- Company Name
- City Of Guelph
- Job Title
- Recruitment Specialist
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Recruitment Specialist
**Role Summary**
Design, implement, and continuously improve inclusive recruitment, selection, onboarding, and retention strategies for a municipal workforce, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, collective agreements, and organizational objectives. Serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers, administer assessments, oversee applicant tracking, and provide training and guidance to support effective talent acquisition.
**Expectations**
- Deliver a compliant, efficient, and diverse hiring process.
- Maintain a high-quality applicant experience and timely hiring cycles.
- Analyze recruitment data to recommend policy and procedural enhancements.
- Forecast workforce needs and support succession planning.
- Collaborate with hiring managers, HR advisors, and external partners to meet talent objectives.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and manage recruitment and retention policies and procedures in line with legislation and collective agreements.
- Create inclusive recruitment plans, identify barriers to equity, and implement strategies to attract diverse talent.
- Design pre‑screening criteria, select and administer assessments (tests, interview guides), and participate in interviews to gauge candidate competency.
- Resolve conflicts in hiring processes and ensure hiring managers adhere to standardized practices.
- Deliver recruitment training and resources to hiring managers and interview panel members.
- Maintain career development resources, provide career coaching, and support co‑op, internship, and wage‑subsidy programs.
- Collect, analyze, and report on recruitment, turnover, and applicant feedback data; recommend improvements.
- Provide end‑to‑end coordination of the recruitment process, including sourcing, interview scheduling, reference checks, offer preparation, and negotiation.
- Support onboarding activities for new hires.
- Oversee and enhance the organization’s Applicant Tracking System.
- Manage internal and external career webpages and coordinate special talent acquisition/outreach projects with local employment service providers.
**Required Skills**
- Recruitment & selection expertise, including talent sourcing, candidate screening, interviewing, and assessment design.
- Strong knowledge of employment law, human rights, health and safety, and collective agreements.
- Proficiency with HRIS/Applicant Tracking Systems and data analysis.
- Proven stakeholder management and customer‑service orientation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to train and influence others.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, continuous improvement, and organizational values.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related discipline.
- Professional HR certification preferred (e.g., SHRM‑CP/SHRM‑SCP, PHR, SPHR).
- Minimum 3 years of recruitment experience in a public or private sector, with demonstrated success in diverse talent acquisition and system administration.