Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Fenway Health; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Nine weeks paid time off

Job summary

Fenway Health is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead recruiting, compensation analyses, and position classification initiatives in a hybrid role based at our Boston office. You will partner with hiring managers, oversee ATS operations, and build diverse talent pipelines for clinical, nursing, and provider roles.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years HR experience, 4+ years in full-cycle recruiting, and strong sourcing skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years HR experience with 4+ years in full-cycle recruiting.
• Experience administering compensation, position classification, or workforce planning programs.
• Strong candidate sourcing and talent pipelining capabilities.
• Proven ability to advise managers on recruiting, compensation and workforce decisions.
• Experience with ATS, reporting, and recruiting analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to engage leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across multiple disciplines, including clinical and provider roles.
• Administer Fenway's compensation and position classification programs and analyze market data.
• Develop and maintain talent pipelines; partner with hiring managers on workforce planning.
• Manage ATS configuration, reporting, and vendor relationships.
• Produce recruiting analytics dashboards and support process improvements.
• Represent Fenway Health at career events and ensure an excellent candidate experience.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Compensation analysis

Workforce planning

ATS administration

Sourcing & networking

Diversity recruitment

Vendor/agency management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Paylocity

LinkedIn Recruiter

HRIS

Job description

Description

Reporting to the Sr. Human Resources Director, the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist is a key member of the HR team with primary responsibility for Talent Acquisition and Compensation. This role is responsible for both the day-to-day execution and continuous improvement of Fenway's recruiting, compensation, and position classification programs. The position serves as a trusted resource to managers and leaders while directly managing recruiting activities, compensation analyses, system administration, and workforce initiatives. This is a hybrid position, requiring working at our Boston office at least two (2) days per week.

Representative Duties

Talent Acquisition: Partner closely with the HR team and hiring managers to identify workforce needs, explore creative and innovative recruitment strategies, build talent pipelines, and deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

Recruiting & Talent Sourcing

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of recruitment programs, practices, and workflows to improve hiring outcomes, efficiency, and candidate experience.
• Evaluate recruitment challenges, identify root causes of hiring delays or candidate pipeline issues, and implement practical solutions to improve results.
• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process across a broad range of disciplines and functional areas.
• Manage a portfolio of up to 40-50 active job requisitions simultaneously.
• Proactively source, identify, and engage qualified candidates through a variety of channels, including professional networks, job boards, social media platforms, industry associations, employee referrals, and direct outreach.
• Build and maintain diverse talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs, with particular focus on hard‑to‑fill clinical, nursing, and provider positions.
• Conduct inclusive and equitable job searches that attract, assess, and hire high‑performing, diverse, resilient and innovative talent.
• Monitor recruiting metrics and labor market trends to continuously improve sourcing effectiveness and hiring outcomes.
• Ensure robust, clear, responsive ongoing communication with candidates at every step of the hiring process.
• Represent Fenway Health at career fairs, networking events, and community outreach activities to strengthen Fenway’s brand and visibility as an employer of choice.

Hiring Manager Training & Partnership

• Serve as the primary talent acquisition consultant to hiring managers, providing guidance on position design, candidate assessment, compensation considerations, market conditions, and hiring decisions.
• Partner with department leaders to anticipate hiring needs, recommend sourcing approaches, and support workforce planning efforts.
• Influence hiring practices by recommending process improvements, selection methodologies, and recruitment approaches that improve hiring quality and consistency.
• Design, facilitate, and continuously improve training programs for hiring managers on recruitment best practices, interviewing techniques, employment law, unconscious bias, candidate evaluation, and selection processes.
• Develop and maintain recruiting guides, interview resources, toolkits, job aids, and process documentation to support effective and compliant hiring practices.
• Provide ongoing coaching and consultation to hiring managers to improve hiring quality, consistency, and efficiency.

Recruitment Operations, Vendor Management & Compliance

• Manage the day-to-day administration, configuration, optimization and oversight of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Serve as the primary relationship manager for ATS providers and other recruiting-related vendors, including staffing agencies, job board partners, and recruitment marketing providers.
• Evaluate system performance and vendor effectiveness, recommend enhancements, manage system updates, and ensure recruiting technologies meet evolving business needs.
• Maintain ATS data integrity, generate recruitment reporting, troubleshoot user issues, and ensure consistent system utilization across the organization.
• Develop and maintain talent acquisition dashboards and reports, including key performance indicators, time‑to‑fill, source effectiveness, turnover, diversity hiring metrics, and other workforce analytics.
• Partner with HR leadership to leverage recruitment data for strategic workforce planning and decision‑making.
• Prepare and support the organization’s Affiliation Plan (AAP) and related compliance reporting requirements.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Work collaboratively with HR team members to ensure an exceptional candidate experience from application through onboarding and first‑year integration.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for staffing agencies and recruiting firms, managing vendor relationships, contracts, performance expectations, and service delivery.

