HR Specialist IV - Talent Acquisition & Business Partnering

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

True Environmental is seeking a senior Talent Acquisition professional to lead full-cycle recruitment, partner with hiring leaders, and build lasting talent pipelines across technical environments. You will source, screen and guide high-caliber candidates while ensuring a positive candidate experience and strong collaboration with leadership.

The role emphasizes advising on talent markets, embedding core values, and contributing to onboarding, compensation and engagement programs.

Qualifications

• Lead full-cycle recruitment from intake through selection and hire.
• Develop recruitment strategies with hiring leaders for workforce needs.
• Source, attract and engage candidates, including pipelines for difficult roles.
• Screen and assess candidates and provide recommendations to hiring leaders.
• Facilitate interviews and ensure a positive candidate experience.
• Advise leaders on recruitment, talent markets and hiring decisions.
• Monitor activity and improve recruiting processes, tools and practices.
• Provide HR advice and support across the employee lifecycle.
• Coach leaders on employee relations, performance management and policy use.
• Support onboarding, compensation, talent management and engagement initiatives.
• Identify workforce trends and propose practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment from intake and sourcing through selection, offer and hire.
• Partner with hiring leaders to understand workforce needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.
• Proactively source, attract and engage qualified candidates, including pipelines for difficult-to-fill roles.
• Screen and assess candidates and provide recommendations to hiring leaders based on position and business requirements.
• Facilitate an effective interview and selection process while ensuring a positive, professional experience.
• Coach and support leaders on employee relations, performance management and the application of HR policies and practices.
• Support onboarding and broader HR programs and initiatives.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment leadership

Talent acquisition strategy

Stakeholder collaboration

Employee development support

People metrics & workforce analytics

Organizational culture embedding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

HRIS

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

Candidate sourcing platforms

Job description

True Environmental and its partner firms, have united their strengths to establish the nation's premier environmental and engineering services consulting firm. This powerhouse organization offers an extensive range of services aimed at revolutionizing the built environment and preserving the natural one. Its diverse expertise encompasses environmental remediation, urban planning, engineering iconic coastal and marine structures, developing sustainable energy sources, and pioneering resource extraction methods. With a workforce of over 700 dedicated professionals, including environmental experts, engineers, technicians, scientists, planners, surveyors, and construction management professionals, this dynamic organization operates in more than 20 offices across the U.S and Canada. Explore further at True-Environmental.com to discover the full scope of our capabilities.

About The Role

• Lead full-cycle recruitment from intake and sourcing through selection, offer and hire.

• Partner with hiring leaders to understand workforce needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.

• Proactively source, attract and engage qualified candidates, including developing talent pipelines for difficult-to-fill and priority roles.

• Screen and assess candidates and provide recommendations to hiring leaders based on position and business requirements.

• Facilitate an effective interview and selection process while ensuring a positive, professional experience.

• Build strong relationships with hiring leaders and serve as a trusted advisor on recruitment, talent markets and hiring decisions.

• Monitor recruitment activity and identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, tools and practices.

• Provide HR advice and support to assigned leaders and employees across the employee lifecycle.

• Coach and support leaders on employee relations, performance management, employee development and the application of HR policies and practices.

• Support broader HR programs and initiatives, including onboarding, compensation, talent management, succession, engagement and organizational change.

• Identify people and workforce trends and recommend practical solutions that support business and organizational needs.

• Act as a visible role model and champion of True Environmental’s core values, bringing them to life through how we recruit, support employees and work with one another.

• Coach and support leaders in translating our core values into everyday leadership behaviours and team practices, helping build an engaged, accountable and values-driven culture.

• Participate in or lead specific projects or initiatives as assigned

• All other duties as required

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

• A CPHR designation is considered an asset

• 7+ years of experience in a Talent Acquisition and Business Partnering capacity.

• Experience in environmental consulting, engineering, mining, natural resources, professional services, or another technical consulting environment is an asset.

• Demonstrated experience leading full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection and offer management.

• Experience developing and executing recruitment strategies and building talent pipelines for professional, technical and hard-to-fill roles.

• Demonstrated experience partnering with and advising leaders on talent, workforce and broader people-related matters.

• Demonstrated experience partnering with leaders to strengthen organizational culture by embedding core values into everyday leadership practices, employee programs and people decisions.

• Experience using HRIS, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), talent management and candidate sourcing platforms to support effective HR and recruitment processes.