Talent Acquisition Specialist (Limited-Term)

Posting number: 2600313

Department: Human Resources Department

Division: Talent Acquisition

Job classification: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Posting type: Open

Categories: Human Resources, Customer Service, Marketing

Summary

Every great hire starts with a conversation. Sometimes it’s a phone call. Sometimes it’s a well-written job posting. Sometimes it’s simply someone who took the time to see potential in another person.

El Paso County is searching for a Talent Acquisition Specialist – Limited Term to join our Human Resources team. This limited-term opportunity is anticipated to run from September 2026 through January 2028 and offers an exciting opportunity to recruit talented professionals who make a difference in our community every day.

In this role, you’ll partner with hiring managers, develop recruitment strategies, identify top talent, guide candidates through the hiring process, and serve as a trusted advisor throughout the recruitment. You’ll help create positive candidate experiences while supporting departments and elected offices in finding the people who will help shape the future of County government.

The ideal candidate is curious, collaborative, and driven by connecting people with opportunity. They communicate with confidence, adapt quickly, enjoy solving complex hiring challenges, and understand that every interaction contributes to the County’s reputation as an employer of choice.

Serves as a strategic resource and partners with leadership to align recruiting operations with business objectives. Executes full life cycle recruiting with a strong emphasis on candidate sourcing. Provides guidance to both management and staff regarding recruiting. Employment is subject to the terms, conditions, and policies detailed in the Personnel Policies Manual (PPM). This position requires regular in-person presence as an essential job function.

Examples of duties

• Serves as a strategic resource regarding recruitment solutions; collaborates with appropriate individuals to develop a strategy and achieve recruiting goals.
• Responsible for developing an effective recruitment strategy, including researching and sourcing efforts across various technical functions. Measures recruitment effectiveness; identifies improvement areas and recommends and implements solutions.
• Partners with hiring managers to develop sourcing strategies in correlation to industry trends and insights. Actively leads projects by establishing action plans; researches necessary and appropriate resources.
• Responsible for executing full life cycle recruiting, including candidate sourcing and screening; provides hiring recommendations and extends employment offers. 
• Identifies, plans, manages, and coordinates recruiting and hiring events, including job fairs and networking/sourcing events. 
• Identifies opportunities for improving service delivery methods and procedures; identifies resource needs, reviews with leadership, and implements improvements.
• Establishes and fosters effective working relationships and strong business partnerships.
• Provides consultation and interpretation for staff regarding recruitment-related policies and procedures; ensures compliance with policies as well as State and Federal laws.
• Assists with analyzing metrics and employee-related data to identify trends and develop recruitment solutions; may compile reports per departmental and outside agency requests.
• Assists with various Human Resources functions and projects as needed. 
• Performs other duties as required.

 
Supervision Exercised: This classification does not have supervisory authority; however, may be required to provide expertise or limited guidance or direction to employees, such as overseeing work quality, training, and guidance. Typically serves as a subject matter expert on the scope of functional area.
 
Supervision Received: Receives general supervision. This classi