Position Classification & Compensation Administration

• Administer and continuously improve Fenway's compensation and position classification programs to support equitable, competitive, and sustainable pay practices.
• Conduct compensation analyses, market pricing reviews, salary benchmarking, and internal equity assessments; develop recommendations for management review and decision‑making, and maintain a resource library of compensation surveys.
• Maintain and update job descriptions to accurately reflect organizational structure and position responsibilities.
• Assess jobs and their respective duties to determine classification as exempt or nonexempt, appropriate salary range, and career level
• Maintain job classifications and salary scales in HRIS (Paylocity)
• Gather, analyze, and interpret compensation data and market trends using spreadsheet and data analysis techniques.
• Prepare and present summary reports of job analysis and compensation analysis information.
• Conduct data and cost analyses to support compensation decisions, salary negotiations and collective bargaining activities.
• Advise managers on applicable state and federal employment regulations, compensation policies, human resource procedures, and collective bargaining agreements.

HR Projects, Reporting & Administrative Support

• Lead and execute assigned HR projects and cross‑functional initiatives, including planning, implementation, stakeholder coordination, communication, and outcome measurement.
• Partner with HR Team members and Fenway’s Benefits Broker to enhance and communicate Fenway’s Total Rewards Compensation communication strategy.
• Build trusting relationships with staff members and leaders at all levels of Fenway Health; serve as a credible resource on all areas of accountability.
• Assist in reviewing, updating, revising, and interpreting HR policies and procedures.
• Develop and maintains reports and dashboards on a variety of topics pertaining to areas of responsibility.
• Respond to department phone calls, emails, and tickets, providing excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement efforts across HR processes, systems, and employee experience initiatives.

Meet agency participatory expectations

• Adheres to all agency and departmental policies and procedures
• Participates in quality assessment and improvement activities as requested
• Adheres to the highest principles of confidentiality
• Adheres to established safety policies, procedures and precautions; identifies potential or actual unsafe situations in the environment and takes measures to rectify the situation
• Attends all required meetings, in‑services and professional trainings
• Maintains professional competence necessary to perform job responsibilities; maintains and provides agency with records of continuing education activities
• Serves on agency committees and in professional organizations when requested

Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 6 years of Human Resources experience, including at least 4 years of full‑cycle recruiting experience and demonstrated experience administering compensation, position classification, or workforce planning programs
• Demonstrated experience independently advising managers and leaders on recruiting, hiring decisions, compensation, and workforce planning
• Experience proactively sourcing candidates and building talent pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, job boards, referrals, and other sourcing strategies
• Experience administering an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), including reporting, workflow management, user support, and system configuration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize assigned duties
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with and present effectively to leadership, stakeholders and peers
• Ability to attend career fairs and other recruiting events, including occasional evening and/or weekend recruiting events
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to work respectfully and effectively with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. This includes engaging constructively with colleagues, patients, clients, and vendors in a manner that reflects professionalism, empathy, and cultural awareness, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or other protected characteristics as defined by applicable law.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a Human Resources Information System (HRIS); experience with Paylocity a plus
• Experience in healthcare, community health centers, non‑profit organizations, or other mission‑driven environments
• Experience recruiting clinical talent, including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, behavioral health professionals, and allied health positions
• Experience administering compensation programs, conducting job analysis, and participating in salary benchmarking and market pricing
• Knowledge of HR laws and regulations, such as EEO/AA, MEPA, FLSA, and employment laws and regulations
• Working knowledge of full‑cycle recruitment processes and employer branding techniques
• Experience implementing, configuring, or optimizing ATS platforms and recruitment technologies
• Experience recruiting for leadership roles (including executive leadership searches)
• PHR, SPHR, SHRM‑CP, or SHRM‑SCP certification preferred

Physical Requirements: Requires the ability to meet the following physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodations:

• Ability to effectively communicate in person, over the phone, and through communication media (email, social media, etc.)
• Ability to sit at a computer station for extended periods of time
• Ability to keyboard for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift and move objects up to 15–20 pounds occasionally
• Work Environment: Physical work environment is typical for an office in terms of lighting, temperature, sound, and structure

We offer competitive salaries, and for those who qualify, an excellent benefits package; including comprehensive medical and dental insurance plans, and a retirement plan with employer match. We also provide nearly nine (9) weeks of paid time off annually (including holiday, vacation, sick, and personal time).

LGBTQIA+ identified persons, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC), and individuals from other historically underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply.