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Professional Recruiter - Talent Acquisition

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder

People & HR
Boulder, CO, USA
Posted on Apr 1, 2025
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Job Summary

The Department of Human Resources encourages applications for the Professional Recruiter - Talent Acquisition! This position is a Professional Recruitment Consultant/Talent Acquisition Specialist with a main focus on providing staff recruiting services as a strategic partner for Boulder campus departments. This position will build partnerships with campus departments and advise on recruitment strategies and processes to ensure a highly qualified and diverse applicant pool; actively sourcing qualified candidates for difficult-to-fill positions; devise recruiting and candidate assessment strategies for a position’s qualifications and competencies; guide hiring managers through interviews and negotiating offers; provide training to campus constituents in a variety of staffing areas such as recruiting processes and practices, strategic talent management, fair employment practices, interview guidance, reference checking, offer letters, and onboarding; advise campus departments on appropriate use and interpretation of Regent and University policies as well as applicable state and federal employment laws; and review and approve offer letters, addenda, and other appointment or compensation related changes. Additionally, this position is expected to collaborate with other areas of HR and participate in a variety of HR-related projects.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

Talent Acquisition provides consultation on hiring, talent acquisition, and talent movement for university staff, classified staff research and faculty positions. We work collaboratively with hiring leaders to post positions, screen candidates, and help leaders to select the best talent to meet their needs.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Professional Recruiting Services
  • Provide professional guidance and oversight to campus managers and departments throughout the recruiting process from start to finish.
  • Coordinate all the hiring steps, including initiating strategy meetings with departmental managers to discuss recruiting needs and effective strategies.
  • Build an appropriate recruitment plan with the hiring supervisor including timelines and a strategic plan for all participants in the search process.
  • Create defensible recruiting processes based on valid and reliable, objective criteria; draft the job announcement, develop strong and relevant job qualifications.
  • Create job related online application questions; approve and post positions through our applicant tracking system, providing guidance and coordination on additional outreach and advertising; actively source talent when necessary.
  • Screen applications against qualifications.
  • Develop, administer, or coordinate a job-related assessment process.
  • Evaluate candidate interviews against job-specific competencies and qualifications.
  • Provide strong candidate care by ensuring timely and relevant communication.
  • Offer expertise in the areas of assessment, interviewing, reference checking, and making an offer.
  • Provide continual customer service and communication updates for each step in the process.
  • Provide training to various constituents on all facets of recruiting and hiring.
Strategic Consulting
  • Provide strategic direction to departments about underlying issues related to their hiring needs.
  • Lead and involve appropriate resources to investigate and analyze the causes of turnover, the details behind a vacancy, the current talent pool, the department structure, the primary business need, performance or management-related problems, and any other HR-related issues.
  • Provide advice on the best methods to fill a vacancy by considering internal promotions, transfers, existing lists, and external searches.
  • Coordinate with and refer non-recruiting issues to the appropriate HR specialists.
Policy Interpretation, Guidance, Training and Cross-Functional Professional Development
  • Advise, interpret and guide university employees, supervisors, and/or job applicants regarding University policies and state and federal laws and regulations; conduct campus training programs as needed; and develop, implement and communicate related reference or "how-to" materials.
  • Assist with the implementation of new processes and technologies to improve outreach and services to the campus and to ensure legal and policy compliance.
  • Develop knowledge and expertise in cross-functional areas of HR, such as layoff and retention processes, reasonable employer assessment, position management, compensation, labor relations issues, etc.
  • Stay current in the area of recruiting by attending professional development meetings, webinars, and training.
  • Strategize with recruitment managers to identify and implement improvements to search processes to address efficiencies, recruiting strategies, and compliance issues with the Affirmative Action Plan or other federal/state regulations.

What We Can Offer

  • Starting salary is $65,978. Relocation assistance is available within department guidelines.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Be collaborative. Be groundbreaking. Be Boulder.

What We Require

  • Bachelor’s Degree.
  • Appropriate experience may substitute for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.
  • One year of professional recruiting experience.

What You Will Need

  • Excellent and active listening skills and the ability to understand the business needs and functions of campus departments.
  • Ability to think strategically by transforming business needs into a strong recruitment plan.
  • Ability to persuade and convince others of a plan of action by establishing subject matter expertise and understanding the political environment.
  • Expertise and proven knowledge of legal requirements related to sourcing and recruiting highly qualified and diverse applicant pools.
  • Ability to interpret state, federal, and campus policies; make decisions and guide departments on appropriate courses of action where guidance is unclear.
  • Ability to develop and conduct training for multiple audiences.
  • Experience with designing hiring processes where all constituents in the search process can thrive and everyone matters.
  • Superior organizational skills including the ability to keep track of many processes, while being attentive to details.
  • Demonstrated experience providing high levels of customer support.
  • Demonstrable competence multitasking in a high volume environment.

What We Would Like You to Have

  • Experience working within a higher education environment.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:
  1. A current resume.
  2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by April 9, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
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