Senior Recruiter PRN - Academic Institute

Houston Methodist; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston Methodist is seeking a Senior Recruiter responsible for developing recruitment strategies and partnering with hiring leaders to attract top talent. The role requires extensive HR experience, especially in healthcare, and involves mentoring peers while ensuring compliance. Join a dynamic team and contribute to enhancing our workforce.

Qualifications

• Five years of Human Resources experience with at least three years in recruitment.
• Human Resources exposure in a healthcare or service industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops recruitment strategies partnering with hiring leaders.
• Mentors team members and provides strategic consulting to optimize the recruitment process.
• Ensures a positive applicant and hiring manager experience throughout the hiring process.

Skills

Recruitment Strategy

Mentorship

Compliance

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

At Houston Methodist, the Senior Recruiter position is responsible for developing and establishing specified strategies, programs and processes, partnering with hiring leaders to meet business placement objectives, by attracting and hiring diverse, top talent. This position sources, assesses and negotiates offers, ensuring alignment with Houston Methodist's strategies and business goals. In addition to performing the duties of a recruiter, this position provides strong strategic consulting to organization on process, compliance and expectation setting in the recruitment environment. The Sr Recruiter position provides mentorship to team members, serving as a recruitment subject matter expert, resulting in the adherence to standards of practice for optimal safety, quality outcomes, and customer service.

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Works closely with hiring management to understand their business, identifying recruitment strategies and providing recruitment and workforce planning services to meet the needs to hire talented candidates.

• Trains and educates new directors/managers/supervisors on the staffing process. Consults with department clients to define short and long-term staffing needs (based on succession planning, hiring forecast, expected/unexpected turnover and new program development), proactively addressing these needs.

• Ensures a positive applicant and hiring manager experience throughout the hiring process which includes timely application follow up and interview status.

• Serves as a role model and mentors peers as needed. Recommends opportunities for improvement of department score for turnover/retention/employee engagement.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Recruits passive and active candidates through a variety of creative recruitment technology strategies, tools and social platforms. Manages all phases of search assignments with executive recruiting firms.

• Develops and implements recruitment plans for assigned departments and/or key jobs that identify sourcing activities, project recruitment costs and take into consideration other issues that impact ability to recruit and retain qualified staff including, but not limited to, compensation and other labor market issues.

• Facilitates redeployment and placement of displaced internal employees due to restructure or reduction in force.

• Assists peers, when appropriate, and partners with HR team to ensure a smooth, seamless onboarding process. Consistently communicates updates to applicants and hiring managers.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Utilizes and analyzes appropriate hiring tools to ensure organizational fit. Timely sources, screens and interviews qualified candidates to meet client needs.

• Practices appropriate hiring through a thorough understanding and compliance of employment law relating to hiring. Manages all information in the applicant tracking software, following Houston Methodist procedures for hiring and dispositioning candidates.

• Recommends needed metrics, qualitative information and client feedback to project vacancies in assigned departments and/or key jobs for each fiscal year. Regularly produces and shares recruitment metrics for assigned client group on a regular basis. Meets and/or exceeds department metrics e.g. time-to-fill, number of positions filled.

• Reviews key business indicators and work with management, Human Resources and Talent Acquisition team to identify, develop and deploy continuous improvement initiatives.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Effectively recommends salary offers in alignment with Houston Methodist compensation philosophy. Takes appropriate action to ensure a successful hire.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serves as talent consultant on best practices and recruiting to clients and peers. Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the areas of recruiting, Human Resources and Healthcare by reading appropriate books, journals, articles and literature and attending professional development activities including webinars and professional association meetings. Continually researches and evaluates external marketplace and maintains ongoing awareness of business environment.

• Seeks opportunities to identify self-developmental needs and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma or equivalent education (examples include: GED, verification of homeschool equivalency, partial or full completion of post-secondary education, etc.)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Five years of Human Resources experience with at least three years of demonstrated solid experience and knowledge in recruitment

• Human Resources exposure in a healthcare or service industry environment strongly preferred