Senior Recruiter

10 Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead full lifecycle recruitment and build strong partnerships with hiring managers and candidates. This role emphasizes proactive sourcing, relationship building, and talent pipeline development to meet hiring needs.

The position requires on-site presence in Grand Rapids, MI at least four days per week, with one remote workday available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related area.
• 5+ years recruiting and/or HR experience preferred.
• Experience in high-volume recruiting.
• Change agent; comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent influence, negotiation, collaboration, and handling difficult conversations.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle recruitment for assigned departments and positions.
• Build partnerships with hiring managers and serve as recruitment SME.
• Draft postings, source, and qualify candidates including passive talent.
• Screen, interview, and evaluate candidates for employment fit.
• Develop pipelines across client groups and levels within the organization.
• Create innovative sourcing strategies using social media, networks, and outreach.
• Maintain data integrity in the applicant tracking system and ensure a world-class candidate experience.
• Mentor Talent Acquisition team members and share best practices.
• Collaborate with leaders and HR on strategic recruitment initiatives.
• Travel to job fairs/conferences as needed.

Skills

Influence

Negotiation

Collaboration

Difficult conversations

Interviewing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

Summary

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist will perform the full lifecycle recruitment process while building and maintaining excellent relationships with hiring managers, candidates, external partners and the Mary Free Bed community. This individual will help provide leadership to the Talent Acquisition team and will be instrumental in providing high-quality candidates to fill hiring needs by implementing targeted sourcing initiatives, leveraging social networking, and other recruitment tools with sense of urgency, enhancing the hiring manager and candidate/customer experience. Provides guidance for the day-to-day operations and decisions of Talent Acquisition Coordinator and Talent Acquisition Specialists. This position requires on site presence in our Grand Rapids, MI location at least 4 days per week, and offers one day of remote flexibility.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for the full lifecycle requirement process for assigned departments/open positions
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with hiring managers and serve as a subject matter expert in recruitment/HR matters
• Consult and partner with hiring managers and key stakeholders to obtain pertinent information that will aide in drafting postings, sourcing, and qualifying active and passive candidates
• Source, screen, prequalify, interview, and evaluate candidates to determine their competencies and qualification for employment
• Proactively search active and passive talent to develop and maintain a pipeline of candidates across client groups and levels within our organization
• Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to attract top clinical and non-clinical talent, leveraging social media platforms, professional networks, direct candidate outreach, market research, and other recruitment channels
• Build and manage productive partnerships with organizational leaders, hiring managers, and HR team
• Attend high value conferences and job fairs to promote and recruit for the Mary Free Bed and Rehabilitation Professionals systems
• Designs and updates effective marketing to attract qualified candidates
• Manage data integrity within the applicant tracking system, managing each candidate's movement through the recruitment process to minimize time to fill and provide a world-class candidate experience
• Develop professional relationships with colleges and universities, and networks with other professional recruiters and agencies for future sourcing of high-quality candidates
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives
• Provides mentorship, guidance, and subject matter expertise to Talent Acquisition team members and serves as a resource for recruitment best practices
• Supports recruitment operations and provides support in the absence of the Talent Acquisition Manager/Director
• Work with Talent Acquisition Manager/Director to determine strategic projects and goals for recruitment
• Responsible for hiring of director and higher roles within the organization, when applicable
• Work with Talent Acquisition Specialist to determine weekly hot jobs and needs to fill talent pool
• Responsible for Panel Interview Training and onboarding new leaders onto recruitment process

We'll embrace all people by

• Treating everyone with dignity and respect.
• Opening more doors to opportunity for others to succeed.
• Growing talent and people.
• Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.
• Taking action against discrimination.
• Honoring our differences and how we collaborate.
• Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for.
• Restoring hope and freedom, together.

Customer Service Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

• Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or other related area.
• At least 5 years recruiting and/or human resources experience preferred.
• Experience in high volume recruiting.
• Experience as a change agent; comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Requires excellent skills in influence, negotiation, collaboration, and handling difficult conversations required.
• Skilled with competency and behavior-based interview and assessment required.
• Experience in health care preferred.
• Experience in developing and delivering recruitment strategies and processes to improve outcomes required.
• Adept with using a variety of recruiting technologies to source talent.
• Some air travel required to attend job fairs and conferences.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification Levels

None (No specific requirements) Occasionally (Less than 1/3) Frequently (1/3 to 2/3) Majority (More than 2/3) Remain in a stationary position: Majority Traverse or move around work location: Occasionally Use keyboard: Frequently Operate or use department specific equipment: None Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: None Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: None Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding: None Transport, position, and/or exert force: Up to 10 pounds: Occasionally Up to 25 pounds: _____ Up to 50 pounds: _____ Up to 75 pounds: _____ More than 100 pounds: _____ Other weight: Up to___ pounds _____ Other: None

ADA Policy

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.

Company Culture

At Mary Free Bed, we work towards putting everybody in motion. Fueled by our passion for innovative, integrated rehabilitation care, our teams work together to elevate everyone’s potential. Whether you’re here to ensure a safe environment at our hospitals, provide clinical care or help our patients navigate their next appointment, we’re united by the same mission: to restore hope and freedom through rehabilitation. Everyone plays an integral role in defining a better future for ourselves, our patients, and our communities.

You included.