Job Title: Talent Acquisition Recruiter
CONTRACT RECRUITER POSITION
Purpose
Our incredible talent acquisition team is passionate about attracting the market’s best talent by doing every day what AVANGRID --a leader in the energy sector is known for: being innovative, leveraging creativity and investing in a smarter and more sustainable future. We value diversity, candidate experience, and authentic relationships with our internal client groups and across our broader, centralized HR team.
As a seasoned talent acquisition expert, you will be a key member of our small but effective talent acquisition team, working across the entire recruitment life cycle including, but not limited to: intake meetings to confirm role requirements, sourcing strategy, job postings, pre-screening candidates, and developing offers. You will apply a strategic lens to effectively determine the appropriate sourcing and marketing strategies for a range of open/pipeline roles across the company, differentiating and disproportionality investing your time and effort where it makes the most difference to the business. Utilizing your recruiting expertise, talent judgment, and knowledge of our key processes and our employer value proposition, you will work to attract and convert high-quality candidates.
Responsibilities
• Manage all phases of the recruiting process for assigned client groups, to include, but not limited to: kick-off/intake calls with hiring managers, posting of positions, sourcing/screening, coordinating interviews and feedback, closing candidates in the offer stage and onboarding.
• Assist Talent Acquisition Manager with training and acclimating new employees.
• Serves as a resource to recruitment team and provides assistance when needed.
• Attend college and career fairs as needed (some travel).
• Collaborating with HR Business Partners, business leaders and hiring managers, to understand business and talent needs.
• Leverage a range of sourcing strategies depending on role characteristics, desired capabilities, and relevant talent communities.
• Create and implement pipeline strategies for high-value and/or high volume positions within your client groups.
• Network through industry contacts, association memberships, trade groups and employees.
• Deliver high-level of customer service to internal clients, including regular/timely position updates to Talent Acquisition Manager, hiring managers and HR Business Partners and following-up with candidates throughout the interview process.
• Follow appropriate process flows and operating and compliance procedures.
• Work with internal groups to aid in establishing a recognizable employer of choice reputation for the company, both internally and externally.
• Other administrative and record keeping duties as assigned.
Skills and Requirements
Education & Experience Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 5-7 years of experience as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and other applicable stakeholders
• A combination of corporate and/or agency recruiting; Experience in high volume recruitment
• Extensive web sourcing techniques/knowledge, preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, web-based technologies, social media platforms;
• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems, Success Factors a plus
• Experience with SAP or other ERP platform a plus
• Demonstrated experience and proven results in recruiting within technical, engineering or corporate function
Skills/Abilities:
• Ability to work as a member of a team. Collaborates with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition team members, hiring managers and other stakeholders within our exciting AVANGRID Networks business as well as our Corporate Functions business areas.
• Develops in-depth understanding of a given business areas talent trends/business needs and implements effective recruiting and networking strategies that accurately target the desired talent communities.
• Drives progressive recruiting tactics that continually replenish candidate pipelines based on market conditions and current and projected trends/needs.
• Leverages best practice experience in digital talent acquisition strategies, tactics and employer brand management.
• Demonstrates passion for improving the candidate and internal client experience; tracks and analyzes effectiveness of all efforts; actively seeks to continuously improve experience and tactics.
• Strong sense of accountability, taking ownership of the end result not just completion of a task; Adept at problem-solving.
• Displays a sense of urgency, self-management and a high degree of personal "drive"; problem-solver that seeks out-of-the-box solutions.
• Must be "change-ready", able to adapt to changing priorities and highly resilient.
• Strong planning, organization skills; attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to travel to career fairs and other locations, as required, based on business need.
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
