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Lead Talent Acquisition Partner

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ABOUT THE ROLE
Accela is looking for a Lead Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Human Resources/Talent Acquisition team. Reporting to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, you will collaborate with hiring managers, executive management and teammates to launch innovative recruitment programs and strategies designed to attract and retain top talent. You will manage the end-to-end recruiting process for job requisitions including sourcing and recruiting, managing the candidate experience, and advising our hiring managers to make effective hiring decisions. The HR/TA team is a highly collaborative group of people who genuinely enjoy working with, learning from and supporting each other. The Lead Talent Acquisition Partner will conceptualize, create and execute bold recruiting tactics and strategies to continuously fill our talent pipeline, not just filling active requisitions. This role will be responsible for full-cycle recruitment, as well as, business partnership, program administration, managing the applicant tracking system and developing a strong candidate pipeline for the business. 

This role is a temporary 8-month coverage position during maternity leave to help us continue our efforts to build high-performing, diverse teams.

The impact you will make:

  • Take ownership of assigned requisitions and conduct full life-cycle recruiting activities for both hourly and salaried positions to acquire and support the workforce needs of the organization.
  • Work collaboratively across the HR organization on the management of offer, negotiation, closing and administrative components involved in full-cycle recruiting.
  • Work closely with executives, management and employees to drive business results, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
  • Develop and maintain relationships and outreach to recruiting sources, including state, local and community organizations, third-party employment agencies, and temporary services.
  • Develop requisition-specific advertisements for job boards.
  • Cold call potential applicants to develop candidate pools.
  • Screen resumes, refer candidates to hiring managers, coordinate interview panels, schedule and conduct interviews.
  • Organize, lead and document post-interview debrief/feedback with interview teams and candidates.
  • Recommend salary offers for review and approval by HR staff and hiring managers.
  • Coordinate with hiring managers to prepare and obtain approvals for offers.
  • Extend offers to candidates, coordinate/input data, and help prepare documents for onboarding.
  • Maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, searches, hiring managers’ interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and OFCCP guidelines.
  • Participate in the development of ongoing creative and cost-effective sourcing strategies.
  • Complete ad-hoc projects, reporting and tasks as required.

Expertise you will bring in: 

  • 8+ years of recruitment experience within a recruitment agency and/or in-house environment, preferably within the software industry.
  • Experience recruiting for a variety of skills, including cloud operations, DevOps, SaaS, field sales, pre-sales, sales operations, technical support, customer success, demand generation marketing, finance, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully influence to achieve desired business outcome.
  • Proven ability to use computer software and applications, including Microsoft Office, ADP Workforce (or similar HR information system) and applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse to share, retrieve, research and present business information.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish rapport and effective working relationships with business partners, supervisors and peers.
  • Demonstrated ability to positively influence others.
  • Proven ability to meet numerous internal and external deadlines, often under tight time constraints.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze logically and solve broadly defined talent acquisition problems.
  • Proven ability to implement effective solutions to business problems.
  • Excellent customer service skills, including timely responsiveness and a positive, solution-focused attitude.
  • Proven ability to implement effective solutions to business problems.
  • Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write and present logically and concisely to diverse audiences.
  • A strong self-starter with a results-focused orientation and a proven track record of meeting expectations in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong organizational, analytical and written/oral communication skills.
  • International experience a plus, although not required.
  • A team player who thrives in collaborative environments, partners across all departments and levels and who wants to have fun while getting things done.
  • A “hands-on” doer with a strong attention to detail and follow through.

 

ABOUT ACCELA For nearly 20 years, Accela has been an industry leader in designing and delivering government software to improve efficiency, increase citizen engagement and enable the development of thriving communities. Today, citizens are savvy to how services should be delivered, and expect a consistently convenient, openly transparent view into their local government. While government agencies struggle to do more with less, our mission has never been more critical. Accela provides a robust, cloud-based platform of government software solutions that accelerate growth, efficiency, and transparency in communities of all sizes. From planning, to building, to service request management and more, Accela’s SaaS offerings level the playing field for small and medium governments and enable smaller agencies to leverage larger city technologies. Our open and flexible technology helps agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are well prepared for the emerging challenges of the future.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION Accela believes in developing and nurturing a workplace community where our differences are celebrated, and everyone feels a sense of psychological safety and belonging. Accela is committed to putting resources and attention towards evolving our practices, policies, and philosophies to enable diversity to thrive and to support equity in opportunity for everyone.

Accela is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and will respond to requests for job accommodations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or based on disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

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