Talent Acquisition Specialist

Why Southern Land?

Our full-service company is comprised of planning, architecture, design, construction, marketing, and resident experience professionals—all in-house and working together every day to envision and create uniquely beautiful places.

Position Summary

Southern Land Company, a national real estate development and construction firm headquartered in Nashville, TN is seeking a full-time Talent Acquisition Specialist. to join our dynamic team. This position will manage the full-cycle execution of all recruitment activities, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the entire hiring process, from sourcing through onboarding.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships and collaborative atmosphere with internal team members.
• Create and maintain updated job descriptions, job postings, interview questionnaires and other relevant interview materials for candidates.
• Attract great candidates and build career opportunity awareness through a variety of methods, including but not limited to Company website, social media, online job boards, networking, employee referrals, and job fairs.
• Utilize applicant tracking system to maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, hiring manager interactions, and other recruiting activities.
• Proactively source candidates to develop a strong pipeline for open and pending roles.
• Manage candidate flow by scheduling and hosting virtual and in person interviews.
• Coordinate candidate travel, online-based skills assessments, and conduct reference checks.
• Manage seamless pre-employment process, from offer package to pre-employment drug screens and background checks, to onboarding.
• Provide follow-up correspondence to candidates regarding recruiting status.
• Track and report on key metrics for open roles and maintain a diligent focus on the candidate experience, striving to constantly improve our hiring process.
• Serve as a brand advocate both internally and externally.
• Participate in HR projects as required.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse groups of people at all levels of authority.
• Ability to work in a complex, fast-paced organization with flexibility to navigate rapidly changing priorities.
• Must have strong initiative - capable of working independently with minimal direction/supervision.
• Critical thinking and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to prioritize and meet strict deadlines.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to keep sensitive information highly confidential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong and pleasant telephone and interpersonal skills, and the ability to deal professionally with clients, vendors, and co-workers on the phone and in person.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, ability to take initiative, use good judgment, demonstrate a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail, and carry multiple projects through to completion.
• Ability to work under pressure with tight time constraints, as well as the ability to deal with frequent interruptions, unresolved situations, frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in human resources management or related field
• Minimum 3 years of recruitment experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with UKG
• PHR or SHRM-CP

Company Overview

Southern Land Company believes that community is the heart of every successful development project. With that as our starting point, we create residential developments around the country that provide a generous, comfortable lifestyle to those that call them home. In support of our single family and multifamily projects, we also undertake key retail, office, and recreation developments to craft convenient, complete communities. We believe in big ideas and paying attention to every detail required to realize them.

We Have…

• A strong brand recognized for quality, performance, and artistry
• Guiding principles of creativity and innovation
• An open mind for new ideas and creative methods
• A strong compensation and benefits package, including health, vision, dental, 401k with a strong match and more!

Southern Land Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and we seek to create an inclusive work place that embraces diverse backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives. Southern Land Company offers a competitive benefits package, including 401k and paid time off.  Southern Land Company is a Drug Free Workplace.  For more information, please visit our website at www.southernland.com.

The above information is only an illustration of the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the Company and employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.

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