Contract Recruiter

About the role

This Recruiter needs to be a strong consultant with the demonstrated ability to understand Talent Acquisition requirements and turn that analysis into actionable solutions. A fundamental understanding of business strategy and how to link that with recruiting efforts. This role requires the candidate to be both strategic and tactical.

Essential Functions of the job

• End-to-end management of the recruiting process.
• In partnership with the recruiting team, HRBPs, and hiring managers, develops job descriptions, sources candidates, and drives the recruiting process for teams that they support.
• Pre-screen resumes, complete candidate evaluations, and schedule interviews for key positions.
• Must have the ability to recruit passive candidates.
• Delivers against and provides guidance to continually deliver quality candidates and hires.
• Drives adoption of consistent recruiting, interviewing, and hiring practices across the organization to facilitate talent acquisition productivity and predictable quality.
• Develops creative sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill positions, including direct sourcing, internet recruiting, networking, utilization of external search firms, etc.
• Assess internal and external recruiting resources and recommend solutions that will best meet the recruiting demands of the organization.
• Ensures recruiting and hiring practices are in compliance with government regulations and organizational policies and procedures in the pre-screening and post-employment process.
• Maintains current knowledge in business, marketplace, legal, and recruitment trends and requirements.
• Identifies and shares best recruitment best-practices across the organization.
• Initiates and maintains a network of contacts to help identify qualified candidates and increase applicant pool for hiring needs.
• Ensures end-user education and training (hiring managers) within the business.

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills

• 3 plus years of experience recruiting in the Biopharma industry across multiple functions.
• Previous experience supporting clinical research, commercial and business related functions is a plus.
• Solid understanding of the pharmaceutical drug discovery lifecycle is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Ability to gain credibility, engender trust, and influence across all levels of the organization.
• Strong partnering skills, bias for action and tangible results.
• At least 5 years' experience in recruiting.
• Ability to follow assignments through to completion with a bias n emphasis towards action and execution.
• Extensive experience leading recruitment activities
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing recruitment strategies, marketing plans, policies, and programs.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS), Workday experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a global environment.

• Education Required: Bachelor's Degree preferred; minimum of 5-7 years talent acquisition experience.
• Computer Skills: PC, including MS Office Suite, Workday

Competencies

Ethics - Treats people with respect; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.

• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently.
• Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time.
• Follows instructions and responds to management direction.

• Communication - Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Writes clearly and informatively.
• Able to read and interpret written information.

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Shares expertise with others.

• Adaptability - Able to adapt to changes in the work environment.
• Manages competing demands.
• Changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Technical Skills - Assesses own strengths and development areas; Pursues training and opportunities for growth; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others.

Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Project Management - Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget.