Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Spring Education Group is growing rapidly and is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to help create and drive recruiting strategies that lead to acquiring the best talent needed to keep pace with our Early Childhood Education (ECE) growth, realize our mission and reach our business goals. This position will recruit and screen candidates for a broad variety of positions both in the field, ECE related corporate roles, and leadership roles within our preschools. This person will play a key role in attracting top talent for our preschools.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide end to end recruitment lifecycle management for vacancies to include operations and school based roles

• Develop, communicate and execute recruiting plans and sourcing strategies for hard to fill positions

• Source and recruit for non-teaching school based positions as well as corporate support roles

• Ensure a positive candidate experience for all candidates by setting clear expectations and maintaining consistent communication with candidates throughout the process on their particular status

• Develop comprehensive knowledge of our early education business, positions and culture to effectively align talent to the business needs and mission

• Champion the recruitment process with hiring managers through consultation on strategic and emerging recruitment trends, best practices and promote the business case for recruiting and selecting the best talent; influence managers as appropriate

• Apply a creative use of social, professional, and internet networking sites to identify and source candidates.

• Research, identify, and recruit candidates through the use of innovative attraction and sourcing methods that include social media, Boolean searches, cold-calling, networking, and attending professional events to actively engage with both passive and active job seekers directly

• Conduct phone, Zoom and in-person interviews and evaluate candidate skill level and company fit

• Contribute to recruitment Social Media efforts (e.g. contributes to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter either directly or by providing content)

• Determine and recommend appropriate sourcing tools and strategies, strategically selecting appropriate job boards and other mediums to identify quality talent and build talent pipelines for current and future vacancies

• Build talent networks and pools by sourcing qualified passive candidates that can fill future talent needs

• Use and maintain the in-house applicant tracking system to effectively to document activity ad track and communicate with candidates

Competencies

• High degree of flexibility, self-motivation and drive

• Expert multi-task management, resource management and interpersonal skills to support time-sensitive search assignment needs

• Exhibit advanced knowledge of selection practices and behavioral-based interview techniques

• Possess excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills, positive attitude and high level of initiative

• Must be able to demonstrate successful and creative use of social, professional, and internet networking sites to identify and source candidates

• Strong business acumen

• Effective Internet skills to include Boolean search expertise, AIRs search techniques, and creative/innovative researching knowledge

• Strong commitment to customer/candidate service (e.g. responsive to emails, phone calls, proactive in providing feedback and maintaining communications with candidates and managers).

• Effective PC/Microsoft Office skills -- technically savvy

• Previous use and knowledge of ATS systems and other recruiting tools.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• 5+ years of full recruitment lifecycle management for mid to senior level positions in a corporate environment including interviewing, sourcing, and candidate management

Preferred Experience

• Executive recruiting experience preferred

• Previous experience in an agency highly preferred

• Recruiting educational services preferred