HR Team Lead, Talent Acquisition

About the Office of the Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General (“Treasury”)

Our mission is to manage and safeguard the State's public deposits and investments through sound business practices for the exclusive benefits of our citizens, and perform these duties with integrity, excellence, and leadership. Additionally, we strive to provide economic opportunity, stability, and security for every Massachusetts resident.

We are committed to excellence in recruiting, hiring, and retaining diverse and qualified individuals. We value the culture of diversity and professionalism in the workplace, and strongly believe that our workforce should reflect our community.

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I. PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The HR Team Leader, Talent Acquisition is responsible for leading and managing an HR team, overseeing the daily talent acquisition and retention activities, and ensuring effective internal and external communications. The primary purpose of the position is to provide professional Human Resources support to managers and employees in the areas of recruitment, staffing, classification, compensation, onboarding/offboarding and other related activities, as well as to support the business needs of the Treasury by engaging, motivating and retaining a talented and motivated workforce. The HR Team Lead will assist the HR Operations Manager with a variety of HR projects and strategic talent initiatives.

II. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Serves as the primary point of contact and resource for human resources related initiatives, programs, and issues in one or more particular HR areas: Talent Acquisition, Onboarding & Employment Life Cycle.
• Lead and Supervise Talent Acquisition Team; providing direction and support; and managing the team’s effectiveness in meeting their performance goals.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment, including developing competitive recruitment strategies, overseeing job postings, candidate screenings, and interview processes.
• Drive initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness, including leadership development and succession planning.
• Provide oversight in the creation and implementation of a comprehensive onboarding experience and offboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions for all employees.
• Design and implement talent acquisition, employment branding and retention strategies.
• Develop proposals to improve candidate experience and the recruitment process.
• Identify talent acquisition and retention needs across the Treasury through surveys, feedback and other performance data.
• Work with the HR Operations Manager and Chief of HR to evaluate effectiveness of talent acquisition and retention initiatives and make improvements based on feedback and outcomes.
• Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed.
• Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with HR team to develop solutions, programs, and policies.
• Implement, conduct, facilitate, and/or analyze results of employee retention initiatives such as stay interviews and career development meetings.
• Provides coaching, counseling and interpretation of policies to management at the direction of the HR Operations Manager.
• Participate in the coordination of employee programs and events sponsored by the Human Resources Department.
• Provide coaching, counseling, and interpretation of relat