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Best Friends Animal Society is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the only one of its kind in the country exclusively dedicated to eliminating the
Director of Talent Acquisition
Location
United States
Posted
114 days ago
Salary
$125K - $135K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director of Talent Acquisition
Best Friends Animal Society
• Lead, manage, and develop the talent acquisition team. • Provide mentorship, guidance, and strategic direction while overseeing performance and fulfilling all supervisory responsibilities. • Identify and implement strategic initiatives that strengthen and modernize the recruitment function, ensuring talent acquisition practices align with organizational priorities. • Optimize the internal HCM system to reduce redundancy, streamline workflows, and enable a more targeted and effective approach to applicant flow management. • Partner closely with organizational leaders, People & Culture partners, talent acquisition partners, and other key stakeholders to address workforce planning and position management. • Develop and recommend effective sourcing strategies to attract the most qualified candidates, leveraging technology, social media, job boards, professional networks, and industry events. • Ensure seamless, efficient, positive, and customer service-oriented experience for hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment lifecycle. • Strengthen and promote Best Friends’ employer brand to attract high-performing, mission-aligned talent and reinforce the organization’s reputation as an employer of choice. • Analyze talent acquisition data to identify trends, uncover opportunities, and make data-informed recommendations and decisions. • Adjudicating background check results; familiarity of the FCRA requirements around adverse action notifications • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations impacting talent acquisition, job classification, and compensation practices. • Maintain strict confidentiality when handling sensitive information. • Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years of in-depth experience in talent acquisition, compensation, and related human resources functions; experience in a multi-state organization preferred.
- Prior experience with executive level recruitment is strongly preferred.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of experience managing talent acquisition teams.
- Proven ability to lead, manage, and develop teams, including overseeing strategy, operations, budgets, goal setting, mentorship, succession planning, training and staffing.
- Experience managing a remote team is preferred, but is not required.
- Experience with HCM systems and applicant tracking systems; strong preference to those with Workday ATS experience.
- Knowledge or a desire to learn and stay up to date with current and upcoming trends in recruitment practices, including technology.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence leaders and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.
- Ability to align operations and initiatives with culture, guiding principles, DEIB priorities, and workforce capability gaps.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret workforce data, track metrics, and produce reports to support strategic decision-making.
- Highly organized and proactive, with strong follow-up and follow-through skills; able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to make sound judgments, solve problems effectively, and operate successfully in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills, a team player, personable, professional, and able to get along with people from different backgrounds, as well as the ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations with discretion and professionalism.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint); comfortable leading live sessions via Teams or Zoom.
- Prior experience working or volunteering in an animal welfare setting is preferred, but not required.
- Ability to professionally speak about Best Friends activities and positions on issues.
- Genuine passion for animal welfare and a steadfast commitment to advancing Best Friends' mission to Save Them All.
Benefits
- great benefits!
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