Talent Acquisition Lead

Full-time, Remote, Exempt

About Rewiring America

Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying our homes, businesses, and communities. We develop accessible, actionable data and tools, and build coalitions and partnerships to make going electric easier for households and communities. Rewiring America helps Americans save money, tackle nationwide emissions goals, improve health, and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce. We believe in an abundant, flourishing, climate-safe future, and know that, together, we can realize one.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Talent Lead to join our growing People & Culture team. This position reports to the Director, People & Culture.

In this newly-created role, you will play a pivotal role in sourcing, attracting, and recruiting top talent for Rewiring America. This position involves collaborating closely with hiring managers and other People & Culture team members in order to staff our team with the highest caliber talent. This position also manages our contracted recruiters. As the Talent Acquisition Lead, you’ll drive recruitment strategies, enhance processes, and build a strong talent pipeline. 

This role is hands-on: you’ll be expected to personally lead multiple recruitment processes while also managing contracted recruiters and supporting hiring managers who will be leading on other roles.

What You’ll Do

1. Recruitment and Sourcing

• Utilize multiple channels to recruit candidates.
• Proactively develop qualified and targeted talent pools (both active and passive candidates).
• Assess candidates against specific job requirements and cultural fit.

1. Cultivate Relationships

• Maintain continuous engagement with candidates so that we maximize our chances of securing top talent, while also ensuring that all candidates, regardless of outcome, have a positive experience with our process.
• Develop strong relationships with hiring managers to ensure productive, smooth, and successful hiring processes.
• Be a thought leader to provide guidance as a subject matter expert ensuring best practices.
• Collaborate with hiring teams  to create diversity and inclusion plans for recruitments as well as ongoing outreach programs. 
  
  

• Communicate clearly with contract recruiters on expectations and needs.
• Hold recruiters accountable on timelines, candidate quality, and the continuous engagement standard.
• Manage an internal staffer providing coordinator/administrative support and develop them in all areas of talent acquisition.
  
  

• Develop and execute the training curriculum to upskill hiring managers running their own processes.
• Act as a coach to hiring managers, supporting them throughout the stages of hiring.
  
  

• Implement a standardized recruitment process across contract recruiters, hiring managers overseeing their own processes, and any recruitment procedures you directly manage
• Ensure our ATS (Workable) is used consistently to provide stakeholders with a clear view of all candidates’ status.
• Communicate regularly and clearly with all stakeholders about the status of each recruitment process, including any challenges that need to be overcome.
• Enhance current or develop new processes and policies regarding hiring and recruiting.

1. Metrics And Performance

• Ensure the Talent function delivers against key recruitment metrics.
• Work alongside the organization to implement effective assessment tools.
  
  

• Work with internal stakeholders to build our employer brand. 
• Partner with diversity focused vendors to attract talent from all walks of life.

Requirements

Who You Are

You are a passionate talent acquisition leader that prioritizes both our candidate and hiring manager experience. You are not just filling roles, you are shaping the future of Rewiring America – supporting our values, vision and mission  – and making the electrification of our homes, businesses, and communities a reality. 

Your passion for talent is contagious and inspires our supporting contractors and hiring managers to follow great processes to get great results. You are a candidate experience champion who believes that every interaction with a candidate matters. From initial outreach to offer, you create a positive candidate journey. 

Your approach to full-cycle recruiting emphasizes providing white-glove service