What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Staffing Specialist position at American Veterinary Group (AVG)?
Department: Recruiting
Location: Team Member - American Veterinary Group
Are you a skilled technician looking for the next step in your career? Would you like to stay within the veterinary industry but have the flexibility to work from home? Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to make an impact on the rapidly expanding UrgentVet division of American Veterinary Group?
If any of the above sounds like you, then you could be a great fit for our Team Staffing Specialist role! The Team Staffing Specialist is tasked with sourcing and interviewing practice manager and support staff talent, assessing technical skill level, and assembling inaugural teams for our newly constructed UrgentVet practices nationwide. This position requires strong project management skills and a sense of urgency for quickly-approaching deadlines.
Prior experience as a Veterinary Technician is required for this role. Due to the nature of this role, this position requires a high level of professionalism, communication, attention to detail, forward-thinking, and a strong command of the English language. Since this is a growing division, applicants with an open mind and ability to adapt to new situations are strongly encouraged.
This is a remote position reporting to the Director of Talent Relations. Therefore, time management skills and the ability to communicate effectively across departments in a remote setting is paramount. Occasional travel (5-10%) to events and team meetings may be required for this role.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify practice manager and support staff talent by sourcing resume databases, directories, practice websites, social media profiles, and testing extensive name generation techniques.
- Generate a pipeline of interested candidates via targeted email campaigns to both passive candidates and prior applicants.
- Conduct virtual screens with prospective candidates to understand technical skill level, position alignment, and scheduling availability.
- Contribute to the maintenance, accuracy, and growth of the candidate database/CRM (Lever).
- Provide market intelligence on market trends and research with Recruiting Team.
- Work with our Recruiting Team to continuously evolve our capabilities and identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, quality of work, and lead conversion rate.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working as a veterinary technician.
- Applicants who are a Licensed/Registered/Credentialed Technicians (LVT/RVT/CVT) preferred!
- Ability to proactively manage deadlines and deliver results with quick turnaround times.
- Entrepreneurial mindset that is quick to take ownership of role and responsibilities.
- Experience working independently with little direction; able to work in ambiguous environments and comfortable with the unknown.
- Strong communication skills (especially written) with a focus on proper grammar and spelling.
- Ability to think 'outside of the box' and create staffing plans for hospitals in region.
- Ability to handle rejection in a highly competitive labor market.
- Ability to pivot focus and priorities based upon the ever-changing needs of our veterinary practices.
- Ability to travel on a limited basis (up to 10%).
- Comprehensive healthcare: health, dental, & vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 401k plan options
- Generous veterinary care discounts
- Performance bonuses
