Associate Recruiter, Event Assistant

University of Missouri Health Care; Columbia Township (MO); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement matching

Tuition support

Discounts

Job summary

MU Health Care is seeking an entry-level Recruiter - Early Careers to support the hiring of healthcare professionals and staff in a hybrid role from Central Missouri. You will partner with hiring managers to attract, screen, interview, and hire candidates across high-volume and professional positions, ensuring strong pipelines and efficient processes.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about connecting talent with meaningful healthcare careers.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree.
• One year of experience in a customer-facing role.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, personnel management, or related area preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review applications and resumes to determine qualifications and refer to departments for review.
• Conduct employment interviews; verify licensure/certifications and references; discuss benefits with candidates.
• Determine appropriate salary/hourly wage and ensure background checks are completed.
• Prepare new hire files and ensure processing for payroll and benefits.
• Discuss requisitions with department representatives to align qualifications and timelines.
• Assist in recruitment advertising, track placement costs and sources.
• Advise department management on interviewing techniques, recruitment procedures, and employment laws.
• Maintain liaison with employment agencies, colleges and other recruitment sources.

Skills

Customer-facing experience

Communication skills

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree (preferred) in business administration, personnel management, or related area

Job description

Shift: Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Work Arrangement: Hybrid from Central Missouri

Department: Talent Acquisition

Facility: Falling Leaf, 3100 Falling Leaf Court Columbia, MO

Compensation:

• Base Pay Range: $52,666 - $83,179 per year, based on experience

ABOUT THE JOB

Join our Human Resources team in an entry-level recruitment role where you will play a key part in supporting the hiring of healthcare professionals and healthcare support staff. In this position, you will perform a variety of professional Human Resources functions with a primary focus on recruitment, managing a diverse mix of high-volume and professional-level positions across the organization. This is an excellent opportunity to launch a career in Human Resources while gaining valuable experience in healthcare recruitment and talent acquisition.

As the Recruiter- Early Careers, you will partner closely with hiring managers throughout the recruitment process to attract, screen, interview, and hire top talent for a wide range of critical healthcare roles. Your recruitment portfolio will include high-volume positions as well as specialized healthcare professionals. By building strong candidate pipelines and maintaining efficient recruitment processes, you will help ensure our organization is staffed with skilled employees who provide exceptional patient care and support services.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about connecting talented individuals with meaningful career opportunities in healthcare. Success in this role requires excellent communication and relationship-building skills, the ability to manage multiple requisitions and competing priorities, and the flexibility to adapt to the demands of both high-volume and professional recruitment. If you are eager to build a strong foundation in Human Resources while making a meaningful impact on healthcare staffing, we encourage you to apply.

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’s Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Learn more about MU Health Care.

Learn more about living in mid-Missouri.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8%and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION

• Review applications and resumes to determine the appropriate qualifications, education, and experience of candidates. Refer applications to departments for review.
• Conduct employment interviews; discuss employment history, verify appropriate licensure, certifications, and/or registrations, clarify references from present and previous employers, review criminal background history, and discuss applicable benefits with candidates.
• Remain knowledgeable about recruitment and hiring best practices.
• Gather appropriate information needed to make employment offers determine appropriate salary/hourly wage, and ensure that reference checks and criminal background checks are completed.
• Contact the selected applicants with an employment offer, confirming salary, start date, and other applicable information.
• Prepare application, requisition, and all required documentation to ensure new hire files are completed, accurate, and processed promptly and forwarded to appropriate personnel for processing of payroll and benefits.
• Discuss newly approved requisitions with department representatives to ensure understanding of required and preferred qualifications, candidate expectations, and departmental process timelines.
• Discuss advertising needs with the department; create ads, maintain records of placement cost and applicants recruited via each source, verify billing for ads, and forward to the appropriate individual for payment.
• Assist in the interpretation and explanation of policies and procedures to management, employees, and applicants. May assist employees with concerns related to employee relations issues and discuss applicable resolutions such as the grievance process.
• Participate in career days, job fairs, and recruitment drives.
• Advise and train department management and personnel in interviewing techniques, recruitment procedures, union regulations, leadership, ADA, employment laws, and other related topics.
• Maintain liaison with employment agencies, colleges, and other possible recruitment sources such as professional associations regarding vacancies and other related human resources issues.
• May complete unit/department-specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate's degree.
• One (1) year of experience in a customer-facing role.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, personnel management, or a related area.
• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. The employee may be required ambulate, remain in a stationary position and position self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may be required to move objects up to 10 lbs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.