Associate Vice President, Recruitment

Position Description:

Every great life-changing discovery begins the same way—with new knowledge. It can change everything, from a single life to the future of entire communities. That’s why academic medicine, and the continuous pursuit of knowledge, is at the center of everything we do at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).

In the role of Associate Vice President (AVP) of Recruitment you will be responsible for leading recruitment efforts across all levels—Executive, Faculty, Advanced Practice Providers, and Staff—to support the talent needs of the Medical College of Wisconsin and its affiliated partners. This role is critical in achieving workforce acquisition goals and advancing MCW’s mission through a focus on hiring excellence. The AVP of Recruitment will provide strategic, hands-on, and innovative leadership to drive the attraction, engagement, and acquisition of top talent across diverse, high-demand roles. A key priority of this role is fostering diversity in hiring outcomes, ensuring an inclusive approach to talent acquisition across a wide range of specialized areas.

Primary Functions

• Develop and implement a comprehensive recruitment strategy for executive, faculty, provider, and staff roles to support organizational goals and attract top talent.
• Oversee the full-cycle recruitment process, including sourcing, interviewing, feedback collection, and onboarding, ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Establish, monitor, and report recruitment metrics to assess the effectiveness of recruitment efforts.
• Collaborate with practice leaders and stakeholders on opportunities with strategic partners.
• Allocate resources to meet recruitment needs aligned with workforce plans.
• Identify and source targeted providers based on workforce plans.
• Prioritize recruitment efforts to support departmental goals and achieve hiring targets.
• Define annual recruitment priorities and focus areas.
• Partner with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion to enhance diverse talent pipelines.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with local and regional partners.
• Address and resolve recruitment-related concerns and complaints.
• Serve as the primary liaison with external recruitment firms.
• Lead or delegate tasks, including:
• Preparing job descriptions and postings.
• Developing and executing hiring campaigns.
• Researching and attending job fairs and conferences.
• Building relationships with residency and training programs.
• Creating recruitment materials and maintaining candidate tracking.
• Coordinating candidate visits, including spouse programs and site itineraries.
• Supporting reference checks and interview feedback follow-up.
• Foster an inspiring, communicative team environment with clear goals and daily oversight.
• Track team performance, report on metrics, provide training, offer coaching, and recognize achievements.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Preferred Schedule:

Full-time role with expectations for coverage during core business hours and flexibility required as necessary to accommodate business needs.

Position Requirements:

Knowledge – Skills – Abilities

• Clear understanding of partner relationships and referral development priorities.
• Generates strategies and plans that integrate numerous business issues, functions, and resources for effective action.
• Collaborative mindset
• Approaches complex situations with an objective and balanced viewpoint.
• Active listener and problem-solver
• Exemplifies leadership qualities of integrity and trust.
• Strong presence and engaging personal presentation style that encourages consensus building and cooperation among faculty and administrators.
• Creates innovative partnerships that span the Practice.
• Strong communication skills
• Exhibits excellence in writing for business, marketing, and strategy
  
  

Specifications

Appropriate experience may be substituted on equivalent basis

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10 years experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and Healthcare recruitment experience
  
  

Field: Recruiting, Human Resources, Public Relations, Marketing, Sales or related field

Why MCW?

• Outstanding Healthcare Coverage, including but not limited to Health, Vision, and Dental. Along with Flexible Spending options
• 403B Retirement Package
• Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays offered
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance
• On campus Fitness Facility, offering onsite classes.
• Additional discounted rates on items such as: Select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation and entertainment etc.
  
  

For a full list of positions see: www.mcw.edu/careers

For a brief overview of our benefits see: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/human-resources/benefits

Eastern Wisconsin is a vibrant, diverse metropolitan area. MCW is intent on attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce and faculty body that reflects the community we serve. We value diversity of backgrounds, experience, thought, and perspectives to advance excellence in science and medicine. MCW is a welcoming campus community with a strong culture of collaboration, partnership, and engagement with our surrounding community. For more information, please visit our institutional website at https://www.mcw.edu/departments/office-of-diversity-and-inclusion.

MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.