growth plans
- Identifies needs of the HR Business Partners and implement process changes to ensure ease of use and efficiencies
- Recognizes and ensures that the Y is in compliance with all employment laws and licensing requirements
Leadership/Supervisory Role
- Leads, develops, and manages a high-performing team of recruiters
- Demonstrates and is a role model for management practices that promote collegiality, teamwork, and collaborative decision making among associates
Analytics
- Tracks key recruitment metrics, source of hire and viable candidates, number of hires, etc.
- Delivers on-going reports of the results, impacts, and cost-effectiveness of the current recruiting strategies
- Works with HRIS Director to ensure HR modular is being fully optimized to create efficiencies
Educational Background:
Bachelor Degree in related field required
Skills/Experience:
- Ability to use data and analytics to develop insights and drive decisions.
- Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
- Thought Leadership: Translate external trends into innovative and creative practices.
- Market Insight: A strong understanding of how the competitive landscape and innovation trends affect the Y in both the Non-Profit and For-Profit Maryland labor markets.
- Results Orientation: A commitment to demonstrably improving team metrics.
- A strong bias-for-action.
- Customer Impact: A passion for serving our clients and the Y mission.
- Collaboration & Influence: Proactive cross-functional partnerships to work effectively with peers and partners in and outside of the Y.
Experience
- Six (6) – ten (10) years of recruiting experience in a high paced environment, with at least two (2) years leading a team.
- Extensive knowledge of employment laws
Certifications
- PRH or SPHR preferred
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jul 18 2018
Active Until:
Aug 18 2018
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit