Pioneering healthcare since 1896, Salem Health is a top workplace offering highly competitive pay where you can make a difference in the lives of those in the community where you live. Through incorporation of Lean driven principles, staff are able effect change in the organization to solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.

As an employer of choice, we are devoted to assuring that we provide a safe, healthy, and patient-centric workplace, while keeping staff wellbeing and satisfaction top of mind.

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Your Role With Us:

The Associate Recruiter, Student Recruitment will be responsible for the following functions:

1. Talent Acquisition:

Leads efforts to represent Salem Health at career fairs, networking events, conventions, and exhibits to secure new leads for recruitment pipeline:

• Promotes Salem Health as a company of choice and manages candidate expectations by providing company information around business strategy, history, culture, work environment and job descriptions.
• Schedules and coordinates career fairs and recruitment events to showcase Salem Health career opportunities for staff and provider recruitment efforts
• Ensures all logistics are in place, including venue booking, promotional materials, and staffing.
• Attends and leads the effort in promoting Salem Health's presence at career fairs, programs, special events, and conferences/symposiums both locally and nationally.
• Schedules travel arrangements as needed to attend recruitment events.
• Builds and maintains a strong network of potential candidates via referrals, proactive market research and on-going relationship management
• Manages relationships with multiple candidate pipelines, including universities, high schools, job placement organizations (non-profit), and residency programs.
• Attends school functions, advisory meetings, and forums to share information about Salem Health and foster relationships with educational institutions.
• Connects with interns, externs, and students at Salem Health to assist with their transition to the Salem Health workforce.
• Presents to student populations about careers available at Salem Health and opportunities for professional growth.

2. Recruitment Strategy & Consultation:

• Works with leadership to identify business needs, workforce planning strategies and advertising/search strategies.
• Recommends ideas and strategies based on best practice that will contribute to the long-range growth of the hospital, implementing new processes and fine-tuning standard processes for recruiting.
• Keeps abreast of employment market trends/opportunities and evaluate impact on hiring plans and forecasts; recommend or initiate action for staffing initiatives as it relates to market conditions/trends.
• Establishes trust and confidence by maintaining a high level of credibility, integrity, and skilled communications with managers, peers, and candidates.
• Keeps abreast of curriculum regulations impacting employable careers at Salem Health to ensure alignment with educational programs.
• Identifies pipelines to enhance diversity recruitment initiatives and promote diversity within Salem Health's workforce.
• Partners with Clinical Education and Volunteer service programs if new partnerships are recommended with a new institution for student placement.
• Investigates complex technical and people issues related to recruitment and retention.
• Provides guidance, support, and consultation to Hospital leadership, employees and the public in the interpretation and application of programs that relate to job posting, recruitment, selection and job offers for bringing top performing employees to the Hospital.

3. Staff Recruiter On-Demand:

Based upon business need, works a portfolio of Salem Health staff requisitions:

• Partners with hiring managers to create and review job requisitions, defining and validating key position requirements (i.e.: education, experience, clinical competencies) through the recruitment intake process; advises and counsels on issues related to requisition management, posting process, candidate sourcing & talent selection.
• Partners with hiring managers, stakeholders, and other experts to develop and implement rapid, innovative, proactive, and effective recruiting strategies and goals to deliver high quality professional and leadership candidates.
• Leads the full lifecycle recruiting process of assigned customer groups representing a broad range of positions across organizational levels and functional areas, including high-level technical, nursing, hard-to-fill, and leadership positions; emphasis on developing a strong candidate pipeline.
• Responsible for screening candidates prior to forwarding candidate pool to hiring manager.
• Partners with hiring managers to select the best talent using effective selection tools.
• Develops and implement search/sourcing strategies for targeted positions using effective sources: respond to candidate inquiries and keep potential candidates in the pipeline.
• Accurately documents and tracks recruitment activities in the appropriate system, to include the applicant tracking system.
• Provides timely and accurate communication to candidates and hiring leaders.
• Monitors practices to ensure customer departments comply with FLSA, Wage & Hour, ADA, Title VII, INS, EEOC, ERISA, JCAHO, and applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules and regulations that pertain to HR management.
• Partners with stakeholders on ADA. Maintains legally defensible documentation for the selection process for job openings.
• Negotiates compensation packages with candidates, partnering with Compensation Analyst as necessary, including sign-on and relocation assistance; prepares and extends offers and processes HRIS entries.

4. Other:

• Trains or mentors other team members as appropriate.
• Facilitates Salem Health Orientation & Salem Health Leadership Academy as assigned.
• Provides recruitment/sourcing training as needed.
• Initiates and facilitates ongoing continuous improvement work in support of Lean initiatives.
• Identifies and offers solutions for programs and processes that require modification or improvement; actively participates in and contributes to process improvement strategies and projects within the Recruiting Team as well as the Human Resources Team.
• Develops peer relationships with HR staff in all areas, involving co-workers. Accesses input to improve processes and gain knowledge of other functional areas; demonstrates understanding of and appreciation for the contributions of co-workers.

Total Rewards Offerings:

Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations and professional growth.

• Relocation assistance available for qualified positions
• Full comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Live Well Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) retirement plan with employer contributions.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) accrual and holiday pay
• Onsite fitness center with 24/7 badge access
• Education assistance program
• Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer https://studentaid.gov/
• Food and drink discounts in the cafeteria
• Impressive discounts offered by Nike, Adidas, Carhartt and others

Background/Expertise:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education & experience required.
• Associate of Sciences: Minimum of an Associate's degree in business, human resources, or a related field (or equivalent combination in education and/or work experience) require or, in lieu of a degree, three (3) years of HR or relatable administrative experience.

Experience:

• Full cycle recruiting experience required.
• Human resources experience preferred.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated expertise and creativity in sourcing high quality active and passive candidates.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit a diverse array of positions
• Demonstrated ability to create a strong pipeline of candidates using current best practice methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and analytical skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated proficiency in recruitment and HRIS systems and data, proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with high sense of urgency, professionalism and excellent customer service.
• Ability to identify talent and match to the needs and culture of the organization.
• Expert level of knowledge in full lifecycle recruiting components.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact my.recruiter@salemhealth.org