Director of Talent Acquisition

The Director, Talent Acquisition leads the development and execution of strategic plans, annual objectives, and performance metrics for the talent acquisition function. This role oversees the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of recruiting policies, programs, and processes. The director guides team members in cultivating community partnerships and talent pipelines, sourcing and attracting qualified candidates, and managing candidates through the full application and hiring lifecycle. Additionally, the position serves as a technical expert on talent acquisition practices and collaborates with senior leadership to assess current and future workforce needs, identifying gaps and creating strategies to address them.

Essential Functions

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all the following essential functions. These examples do not include all the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Develops and implements strategic plans, annual goals, and performance metrics for the talent acquisition function; develops and implements plans for aligning talent acquisition to operational vision and strategy. Reviews and approves annual work plans developed by functional leaders.
• Participates on the Human Resources (HR) leadership team, contributing to the development of HR strategies, reviewing, and approving changes to internal HR processes, and achieving HR goals on objectives. Aligns talent acquisition operations to HR vision and strategy.
• Manages the design, implementation, and maintenance of talent acquisition policies and programs while ensuring consistency with best practices and organizational policies, standards, and procedures.
• Provides technical expertise on talent acquisition programs, processes, and best practices. Works with senior leadership to identify current and future workforce gaps and develops plans for addressing concerns.
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships with senior leadership and with peers in human resources and in other CHCO operations. Manages relationship with external vendors responsible for either conducting recruitments to fill highly visible positions or for placing temporary or contract staff.
• Leads talent acquisition team members in sourcing and recruiting candidates and in processing selected candidates through the application and hiring process. Leads team members in building and maintaining community relationships and talent pipelines to develop effective pipelines for current and future talent.
• Develops and implements talent acquisition communications and training initiatives for all levels of the organization.
• Establishes performance metrics for talent acquisition team members and leaders. Assists team members in achieving performance standards and identifies opportunities for continual improvement to performance standards.
• Resolves operational and customer service issues, makes decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
• Manages communications to the enterprise on strategy, projects and new trends related to talent acquisition.
• Selects, trains, develops, and evaluates talent acquisition team members and leaders. Makes decisions on hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required.
• Ensures staff and financial resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources based on business needs within budget restraints. Develops budget recommendations for operating expenditures and monitors budget for department.

Minimum Qualifications

• EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Communications or other related field.
• EXPERIENCE - Five (5) years of talent acquisition experience within a hospital or complex healthcare delivery system, to include three (3) years of experience leading a Talent Acquisition function or team and contributing to or leading talent strategies, workforce planning, and pipeline development.
• EQUIVALENCY - Four (4) years of experience, beyond stated requirements, may substitute for the bachelor's degree.

Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $134,579.79 to $224,299.64

Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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