Talent Acquisition Specialist

Classification Title:

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description:

The University of Florida’s Talent Acquisition & Onboarding office is seeking a customer-focused professional to provide high-level service to support hiring departments in attracting, assessing, and hiring preeminent talent by implementing and leveraging best practice and recruitment strategies. This role is critical in developing and implementing positive experiences for our campus partners, candidates, and new hires.

As Talent Acquisition Specialists, we drive positive results by serving as an advisor to UF departments regarding effective recruitment and onboarding strategies, developing recruitment and onboarding processes, and providing excellent service to candidates.

The roles and responsibilities of a Talent Acquisition Specialist are to:

• Serve as a talent acquisition advisor to UF hiring authorities in developing and implementing effective recruitment and onboarding strategies.
• Assist in developing recruitment and onboarding best practices that comply with federal and state laws, including Fair Labor Standard Acts, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Title VII of Civil Rights Act.
• Analyzes recruitment data for the development of metrics and activity reports in support of the University’s recruitment and hiring strategies.
• Provides service excellence, ensuring that the recruitment process is managed in a professional and timely manner.
• Oversees and coordinates the pre-employment screening process including employment verification, health assessments, and background checks in a manner that complies with federal and state laws and university hiring policies and recruitment procedures.
• Coordinates activities for organizational recruiting such as placing job announcements, attending job fairs, performing pre-employment screenings and verifications.
• Provide administrative and logistic support for executive-level and hard-to-fill searches.
• Advises departments and college administrators on issues of concern and university hiring policies, fair recruitment procedures, and general employment law (Title VII, ADA, Fair Labor Standard Act, etc) as it pertains to talent acquisition and onboarding.
• Keeps current in the human resource profession by attending workshops/seminars, reading professional literature, locally or out of state.

Talent Acquisition and Onboarding

The Talent Acquisition & Onboarding team is comprised of expert specialists, consultants, and advisors who support the University regarding recruitment, pre-employment screening, and immigration services. Our vision is to create a competitive advantage for the University by supporting our campus partners to attract, hire and engage preeminent leaders, strong individual contributors, and high-functioning and collaborative teams.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Talent Acquisition and Onboarding is committed to developing practices and processes that support attracting, hiring, and retaining a diverse workforce and values diversity of thoughts, background, and experience.

The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify and expression, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information and veteran status in also aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits and training.

Expected Salary:

$45,000/year; commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and two years of appropriate experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in an appropriate area of specialization; or a bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate experience (professional staffing and/or employment recruitment experience).
• Familiarity of professional human resources practices, talent acquisition, and employment laws, specifically Title VII, ADA, FLSA.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service and building relationship with others
• Professional behavior and demeanor, ability to interacting with people at various levels and from diverse backgrounds
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems or other systems as well as computer skills – Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel
• Ability to orally communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, using the English language, with or without the use of auxiliary aids or services.
• Ability to review, understand and apply concepts presented in training programs, conferences and /or professional literature.
• Ability to work and cooperate with colleagues and supervisory staff at all levels.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

This is an immediate opening and we will be reviewing and considering applications as they are submitted. To be considered, a copy of a cover letter and resume must be uploaded at the time of application.

Applications must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

This position has been reposted. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not reapply.

Health Assessment Required: No