Talent Acquisition Business Partner

City of High Point; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 73,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of High Point's Human Resources Department seeks a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to lead and oversee the city's talent acquisition function, partnering with hiring managers to anticipate workforce needs and build strong pipelines.

This role develops recruitment and employment branding strategies, guides the candidate experience from selection to onboarding, and uses data to improve efficiency, diversity, and outcomes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Public Admin, Sociology, BA, Org Development, or related field.
• 5+ years of in-house high-volume recruiting in a fast-paced environment.
• Preferred: Workday Recruiting including workflows, pipelines, analytics.
• 3+ years of experience with an ATS.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of EEO, ADA, FLSA, E-Verify, and related laws.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the City’s talent acquisition function, partnering with hiring managers to anticipate workforce needs and develop talent pipelines.
• Develop and implement recruitment and employment branding strategies in collaboration with Marketing & Communications, staff, and stakeholders.
• Supervise the Talent Acquisition Analyst, setting priorities, expectations, and ensuring delivery of recruitment operational support.
• Oversee transactional recruitment activities: job postings, requisitions, offer documentation, ATS maintenance, reporting.
• Coordinate with Benefits during onboarding and ensure smooth transition from selection to onboarding.
• Advise on offers and selection, including compensation considerations and next steps.

Skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Social media recruiting

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Related field

Tools

Workday Recruiting

ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

MS Office Suite

Job description

The City of High Point's Human Resources Department seeks to fill a Talent Acquisition Business Partner position.

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight of the City’s talent acquisition function,partnering with hiring managers to anticipate workforce needs, develop talent pipelines,and ensure effective strategies are in place to attract and select qualified talent forcurrent and future staffing needs.
• Develops and implements recruitment and employment branding strategies incollaboration with Marketing & Communications, department staff and keystakeholders, leveraging digital platforms, social media, professional standards. Monitors recruitment activity and outcomes and works with the TA Analyst to ensure timely and accurate maintenance of candidate and requisition information within the applicant tracking system.
• Supervises and provides direction to the Talent Acquisition Analyst, establishing priorities, setting performance expectations, building capabilities ,and ensuring effective delivery of recruitment operational support.
• Provides oversight of transactional and administrative recruitment activities, including job description coordination, job postings, requisition management, offer documentation, applicant tracking system maintenance, reporting, and other staffing-related administration. Delegates and monitors these activities to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent service delivery.
• Partners with the HR Benefits team to support an effective transition from candidate selection through onboarding, providing guidance and ensuring appropriate coordination between Talent Acquisition, hiring departments, and Benefits team.
• Provides strategic oversight of the offer and selection process, consulting with hiring managers on candidate selection, compensation considerations, offer strategies, and appropriate next steps, while ensuring a smooth transition to onboarding.
• Partners with Organizational Advancement to support community engagement and talent outreach efforts, strengthening connections with community partners and expanding recruitment and sourcing strategies.
• Uses talent acquisition and workforce data to inform organizational decision-making, evaluates recruitment, selection, and placement outcomes, and recommends strategies to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and workforce outcomes.
• Develops and maintains strategic relationships with respective hiring managers; works closely with them to understand their needs and identify current, planned, and potential openings.
• Participates in special projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Public Administration, Sociology, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field;
• Five (5+) years of demonstrated successful and progressively responsible experience, as an in-house technical recruiter with high volume recruiting in a fast-paced environment; or
• Demonstrated proficiency with Workday, particularly Workday Recruiting, including recruitment workflows, talent pipelines, candidate activity, reporting, analytics, and related talent acquisition functionality is preferred.
• Three (3) years working within an ATS; and
• Three (3) years of supervisory experience.

Other Preferred Skills:

• Soft skills critical to role: takes ownership, ability to multitask and prioritize, flexible, adaptable, collaborative and willing to take on new challenges.
• Must possess strong communication skills (verbal and written); should be comfortable working with any level of employee or manager.
• A self-starter with a strong ability to multitask and work on multiple positions at once is a vital part of this role as well as being organized and flexible.
• Ability to think critically and anticipate issues, and proactively suggest short/long-term solutions.
• Experience in social media recruiting and knowledge of portal sourcing including LinkedIn recruiter, career boards, etc.
• Proficient in Microsoft office suite (MS Word and Outlook are used daily).
• Knowledge of EEO, ADA, FLSA, E-Verify, and other related Federal & State laws is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• A high degree of initiative, with the ability to work independently.
• Experience in a public-sector, governmental, or similarly complex organizational environment.
• Professional certification such as IPMA-SCP, IPMA-CP, SHRM-SCP, or SHRM-CP, or the ability to obtain an applicable certification in 24 months.

Salary: $72,562 – $98,485 annually (hiring range).

The position will be opened until filled with the first review of applications beginning October 21, 2026. The City of High Point is an Equal Opportunity Employer.