Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

Department

BSD HRO - Talent Acquisition

About the Department

Advance your career by joining our team. We provide Talent Acquisition expertise and support to researchers and physicians at the forefront of science and modern medicine. The Biological Sciences Division (BSD) is the largest academic unit of the University of Chicago. Established in 1930, the BSD is comprised of faculty, staff, and administrative leaders across clinical and basic science units. In this unique academic community, the BSD delivers undergraduate, graduate, medical, and postgraduate education in the biological sciences as well as providing outstanding patient care and world-renowned research in the life sciences. Our team includes 135 faculty within the 10 basic science departments, over 800 faculty across 13 clinical departments, and 2400 staff members supporting faculty and researchers across the BSD departments and Pritzker School of Medicine (PSOM). Our faculty researchers and faculty physicians work in collaboration with the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) to provide world renown patient care and to address the world’s most pressing medical challenges. We are located on the beautiful Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago, 20 minutes south of downtown Chicago.

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Consultant is responsible for talent acquisition activities including sourcing, recruiting, screening, interviewing and recommendations external and/or internal candidates for all level jobs. We work to attract and engage a high performing, diverse workforce through full life cycle recruitment for all job levels, inclusive of strategic sourcing, screening interviewing and candidate recommendations, talent pool assessment, and successful selection. Our team supports divisional talent acquisition efforts as a thought partner on matters related to recruitment strategy, tactics, industry and workforce trends, and hiring best practices.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for full cycle recruitment across the Biological Sciences Division. 

• Position recruitments vary in seniority, functional area, location, and level of difficulty.

• As part of the position intake process, establishes strong relationships with hiring managers, leverages their understanding of departmental needs and culture, and ascertains business requirements to build a strategic recruitment plan that includes candidate outreach; serves as an overall advisor to hiring managers and HR partners to accomplish timely interviewing and hiring objectives.

• Provides a high level of strategic and tactical expertise for full cycle talent acquisition. Develops structured interview materials for candidate interviews; maintains appropriate documentation. Presents candidate feedback to hiring managers, advising them on candidates' strengths, development opportunities, and recommendations to make successful hiring decisions. Also provides proactive and timely updates to hiring managers on recruitment progress, candidate trends, and/or challenges.

• Creates exceptional candidate experience from initial contact to extending an offer, assists units across the University with staff recruiting, including advising on advertising and outreach methods, sourcing candidates, prescreening resumes, interviewing candidates, checking references, and advising on salary levels.

• Proactively researches best practices and market trends; authors strategic and effective resources and training aides for distribution/presentation to broader HR Community.

• Manages University talent pipeline project utilizing various tools including Workday Recruiting, LinkedIn, etc. This includes utilizing data to determine which pools to establish, piloting the program, creating communication channels to connect units/departments with applicable talent, and evaluating program effectiveness with a continuous focus on process improvement.

• Proactively develops innovative candidate sourcing strategies such as social media, networking, internet research, and partnering with affiliated organizations to develop a pipeline of qualified and competitive candidates for various positions.

• Champions and drives diversity and inclusion efforts to recruit diverse applicant pools by partnering with various University departments, affiliated organizations, and local workforce development agencies to attend and/or facilitate programs and job fairs aimed at the recruitment of diverse and qualified candidates.

• Networks throughout the University and its affiliated organizations with employees and employee groups.

• Manages and maintains the applicant tracking system and assists hiring managers, HR Partners, and prospective candidates by answering questions and troubleshoot