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Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Specialist
SUNY Cortland
Human Resources Office
Position Summary
The Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Specialist is responsible for coordinating and executing full-cycle recruitment processes and delivering a consistent, compliant, and welcoming onboarding experience for new employees. This role plays a critical part in supporting the organizations Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and diversity commitments through accurate data collection, reporting, and compliance activities. The specialist works closely with hiring managers, HR leadership, and compliance partners to ensure fair, inclusive, and legally compliant hiring practices.
Salary Range: $58,500 depending on experience (DOE)
Major Responsibilities
Recruitment and Selection
Coordinate full-cycle recruitment for assigned positions, including processing job postings, assisting with candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer coordination.
Provide guidance to hiring managers on recruitment planning including requisition submittal, recruitment strategies, reference reviews, final selection of candidates, and search policies and procedures.
Participate in outreach and recruitment initiatives that support diverse applicant pools and inclusive hiring efforts.
Ensure job postings, interview processes, and selection practices are applied consistently and in compliance with applicable employment laws.
Manage data in the applicant tracking system.
Conduct search training for hiring managers, administrative support personnel, search committee chairs and search committee members. Serve on search committees and participate in on-campus interviews as appropriate.
Employee Onboarding
Routinely maintain and update onboarding materials in Employee Records ensuring a full review of the system is completed annually.
Work with HR staff to plan, coordinate, and co-host the quarterly in-person professional and classified staff orientation program.
Assist in the development and maintenance of onboarding materials including manager and new employee checklist and guides.
Contact new employees prior to their start date to review onboarding documentation requirements and to respond to any employee questions.
Partner with Talent Acquisition team members to assess onboarding initiatives.
Affirmative Action, EEO, and Compliance Responsibilities
Support the organizations Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) and EEO obligations through accurate data tracking, analysis, and reporting. Complete standardized hiring and onboarding reports for HR leadership and compliance partners.
Support continuous improvement of recruitment and onboarding processes using data-driven insights.
Required Qualifications: Bachelors degree in human resources, business administration, management, economics, psychology or a closely related field; or Bachelors degree and a minimum of one year of professional human resources experience
Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors degree in human resources management; Recruitment experience; Onboarding experience; Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS); Experience working with human resources information systems
SUNY Cortland
Human Resources Office
Position Summary
The Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Specialist is responsible for coordinating and executing full-cycle recruitment processes and delivering a consistent, compliant, and welcoming onboarding experience for new employees. This role plays a critical part in supporting the organizations Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and diversity commitments through accurate data collection, reporting, and compliance activities. The specialist works closely with hiring managers, HR leadership, and compliance partners to ensure fair, inclusive, and legally compliant hiring practices.
Salary Range: $58,500 depending on experience (DOE)
Major Responsibilities
Recruitment and Selection
Coordinate full-cycle recruitment for assigned positions, including processing job postings, assisting with candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer coordination.
Provide guidance to hiring managers on recruitment planning including requisition submittal, recruitment strategies, reference reviews, final selection of candidates, and search policies and procedures.
Participate in outreach and recruitment initiatives that support diverse applicant pools and inclusive hiring efforts.
Ensure job postings, interview processes, and selection practices are applied consistently and in compliance with applicable employment laws.
Manage data in the applicant tracking system.
- Utilize the applicant tracking system to review applicant materials, process requisitions, manage candidate communications, and prepare recruitment reports.
- Ensure applicants are appropriately dispensed and positions are correctly closed in the applicant tracking system.
- Assign user roles in the applicant tracking system.
Conduct search training for hiring managers, administrative support personnel, search committee chairs and search committee members. Serve on search committees and participate in on-campus interviews as appropriate.
Employee Onboarding
Routinely maintain and update onboarding materials in Employee Records ensuring a full review of the system is completed annually.
Work with HR staff to plan, coordinate, and co-host the quarterly in-person professional and classified staff orientation program.
Assist in the development and maintenance of onboarding materials including manager and new employee checklist and guides.
Contact new employees prior to their start date to review onboarding documentation requirements and to respond to any employee questions.
Partner with Talent Acquisition team members to assess onboarding initiatives.
Affirmative Action, EEO, and Compliance Responsibilities
Support the organizations Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) and EEO obligations through accurate data tracking, analysis, and reporting. Complete standardized hiring and onboarding reports for HR leadership and compliance partners.
Support continuous improvement of recruitment and onboarding processes using data-driven insights.
Required Qualifications: Bachelors degree in human resources, business administration, management, economics, psychology or a closely related field; or Bachelors degree and a minimum of one year of professional human resources experience
Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors degree in human resources management; Recruitment experience; Onboarding experience; Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS); Experience working with human resources information systems
Salary : $58,500