Talent Acquisition Specialist

Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: UT Federal Credit Union Corporate Office

SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the VP of HR, as the Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be crucial in supporting the human resources department in various administrative and operational tasks. Your responsibilities will include assisting with recruitment processes, maintaining employee records, facilitating employee onboarding, and providing administrative support to ensure the smooth functioning of the HR department. This role is the primary point of contact for and offers critical support to candidates, hiring managers, and internal HR and business stakeholders to provide a world-class onboarding experience for newly hired employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

• Receives and posts new openings both internally and externally.
• Assists management with the development of recruiting plans.
• Conducts initial phone screenings with external applicants and advises applicants on current job openings and status.
• Responsible for maintaining and organizing employment applications and tracking applicant flow.
• Schedules and coordinates interviews between managers and candidates.
• Conducts all pre-employment screenings, including ordering credit reports, bondability, reference checks, and criminal background checks on applicants for employment.
• Provides job offer recommendations to the VP of Human Resources and engages in the offer negotiation process.
• Assists with new employee orientation, in-processing new employees, and other pre- and post-employment activities.
• Assist with the planning and preparation of employee training sessions, staff meetings, and credit union events.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating all past and current employees' HR records and conducting periodic reviews of these files to ensure the information contained within are current.
• Represents the credit union at job fairs annually.
• Support employees with benefits inquiries and enrollment.
• Performs any additional duties or projects assigned by the VP of Human Resources.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Maintains a positive attitude with employees and members and remains flexible while focused on accepted practices, policy, productivity, and effectiveness.
• Promotes awareness of the credit union mission and brand statement to the credit union membership.
• Abides by the Service Standards established by the credit union.
• Strong knowledge of financial products and services.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate professionally.
• Maintains a professional appearance in accordance with established dress code policy.
• Technological skills and knowledge.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

Maintains all personnel recruitment functions, reports, records, compliance requirements in an up‑to‑date and timely manner. Builds and maintains relationships with HR vendors and effectively utilizes the network to help accomplish goals.

Represents the credit union professionally at all times; exhibits above-average communication skills such as writing, public speaking, and networking; is comfortable in group settings; possesses excellent written communication skills. Must be highly motivated, independent, creative with good follow-up skills, energetic, and a self-starter. Motivating or influencing others is a material part of the job, requiring a significant level of diplomacy and trust. Obtaining cooperation (internally and/or externally) is an integral part of the job.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Some knowledge of HR practices and regulations.
• Knowledge of Credit Unions or the financial industry is helpful but not required.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Associate's degree in Human Resources or related field preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to read reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, regulatory agencies, benefit providers, and others involved or associated with the human resources function.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

Must know all the benefits offered by the credit union and be able to describe them in some detail. Must be aware of how a credit union operates its policies regarding savings, lending, and checking account usage.

Needs to have a level of knowledge and understanding sufficient to communicate effectively to others, i.e., a well-informed credit union representative.

The employee must be able to use personal computer applications, an essential skill, including knowledge to use human resource management software, word processing software and spreadsheets.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The employee must frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is often required to stand, walk, and sit.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee must be able to operate a motor vehicle. The employee must also be able to use visual equipment such as VCR, overhead projector, flip chart, and slide projector in presenting information to groups.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Thank you for your interest in joining UT Federal Credit Union. As part of our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure work environment, all offers of employment at UT Federal Credit Union are contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

The background check may include, but is not limited to, checks of your criminal record, employment history, educational credentials, credit history, motor vehicle record, and references. You may be required to provide additional information and complete further documentation to facilitate these checks.

By proceeding with this application, you hereby authorize UT Federal Credit Union and its designated agents and representatives to conduct such investigations and request such information as is necessary to evaluate your suitability for employment.

In the event that information from a consumer report obtained about you from a consumer reporting agency is used in whole or in part in making an adverse decision with regard to employment, you will be provided with a copy of the consumer report and a description in writing of your rights under the law.

Should there be any discrepancies or disputes regarding the information obtained during the background check, or should you otherwise wish to discuss the report's contents with us, you will have an opportunity to discuss and/or dispute the content with us before a final employment decision is made.

All information received during the background check process will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and sensitivity, in accordance with the law. It will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating your potential employment at UT Federal Credit Union.

Please complete the application if you understand and agree to the above-mentioned conditions. In doing so, you acknowledge that you have carefully read and understand this Disclosure and Authorization and authorize UT Federal Credit Union to obtain and/or its agent to obtain and furnish to the Credit Union information related to your background to be used for employment purposes.

Salary : $20 - $25