Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist

Your Role

Gensler's South Central Region is seeking a Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist to manage our strategic recruiting functions for our Austin, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Nashville, and San Antonio offices.

What You Will Do

• Represent Gensler as a Brand Ambassador, marketing our firm through various tools, technologies, and social media platforms.

• Manage the full recruiting life-cycle process while providing an exceptional candidate experience, from research and sourcing through the offer and acceptance, with both active and passive candidates from emerging talent through executive leadership.

• Source candidates through networking with employees, professional organizations, social media (for example LinkedIn), and other channels.

• Develop innovative and effective candidate engagement strategies to build networks of engaged candidates via active sourcing and employer branding activities externally and internally.

• Continuously build a pipeline of targeted prospects for Gensler by developing relationships with candidates as a trusted advisor.

• Provide regular reporting, metrics and analyses to articulate progress against demand and timelines for assigned recruitment drives.

• Provide insight and advice to business stakeholders on market trends, competitor information, market challenges and talent acquisition strategies.

• Understanding of and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Manage the design and implementation of new screening and assessment tools to effectively assess a diverse candidate pool against the firm's core values.

• Partner with Leaders to provide training on effective interview techniques.

• Act as trusted advisor to leadership by providing strategic direction and consultation to acquire the necessary talent.

• Foster a culture and an environment that is consistent with the firm’s values and strategic goals. Act as an integrator across the region.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Marketing, Human Resources, or related field preferred.

• 8+ years of experience in full cycle recruiting required.

• Experience in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) or Professional Services industries is highly preferred.

• Strategic advisor that leverages data management for information related to recruiting talent (candidates, competitors, projects, connections to the firm, etc.).

• Ability to organize and execute time management priorities while effectively communicating with key stake holders and team members.

• Experience using an Applicant Tracking System, Workday highly preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to work proactively and collaboratively within a team setting to accomplish business objectives.

• Ability to manage through ambiguity and multiple competing and evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be proactive, with the ability to engage with leadership to create strategies and delivery methods for solutions to important business needs.

• Ability to build and maintain effective, positive working relationships across all levels.

• High initiative, responsiveness, and self-motivation with both internal and external clients.

• Able to handle sensitive information and ensure confidentiality.

*A successful candidate is expected to be in the office full-time/five days.

Life at Gensler 

Gensler is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Through our Five Strategies to Fight Racism, we continue to create a just and equitable future for our colleagues and our communities with our clients. We are a solid voice for social change as we impact people’s lives and fight racism. At Gensler, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace environment. As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests. 

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been