Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +7 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop proactive sourcing strategies for critical, recurring, specialized, and challenging-to-fill roles.

• Identify and engage passive candidates using Indeed, HireEZ, FactoryFix, Handshake, Boolean and X-ray search techniques, professional networks, referrals, industry resources, and other innovative sourcing channels.

• Conduct talent-market research and mapping to gain insights into talent locations, employers, competitive market conditions, and obstacles to attracting candidates.

• Identify adjacent industries and transferable skill sets to broaden talent pools.

• Convert market intelligence into actionable recommendations for recruiters, HR partners, hiring leaders, and the business.

• Build and sustain proactive talent pipelines for essential and recurring talent requirements.

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, HR, and business leaders on anticipated workforce demands and pipeline development.

• Create talent communities and engagement strategies for potential candidates.

• Measure pipeline quality, engagement, readiness, and conversion rates.

• Establish relationships with technical schools, trade programs, colleges and universities, workforce development organizations, military transition programs, industry associations, and community partners.

• Support SkillBridge, military and veteran recruitment, internships, apprenticeships, early-career programs, and skilled trades workforce initiatives.

• Represent Cleaver-Brooks at recruiting, workforce development, educational, military, and industry events.

• Identify priority talent audiences and provide insights on candidates, sourcing, and labor-market trends for talent attraction strategies.

• Collaborate with the Communications & Employer Brand Specialist on targeted talent acquisition approaches.

• Utilize employer-brand content and campaigns in sourcing, talent communities, workforce partnerships, and candidate outreach.

• Manage a small portfolio of full-cycle requisitions from intake through to offer acceptance.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand talent needs, develop recruiting strategies, assess candidates, and move searches forward.

• Provide recruiting support during peaks in hiring volume, critical hiring needs, or when recruiter capacity is limited.

• Offer insights on talent availability, market conditions, compensation considerations, and recruiting challenges.

• Identify and evaluate new sourcing channels, recruiting technologies, tools, and approaches.

• Test methods for locating and engaging hard-to-find and passive talent.

• Explore technological and automation enhancements for sourcing, candidate engagement, talent rediscovery, and pipeline management.

• Share sourcing best practices and market insights within the Talent Acquisition team.

• Lead assigned Talent Acquisition projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Maintain core business hours and ensure reliable connectivity for virtual collaboration while working remotely or in a hybrid setting.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including full-cycle recruiting, strategic sourcing, proactive talent pipeline development, and associated talent acquisition initiatives.

• Experience in recruiting within manufacturing, industrial services, engineering, construction, energy, skilled trades, technical environments, or similarly complex talent markets is strongly preferred.

• Exceptional proactive sourcing abilities with a proven track record of identifying and engaging passive and hard-to-find talent.

• Familiarity with sourcing platforms, Boolean and X-ray search techniques, talent databases, professional networks, referrals, and other innovative sourcing methods.

• Proficient with platforms such as Indeed, HireEZ, FactoryFix, Handshake, or similar recruiting and sourcing tools.

• Capability to conduct talent-market research, competitive mapping, and labor-market analysis, translating findings into actionable recruiting strategies.

• Proven experience in building proactive talent pipelines, talent communities, or alternative talent channels.

• Strong full-cycle recruiting skills, including intake, sourcing, candidate assessment, hiring-manager collaboration, offer development, and candidate closing.

• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills with the ability to influence hiring managers, HR partners, business leaders, candidates, and external partners.

• Strong organizational, project management, accountability, and follow-through skills.

• Ability to independently identify opportunities and advance work without continuous guidance.

• Competence in balancing immediate recruiting priorities with long-term strategic initiatives.

• A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field is preferred; equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.

• Limited manual dexterity is required; the role involves minimal physical effort.

• Remote work arrangements are not available for applicants residing in California, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, or Washington.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, maternity support program, discounted virtual physician visits, voluntary medical benefits (Critical Illness, Hospital Care, and Accidental Injury), FSA, HSA, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability.

• Cash matching 401(k) plan.

• Employee assistance program (EAP).

• Pet insurance.

• Employee discount program.

• Tuition assistance.

• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays.

• Option for fully remote or hybrid work arrangements for the right candidate.

• Up to 25% travel support for hiring events, site visits, workforce development initiatives, and recruiting activities.