Position Summary: The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for full life cycle recruiting: recruiting, screening, and recommending candidates by using creative sourcing methods (internal and external) to achieve staffing initiatives for the company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties

• Partner with Corporate and Regional Leaders to forecast plans for key staffing initiatives
• Manage full cycle recruiting process from start to finish
• Attract passive job seekers by using creative sourcing strategies
• Develop strong relationships with hiring managers across departments and regions
• Maintain recruiting process and create a positive candidate experience
• Develop and implement search strategy and customize to specific roles
• Assist with vendor selection process and track metrics
• Familiarity of Houston market and surrounding areas
• Other Recruiting related duties as assigned
• Proactively keeps hiring managers and the HR Director informed of all recruiting activity.
• Provides expertise on the employment market, trends and innovative recruiting techniques to ensure competitiveness in hiring.
• Source diverse talent pools and keeping up to date with the new sourcing techniques.
• Works with HR Director to develop recruiting strategy based upon forecast and company goals.

Other Duties

• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies:To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following.

Communications - Exhibits good listening and comprehension. Expresses ideas and thoughts in written form. Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally. Keeps others adequately informed. Selects and uses appropriate communication methods.

Achievement Focus - Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles. Measures self against standard of excellence. Recognizes and acts on opportunities. Sets and achieves challenging goals. Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.

Customer Service - Displays courtesy and sensitivity. Manages difficult or emotional customer situations. Meets commitments. Responds promptly to customer needs. Solicits customer feedback to improve service.

Dependability - Commits to doing the best job possible. Follows instruction. Keeps commitments. Meets attendance and punctuality guidelines. Responds to requests for service and assistance. Takes responsibility for own actions.

Planning & Organization - Integrates changes smoothly. Plans for additional resources. Prioritizes and plans work activities. Sets goals and objectives. Uses time efficiently. Works in an organized manner.

Quality - Fosters quality focus in others. Improves processes. Measures key outcomes. Sets clear quality requirements. Solicits and applies customer feedback.

Use of Technology - Adapts to new technologies. Demonstrates required skills. Keeps technical skills up to date. Troubleshoots technological problems. Uses technology to increase productivity.

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/Experience:

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum of 3 years’ recruiting experience working on a variety of roles.

Excellent communication skills.

Clear understanding of the full life cycle recruiting process

Recruiting experience in Property Management preferred.

Language Ability:

Read, analyze and interpret business, professional, technical or governmental documents. Write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, customers and the public.

Reasoning Ability:

Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite, Applicant Tracking Software

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.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must frequently lift and /or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop or kneel.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance 
• 401(k) with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Competitive salary