Hr/Talent Acquisition Specialist (Remote)

Talentify helps candidates around the world to discover and stay focused on the jobs they want until they can complete a full application in the hiring company career page/ATS.

Department: Human Resources

Salary: $62,000 - $74,000 CAD

Location: Remote (Candidates based in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia or willing to relocate)

Description

WES is looking for an ambitious, passionate, and proactive individual to support initiatives, programs, and processes for the People function. Reporting into the Associate Director of HR & Talent Strategy, with a dotted line to the Talent Acquisition Manager, the HR/Talent Acquisition Specialist will offer a comprehensive range of services in key areas including talent acquisition, talent management, employee engagement, data analytics, performance management and other ad hoc projects or initiatives. This person will help to ensure best-in-class HR services. This is a great position for someone looking to grow and develop within their career in the people domain.

Talent Acquisition

Duties included but not limited to:

• Ensure a positive experience for all candidates for assigned requisitions by providing timely, accurate, relevant feedback to internal & external candidates.
• Participate in hiring events (campus events and virtual job fairs).
• Assist in the full-cycle recruiting process for junior roles from sourcing, reviewing resumes, submitting candidates to the Hiring Manager, phone screening, scheduling interview rounds, making an offer, and completing reference checks. Use Applicant Tracking System to keep track of open roles.
• Support the implementation of new talent acquisition technology solutions from start to finish and ensure successful adoption by end-users. Provide ongoing support after the project is completed.

Surveys

• Manage the post-survey process for the Employee Engagement Survey.
• Conduct, analyze, and support ad hoc surveys to support the People function.
• Conduct surveys for hiring managers to gather feedback on the recruitment process and suggest improvements.
• Conduct surveys for candidates to gather feedback on their hiring experience and suggest improvements.
• Manage the Employee Voice Engagement Survey platform, define survey program plans, create surveys, analyze results, and make recommendations based on the results.

HRIS And Data Support (UKG)

• Create and manage regular and ad hoc reporting.
• Running point and troubleshooting employee issues on the platform.
• Serve as point of contact for any special projects on UKG, new module implementation, and system improvements.
• Support data analytics projects by providing project support.

General Support

• Develop and create content for People related communications.
• Conduct ad-hoc research for projects as required.
• Facilitate employee requests and questions, resolving or escalating as needed.
• Provide administrative support and project assistance to leaders across the People function and the wider organization on projects including but not limited to talent acquisition, talent management, annual performance management, career pathway programs, and succession planning.
• Other tasks as needed.
• Conduct audits across people policies and processes, identifying mitigating actions or outcomes in order to ensure continued compliance and best practice.
• Act as administrator to the HR hub (the online shared services platform), ensuring cases are being appropriately routed, troubleshooting, reviewing performance and outcome, and identifying service improvements or changes.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality around personal information.
• Problem-solving aptitude and positive attitude.
• Considerable initiative and judgment.
• Sound knowledge across the employee lifecycle with experience supporting and working in different functional areas of HR.
• Familiarity with the entire recruitment lifecycle, experience sourcing, managing candidates, and supporting hiring managers.
• A commitment to the WES Mission and an interest in working in a social enterprise.
• Strong communication skills; even stronger interpersonal skills.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in HR, with exposure to recruitment, employee surveys, engagement, data analyt
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.