External Recruiter

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 76,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration package

Excellent career prospects

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Work-life balance

May be eligible to contribute to MPP

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an External Recruiter to provide full-cycle recruitment support, partnering with leaders to attract top talent across the organization. This term-specific role ends around December 3, 2027, or upon the incumbent’s return, with a strong emphasis on building capacity and relationships inside IH.

The role offers a comprehensive package, including training and benefits, and requires experience in high-volume recruitment and collaboration with managers across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of recent, related experience running a high-volume recruitment desk.
• Experience interviewing and using selection tools.
• Solid knowledge of leading recruitment practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide value-added advice and guidance to client-managers within the portfolio on external recruitment activities.
• Prescreening and short-listing candidates per manager specifications.
• Develop hiring tools and provide HR guidance on interview and selection of external applicants.
• Maintain an inventory of qualified external applicants and coordinate with marketing for recruitment materials.
• Liaise with educational institutions to attract staff and continuously improve recruitment practices.

Skills

High-volume recruitment

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

Selection tools

Client-manager collaboration

Education

Undergraduate degree

CPHR or equivalent designation

Tools

None

Job description

Interior Health is hiring a term-specific, full-time External Recruiter who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare. This position is expected to end approximately December 3, 2027, or upon the return of the incumbent. The role provides full-cycle recruitment support and partners with hiring leaders to attract top talent across Interior Health.

What we offer

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP, if previously enrolled within 30 days

The salary range for this position is $76,111 (min) to $95,138 (midpoint) to $109,409 (max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How will you create an impact

The External Recruiter is responsible for providing value-added advice and guidance to client-managers within the specific portfolio on external recruitment activities. External Recruitment is organized by Collective Agreement (including non-contract). A strong team approach is taken to ensure standard levels of service for all customers.

IMPACT

• Developing and sustaining Interior Health (IH) recruitment capacity.
• Building relationships to attract potential future talent.
• A strong recruitment team that supports hiring managers in meeting their health Human Resource needs.

What will you work on

• Working collaboratively with IH leaders/managers to proactively identify recruitment needs.
• Ensures hiring managers are engaged with Career Marketing efforts to support opportunities to recruit qualified staff.
• Prescreening and short-listing candidates as per manager specifications.
• Assisting with the development of hiring tools.
• Providing HR guidance on interview and selection of external applicants.
• Maintaining an inventory of qualified external applicants.
• Works with marketing specialists to develop marketing materials.
• Liaising and building relationships with educational institutions within the portfolio to attract potential staff.
• Developing, evaluating, and continuously improving recruitment practices and services.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of BC’s Top Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?
Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Education, Training and Experience

• A relevant undergraduate degree (A non-related degree and experience, in combination with a professional designation (CPHR), will be considered).
• A minimum of three years of recent, related experience combined with:

• Experience running a high volume recruitment desk.
• Experience of interviewing and using selection tools.

Skills and Abilities

• Sound knowledge of leading recruitment practices.
• Demonstrated innovative thinker with the ability to translate ideas into process and/or action, including the ability to blend innovative ideas with critical thinking.
• A customer-focused approach and the ability to develop effective relationships with internal client-managers and external agencies/individuals; the ability to establish rapport with individuals of all educational and occupational backgrounds.
• The ability to be a collaborative team member.
• Knowledge of human resource policies and procedures as they relate to recruitment.