The Human Resources Talent Acquisition Specialist is a key role in creating a positive experience for Normandale candidates, future employees, and new staff/faculty. This role works as part of a dynamic and collaborative team to ensure that the process of hiring and onboarding new employees is executed reliably, efficiently, and in line with organizational values. The person in this role works across the entire college community. This specialist also supports other human resources transactional business processes.

This role performs advanced administrative functions in coordinating the College’s employment processes including recruitment, screening, interviewing, hiring, salary placement, onboarding, and orientation. The role oversees the organization and timely progress of all active searches and serves on many search advisory committees. The person in this role ensures that the hiring process is equitable, provides HR expertise to hiring managers and is charged with identifying solutions as challenges arise throughout the hiring and onboarding process. This position builds relationships with local organizations to support broad sharing of open positions and coordinates with the Affirmative Action Officer to ensure recruiting programs are consistent with the College’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. The person in this position also responds to routine questions on both statewide and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities specific bargaining agreements to ensure contracts are understood and implemented accurately.

This role requires the ability to manage multiple projects and timelines at once and navigate between multiple sets of contracts, processes, and requirements. In our fast-paced environment, being a self-starter and digging in to do research as needed to solve problems is a must. The person in this role will be starting in a time of big change as we both improve our hiring process and migrate to Workday (July 1 go-live date).

The Human Resources Talent Acquisition Specialist is a valued member of the Human Resources team and reports to the Associate Vice President of Human Resources.

This position will actively advance the college’s strategic goalsincluding to achieve equity in educational outcomes and to support a culturally responsive and service-oriented culture, through individual and departmental efforts.

In addition to your resume, inclusion of a cover letter that identifies how your experience is a match for this position and what motivates you to work at Normandale, is strongly encouraged for applications to be considered.

Normandale’s HR team starts from a place of caring and we value a kind and fun workplace. We prioritize work that positively impacts the employee experience. We set high standards of inclusiveness and excellence for ourselves in a complex higher education environment. We are seeking a hardworking HR professional who values collaboration, communication and crossing the finish line.