AddressTalent Acquisition Partner
Aversan Inc. (www.aversan.com) is a reputable Engineering Company that provides expertise in Systems Integration and Software Testing for industries including Digital Health, Medical Devices, IT and Aerospace. We are currently seeking a qualified Talent Acquisition Partner. The successful candidate for this full-time position will be a part of highly motivated and highly technical work environment that feeds off the collective energy of a team-oriented workplace.
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Schedule: Hybrid – 2 days on site (Wednesday and Thursday), 3 days WFH
DESCRIPTION – The Talent Acquisition Partner role 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.
Responsibilities
- Act as a champion of the company’s Integrated 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 company 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 company’s 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
Basic Qualifications
- 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
About The Client
Our client is a global technology leader present on five continents with their five verticals being digital identity and security, defence and security, transport, aerospace and space. Their high-tech solutions, services and products help companies, organisations and governments to achieve their goals and ambitions.
Aversan recruits top professional talent in the industry, providing quality software, hardware and systems engineering solutions for a variety of industries and applications. Upon reviewing each candidate's information, Aversan will only contact eligible individuals for the above-mentioned positions.
