Recruiting Specialist

Company: CO-OP Financial Services
Location: Des Moines
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

US-IA-Des MoinesReq No. 2021-7290Category ProfessionalType Full-TimeThe Opportunity

We are seeking a talented Recruiting Specialist to assist the Recruiting team, hiring managers and candidates throughout the entire recruiting process. This position assists with creating job requisitions, sourcing qualified candidates, coordinating pre-screening and interviews with candidates, and facilitates on-boarding efforts such as pre-employment screening and assisting with new employee orientation. This position also assists in various reporting on behalf of staffing and employment purposes.

• This position is flexibly-remote. That means that this position is currently remote due to COVID. Once we make the transition back into the office, there may be flexibility for a hybrid schedule of both remote and in-office work.
  
  What You Can Look Forward to
  
  
  • Sources external job candidates by using databases and social media.
  • Remains up-to-date with current recruiting methods.
  • Attends job fairs and careers events.
  • Establishes relationships with Recruiters to understand their open job needs and facilitates locating high quality talent for particular lane of business.
  • Creates and manages pipelines for frequently hired roles; proactively searches and focuses on hard-to-fill roles and manages supplied candidates through the recruiting process.
  • Assists with temporary worker process.
  • Conducts initial phone screens with candidates.
  • Ensures the proper requisitioning, formatting, and posting of all positions.
  • Creates new job posting templates and position screener questionnaires.
  • Ensures consistency throughout recruiting life-cycle to ensure candidates go through the appropriate steps, create a top notch candidate experience.
  • Supports advertising needs of recruiting department and monitors associated costs.
  • Documents processes and procedures to ensure consistency within department.
  • Partners with hiring managers to create and submit new job requisitions through Applicant Tracking System.
  • Assists with New Employee Orientation.
  • Assists internal candidates with any questions regarding the hiring process.
  • Works in a cooperative manner with all CO-OP employees, supervisors, and HR Team.
  • Acts as primary contact for incoming calls and answers candidates questions or directs them to the right person.
  • Conducts follow up calls to candidates who haven't completed necessary pre-screening work.
  • Helps hiring managers with questions regarding Applicant Tracking System or overall recruiting process.
  • Sets up interviews with candidates as requested by recruiting team.
  • Responsible for reporting risks that are identified to the appropriate team and/or management. Additionally, responsible for managing, monitoring and reporting risks within the scope of your work area, to include, but not limited to Information Security risks.
  • Actively supports our CO-OP culture and embraces our core values of Work as Partners, Communicate Openly and Honestly, Demonstrate Excellence and Champion Change in all interactions.
    
    What You'll Need to Succeed
    
    
    • 1-3 years of professional recruiting and human resources experience in a fast paced environment.
    • 1-3 years of IT recruiting, sourcing experience.
    • Prior experience working with an HRIS system.
    • Knowledge of Federal and State employment laws required.
    • Commitment to excellence in customer service and team player attitude required.
    • Strong verbal and written communication and negotiation skills along with the capability to interact with all levels of employees and management is required.
    • Ability to plan and carry out responsibilities with limited direction.
    • Must demonstrate effective conceptual, analytical, planning and organizational skills.
    • Must be able to multi task and handle heavy volume of work with multiple deadlines, changing priorities and frequent interruptions.
    • Ability to handle highly sensitive information in a confidential manner is required.
    • Strong analytical, administrative, organizational and prioritization skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
    • The ability to be proactive in problem solving is desirable.
    • Strong analytical skills required to gather and summarize data for reports.
    • PC proficiency required including Microsoft Office and previous experience with an applicant tracking system.
    • Interviewing and training experience in a corporate environment with demonstrated ability to source, screen and qualify candidates at various all levels of the organization.
    • Ability to develop and implement effective recruitment strategies with strong candidate sourcing, social media, assessment and closing skills.
      
      Why Join CO-OP?
      
      CO-OP is committed to fostering a workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and connected. We are dedicated to understanding, attracting and engaging a diverse workforce where every employee can live up to their pull potential; ensuring that our employee base reflects the consumers we serve. The result of this effort is an inclusive environment where diverse talent thrives. You will be part of an organization that focuses on a strong culture and embodies the credit union movement philosophy of People Helping People. CO-OP's commitment to reflecting our own core values and purpose extends beyond how we serve our clients and the products that we deliver.
      
      With more than 35 years of industry leadership, CO-OP Financial Services is the largest, most comprehensive credit union service organization in the nation. CO-OP serves as THE credit union technology engine, bringing payments solutions, engagement services and strategic counsel to help credit unions optimize member experiences to consistently provide seamless, personalized multi-channel offerings, while delivering secure, sophisticated fraud mitigation service.
      
      CO-OP serves more than 3,000 client credit unions, with 60 million debit and credit cardholders, nearly 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs and more than 5,600 shared branches nationwide. Our vast technological ecosystem facilitates more than 6.5 billion transactions every year and equips credit unions of all sizes to deepen member engagement and prosper in the fast-paced world of fintech.
      
      The Perks
      
      
      • Fun, challenging and, collaborative work environment with passionate colleagues that care deeply about the intersection of technology and human-centered financial services.
      • Great Work/Life Benefits - Paid Time Off (PTO), Maternity, Parental, Family Care, Adoption Leave Programs, Community Volunteer Time Off, and 10 Paid Holidays.
      • Health benefits - medical, dental, & vision plus wellness programs and gym reimbursements.
      • 401K with generous company match.
      • Tuition reimbursement. PI129790079

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