Senior Consultant, Talent Attraction [Recruiter - Temporary 18 months]

Grant Thornton - Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Consultant, Talent Attraction for a temporary role of 18 months. You will lead mid to senior level recruiting efforts while working closely with business leaders across Canada. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years of recruiting experience, excellent sourcing and writing skills, and a passion for candidate experience. The role offers unique perks including profit sharing and flexible work options.

Benefits

Profit sharing

Flex days

RRSP contributions

Firmwide holiday closure

Wellness benefits

Concierge-like benefits

Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks

Qualifications

• 6+ years of recruiting experience preferred.
• Experience in both agency and corporate environments.
• Ability to maintain professional integrity throughout the recruiting process.

Responsibilities

• Lead mid to senior level searches across all service lines.
• Create compelling job descriptions and source candidates.
• Develop trusted advisor relationships with business leaders.

Skills

Recruiting experience

Cold calling

Research and sourcing skills

Business acumen

Diplomacy and tact

Influencing and persuasion

Candidate profiling

Writing skills

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

Who we are

You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Doane Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ about 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live. That’s what’s most important to us. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.

As a Senior Consultant, Talent Attraction [Temporary 18 months] what’s in this opportunity for you?

• You’ll have the chance to work in a highly collaborative award-winning team environment with seasoned recruiting professionals who have your back.
• You’ll primarily lead mid to senior level searches across all the Firm’s service lines throughout Canada. There’s the traditional creating compelling job descriptions, ninja sourcing, researching, recruiting and selecting and assessing both active and passive candidates. But above all you’ll inspire candidates as you enthusiastically promote the Firm’s employer brand.
• You’ll develop trusted advisor relationships with business leaders across the Firm. Although the role is located in Toronto, it will also enable you to build relationships with local leadership teams across Canada.
• You’ll focus on delivering exceptional client service as well as candidate experience. You understand that the experiences we deliver make a big difference and that every touch leaves a trace.

What’s in it for us?

You have a passion for contributing to an environment where people collaborate and thrive. You love that every day is different and that operating in a changing and dynamic world means that we need to get comfortable with reinventing ourselves and how we do things. You understand that what got us here won’t get us 'there', and you’re ok with stepping outside of your comfort zone.

Doane Grant Thornton

If you’re a bit like us, you’re driven to connect with how others are feeling and thinking. Here we walk in others shoes before taking action. Just imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flexAbility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back. At Doane Grant Thornton, you’ll work with inspiring leaders who support your development, both personally and professionally. This is a place where your insatiable curiosity enables you to think, see and hear from a variety of perspectives, a place where every day is different and having the courage to grow is part of who you are. And when all this comes together, well that’s when the magic happens!

Want to learn more about who we are and how we live our purple every day?

Read our colleagues’ stories at www.discoveryourpurple.ca

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Senior Consultant, Talent Attraction [Temporary 18 months]? Like the colour purple? Great. Here’s a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:

• 6+ years of recruiting experience preferred
• You possess cold calling experience and you’re not shy at picking up the phone
• You have superior research, sourcing and writing skills, including an ability to influence and persuade key stakeholders. And throughout the process you always demonstrate high levels of diplomacy and tact, maintaining professional integrity at all times.
• You build such deep rapport with people that you can easily have the honest conversations that you know are needed to help achieve our organizational goals
• You can create compelling candidate profiles that speak to the business objectives as well as candidate strengths
• You have recruiting experience in both and agency and corporate environments
• Your friends and family see you as a passionate person with a cool head, a warm heart, and a wonderful sense of humour
• You have great business acumen and can make links between what’s happening in the wider world and how we need to respond to help our clients, colleagues and communities thrive
• You hold an undergraduate degree (preferred)
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Outlook, Word and Excel

At Doane Grant Thornton we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, living our purple.

What's in it for you?

• Profit sharing
• Flex days
• RRSP contributions
• Firmwide holiday closure
• Wellness benefits
• Concierge-like benefits
• Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks
• and more!

Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That’s why we’re working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week.

Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?