Talent Acquisition Consultant - Contract

Stantec; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Talent Acquisition Consultant where you will support full cycle recruiting activities. This temporary position emphasizes collaboration within a team to attract and retain top talent, ensuring a positive candidate experience. Ideal for a client-focused professional with strong consulting skills and a background in the A/E/C industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of related work experience in the A/E/C industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, attract, and hire targeted talent for the assigned portfolio.
• Develop and implement strategic sourcing and talent attraction initiatives.
• Ensure best in class candidate experience.

Skills

Consulting Skills

Sourcing Talent

Client-Facing Role

Building Relationships

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Bachelor’s degree in Business

Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts

Job description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents.

Our Functional Services Teams (FSTs)

include Corporate Development, Finance, HR, HSSE, IT, Legal, Marketing/Communications, Practice Services, and Real Estate and Procurement. Bringing together individuals with different backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Consultant, who wants to be part of a purpose-driven organization that is focused on helping our clients, employees, colleagues, and communities thrive. Reporting to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, this is a temporary position up to a one-year term. You will be responsible for interfacing with one of our 5 business operating units and collaborating within a team environment to support the business in full cycle recruiting activities.

Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and by joining our team you will support the successful execution of business and talent attraction strategies through effective sourcing and hiring in North America. This position is geared towards a highly personable, client-focused professional with demonstrated subject matter expertise in the hiring process, who can provide coaching and guidance on staffing-related items in addition to full cycle recruiting for the opportunities they directly own.

Join our collaborative HR team

and play an integral role delivering talent services, within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and embraces ambition.

Whether you choose to work from home, in the office, or a hybrid of both, we support a vibrant, healthy, enriching workplace culture fostering positive client experience, interaction, and excellence in project delivery.

Your Key Responsibilities

1. Works collaboratively with respective teams to identify, attract, and hire targeted talent and to develop strategies to retain a full talent pipeline for your assigned portfolio.
2. Works with business leaders to identify, develop, and implement strategic sourcing and talent attraction initiatives resulting in quality talent pipelines to meet workforce needs.
3. Identifies and effectively uses appropriate tools and media to execute strategies.
4. Ensures best in class candidate experience.
5. Supports interview and selection process.
6. Proactively partners with hiring managers on negotiation strategies as part of the offer process and develops salary recommendations.
7. Ensures adherence and compliance to all required employment legislation.
8. Supports and models Stantec Values.
9. Ensures all data is documented within the Applicant Tracking System.
10. Implements and reinforces all branding and talent brand messaging to attract top talent.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

1. Demonstrates strong consulting skills acquired through previous experience working in a client-facing role.
2. Proven experience successfully sourcing talent across multiple geographies.
3. Possesses knowledge and ability to communicate insights on global talent markets.
4. Prior agency/executive search experience is considered a strong asset.
5. Ability to quickly establish and build effective working relationships.
6. Prior experience successfully operating in a geographically dispersed team is a plus.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Human Resources, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field;

Minimum of five (5) years of related work experience in the A/E/C industry is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

Join us

and redefine your personal best. This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee, and other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed at any time with or without notice.