Morson Talent (Canada & USA) Looking for Talent Acquisition Partner at North York, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Location: North York, ON

Work Type: Hybrid – Wednesdays and Thursdays on-site

Contract Duration: 6 months with a possibility of extension

Hourly Rate: $45-57/hour

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Partner

Job Description:

Position Summary

This position is an exciting opportunity in which you will be able to truly gain an understanding into the mechanics of a business and play a real part in the success of the delivery of its programs. This is a frontline position in which you will have a “seat at the table” rather than just working as part of a back office HR team. We are looking for someone that is truly passionate about understanding their customer and consistently exceeding their expectations by delivering the best possible talent.

Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility

Key Responsibilities:

· Act as a champion of Talent Acquisition Strategy, including influencing key stakeholders at all levels of the organization to adopt new processes, tools and behaviors.

· Provide “thought leadership”, strategic advice, coaching on all areas of Talent Acquisition activity

· Partner with the key stakeholders across the business to drive continuous improvement in the quality, speed and cost of hiring

· Influence key stakeholders to align expectations to the external marketplace

· Personally own the full Talent Acquisition lifecycle for assigned roles, from requirements definition, sourcing, selection through to onboarding

· Deliver a number of technical and senior level positions

· Own the Hiring Manager relationship, coaching them through the head hunting process, their role within it, creating appropriate target lists and a compelling value proposition to sell to passive candidates

· Personally assess candidates’ competence, cultural fit and motivation, and present robust shortlists with an appropriate mix of internal, external, active and passive candidates

· Promote best practice selection, coaching hiring managers where necessary and taking ultimate responsibility for high quality hiring decisions

· Champion compliance with policies and procedures throughout the resourcing lifecycle, including ensuring comprehensive and accurate information is maintained in key systems (e.g. Workday) to consistent standards across the team.

· Champion the ‘search’ based Talent Acquisition process, clearly define Hiring Managers’ roles and set performance expectations

· Create, present and own strategic improvement plans for the assigned Business Unit / Function(s) based on customer feedback, market intelligence, business needs and strategic resourcing knowledge

· Analyze and feedback input and output metrics to highlight areas for process and behavioral improvement

· Implement process improvements as directed

· Support local implementation of process improvement programs as required

· Deliver formal and informal coaching to all levels of the organization, from senior members of the Leadership Team to first time Hiring Managers

· Influence managers to continuously improve process, practices and behaviors

Minimum Requirements: Skills, Experience, Education, Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Certifications, Language

· Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience

· 8+ years of experience in a Talent Acquisition role with prior experience managing Engineering, IT, Software and Corporate recruitment.

· 2+ years of in-house corporate recruitment experience required

· 3+ years of experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Google, and X-Ray Sourcing.

· Able to positively influence at all levels of an organization up to VP, and to develop valued relationships with Senior Executives, Managers and Candidates alike.

· Politically savvy, flexible and with a strong drive to achieve desired outcomes in an environment of constant change, competing priorities and objectives.

· Highly analytical, with the ability to interpret complex information, identify trends, create strategic action plans based on the information and gain sponsorship for these at domain board level.

· Able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of current organization’s core business, organization, strategic direction, challenges and aspirations, and articulate how resourcing can input and add value to these within assigned domain.

· Lead, model, manage and coach the organization in best practice selection techniques

· Able to model desired behaviors in a corporate environment, be the ultimate role model for the team in terms of behaviors, standards and best practice.

· Personal powers of resilience and tenacity; takes personal responsibility for resolving performance issues before they impact on the business; consistently sees things through to completion