Director of Talent Acquisition

Summary: The Director of Talent Acquisition (TA) provides leadership and direction to the TA team to ensure effective, proactive employee recruitment of top talent across all departments. This role is responsible for developing and executing recruitment policies, techniques, strategies, systems, and processes that align with the College’s mission and goals. The Director utilizes workforce metrics to drive performance improvement in recruiting and hiring, recognize successes, and identify opportunities for improvement. The Director partners with Senior Leadership, HR, and hiring managers to deliver seamless and efficient recruitment processes that support long-term workforce planning and employee retention and position the College as an employer of choice.

Compensation: The starting pay range for this position is $110,000 - $130,000 annually.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and implements organization-wide talent acquisition strategies to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Leads, mentors, and manages the talent acquisition team, fostering a high-performance, service-oriented culture.
• Partners with Senior Leadership, HR, and department leaders to forecast staffing needs and develop workforce plans.
• Ensures job requests are processed in a timely and efficient manner; communicates exceptions to hiring managers immediately
• Designs and oversees recruitment processes that ensure fairness, efficiency, compliance, and consistency across the organization.
• Oversees sourcing strategies to attract diverse and qualified candidate pools, including the use of technology, networks, and partnerships.
• Monitors and analyzes talent acquisition metrics to assess effectiveness, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
• Ensures compliance with all employment laws, regulations, and organizational policies related to hiring.
• Manages vendor relationships with external recruiting firms, job boards, and technology providers.
• Drives initiatives to improve candidate experience and strengthens employee value proposition (EVP).
• Collaborates with HR on onboarding processes to ensure a smooth transition for new hires.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has direct oversight of the Talent Acquisition team.

Core Competencies

Adaptability – Responds to change with a willingness and ability to learn new ways of working. Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Communication – Develops and delivers communication that conveys a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Listens to others and allows them to make their point.

Integrity and Ethics – Demonstrates personal integrity; serves as a positive example of why others should trust the motives of the organization; views self as a reflection of the organization by following through on commitments and accepting ownership of mistakes; treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others and upholds organizational values.

Organization Support – Supports organization’s goals and values. Is keenly aware of the time frame in which tasks or projects needs to be done; accepts and mirrors the level of urgency conveyed by the manager or customer being served; puts priority on the needs of the organization or the needs of its customers. Fosters collaboration and teamwork across the institution.

Professionalism – Approaches other in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follow through on commitments.

Job Competencies

Business Acumen – Applies knowledge of business and external market to advance organization’s goals. Understands business implications of decisions; displays orientation to profitability; aligns work with strategic goals.

Leadership – Inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; accepts and provides feedback from others; gives appropriate recognition to others; able to build morale and group commitment to goals and objectives.

Ensure Execution – Translates company strategies and objectives into concrete performance and improvement goals for the function, department or unit and actively participates in reviews and discussions to assure plans and progress have the needed business impact. Creates the environment where accountabilities are clear, and work is done effectively and efficiently with high energy and commitment upon completion.

Training & Development – Ensures staff members get receive orientation, training and development opportunities to maximize success in their assignments; views training and development as an investment in employees and uses mentoring, cross-functional assignments, job rotation or other on-the-job learning opportunities to enhance the depth and breadth of skills and experience; encourages self-development opportunities.

Deliver Results – Consistently achieves results within established timelines and shows resilience when faced with obstacles.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s in Human Resources, MBA, or Bachelor’s in related field of study or any equivalent combination of education and/or experience. Master’s or SPHR/SHRM-SCP strongly preferred. Six years or more of progressive human resources experience desired. Degree(s) must be from institutions accredited by recognized U.S. accrediting agencies and or degrees from non-U.S. institutions are recognized only if equivalence has been established and provided. Six years or more of progressive human resources experience desired.

Language Skills – Ability to read and interpret documents and policy and procedure handbooks; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups.

Mathematical Skills – Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability – Ability to use common sense in all situations; ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Computer Skills – Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and experience with Student Information Systems and LMS.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

All qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment. To ensure the safety and integrity of our operations, it is imperative that a review of all applicants' criminal history is conducted. Failure to do so poses a significant risk to the Employer, potentially compromising both business operations and the organization's reputation.

As part of our standard hiring process, all candidates offered a position at San Joaquin Valley College Inc. will undergo a thorough background screening. This includes education verification, county and national criminal background checks, a motor vehicle report, and social security number trace/verification along with an address history search. Depending on the specific position, additional requirements may apply, such as drug testing, a Fraud and Abuse Control Information System check, and verification for access to the National Student Loan Database System.

Experience

Required

• Six years or more of progressive human resources experience desired.

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