RECRUITER

Posting Number: SRGV4656
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: Edinburg, Texas
Department: Human Resources and Talent Development
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
To provide consultation on hiring, talent acquisition, and talent movement for UTRGV recruitment needs. Coordinate recruitment services and create initiatives to further the recruitment of valuable staff to benefit departments and divisions at UTRGV to support department officials select the best talent.


Description of Duties:
• Performs recruitment services to deliver quality candidates for the institution, including initial strategy meetings with department managers to discuss recruitment needs and strategies to ensure a highly qualified and diverse applicant pool.
• Responsible for the identification, assessment and development of candidate pools for vacancies by utilizing various sourcing strategies and techniques.
• Consults with hiring managers and supervisors to create sustainable sourcing plans to recruit underrepresented talent to the university.
• Assists search committees to recruit internal and external candidates by sourcing positions in print media, websites, direct mailings and implements other sourcing activities.
• Collaborates, provides guidance and support to formal university search committees seeking administrative personnel to include developing written recruitment strategy to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and making presentations to search committees.
• Provides guidance to departments in regards to advertising; reviews, writes and/or modifies job postings, develops or modifies advertising procedures and advises departments on appropriate ad content, size, cost, etc.
• Maintains strong relationships with departmental leadership to ensure a clear understanding of the department’s direction and remains informed on the cutting edge in matching applicants to institutional needs.
• Attends job fairs, meetings, seminars, workshops, and/or conferences as requested.
• Develops tracking mechanisms and statistics to support short and mid-range plans and budget requirements.
• Identifies issues and possible solutions with current applicant tracking system (ATS), and assists with testing fixes or modifications when they are being implemented.
• Identifies compensation or HR policy issues that are a hindrance to hiring and/or retention efforts and notifies the appropriate HR area to identify potential solutions.
• Corresponds and communicates with applicants and staff to ensure timely receipt of verbal and written information, answer questions and resolve issues related to human resource topics (e.g., employment, employee relations, compensation, benefits, etc.) and explain university policies and procedures, state and federal laws, and collective bargaining agreements to departments, employees and applicants.
• Reviews and evaluates applications, resumes or other employment hiring documents; conducts interviews, recommends applicants to department or search committees for further consideration.
• Performs strategic job functions within the department such as serving on committees or working on special projects as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.


Supervision Received:
General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education:
N/A

Licenses/Certifications:
Certification related to Recruitment or Human Resources preferred.

Required Experience:
Three (3) years of directly related experience.


Preferred Experience:
Experience obtained in Higher Education.


Equipment:
Use of standard office equipment.


Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment; some travel and weekend work is required.


Other:
Knowledge of Human Resources and employment law. Demonstrated communication skills, both oral and written. Proven track record of working collaboratively. Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Solid organizational, time, and project management skills and the ability to multitask.


Physical Capabilities: N/A

Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 09/18/2020
Grant Funded Position: No
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EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964, the title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non discrimination in it’s education programs and activities, including employment.


Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

*Date of Birth
*Social Security Number
*Gender
*Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956)665-2451 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.


Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.


To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/25798





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