Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. Come join our team of 2,600 diverse individuals and access competitive rewards & benefits, all while knowing you are a part of a greater movement.

As the Senior Recruiter you are a brand ambassador for Vancity and its inclusive and anti-racist recruitment practices and support our goal of building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. You promote the Vancity employer brand by building and maintaining strong business partnerships with our external recruitment partners, including recruitment agencies, community affiliates and talent acquisition networks. You lead online and in-person employer brand promotion opportunities and guide the team on best practices and new market trends. You bring new and innovative idea for consideration to improve Vancity’s talent acquisition approach to influence a competitive campaign to continue to attract top talent to Vancity.

A conscientious decision-maker you lead with curiosity, positive intention and apply critical-thinking for successful service delivery to your clients and candidates.

The Talent Acquisition team every day through meaningful partnerships and service excellence, are proactive, agile and intentional with hiring talent to do their best work.

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist partners with our business leaders and hiring managers to understand and plan for the recruitment needs of each area of the business. You will develop a recruitment sourcing and attraction strategy and leverage your project management skills to manage the complete recruitment cycle for critical roles across different departments within the company. You are the subject matter expert and collaborate with the business leaders and HR Business Partners to proactively understand existing and future hiring needs, to deliver the right talent at the right time.

As the senior recruiter you are a brand ambassador for Vancity and its inclusive and anti-racist recruitment practices and support our goal of building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. You promote the Vancity employer brand by building and maintaining strong business partnerships with our external recruitment partners, including recruitment agencies, community affiliates and talent acquisition networks. You lead online and in-person employer brand promotion opportunities and guide the team on best practices and new market trends. You bring new and innovative idea for consideration to improve Vancity’s talent acquisition approach to influence a competitive campaign to continue to attract top talent to Vancity.

A conscientious decision-maker you lead with curiosity, positive intention and apply critical-thinking for successful service delivery to your clients and candidates.

Senior Recruiter Responsibilities

• Partner with all internal teams to proactively understand and plan for recruitment needs, including business leaders and HR business partners.
• Develop and incorporate an effective recruitment plan to fulfill assigned client group hiring needs.
• Produce and update marketable job postings to attract the right talent for the roles.
• Promote positions on company’s website, social media channels, and relevant job boards.
• Actively seek new ways to proactively attract and pipeline candidates for current and future hiring needs.
• Perform full prescreens, interviews and evaluate the candidates’ skills, knowledge, and experience to recommend the right candidates for consideration.
• Create exceptional internal and external candidate experience and support candidates through the recruitment hiring and selection process.
• Effectively prioritize and manage multiple recruitment projects and provide timely updates to clients and candidates as required.
• Proactively anticipate problems and concerns, and provide well thought-out solutions and recommendations, independently or collaboratively as required.
• Appropriately escalate concerns to the Director, Talent Acquisition as required
• Provide coaching and advice to managers throughout the recruitment & selection process, including: sourcing options, interviewing, offer negotiations, and overall strategy and interpretation of related policies & procedures.

• Resolves problems and provides direction to managers on recruitment related matters concerning internal and external candidates.

• Proactively leverage market trends and internal talent data (e.g. attrition rates, etc.) to inform talent decisions and provide talent related advice to clients.
• Provide recommendations to optimize and maintain integrated tools, systems, policies and procedures to enable the efficiency and effectiveness of talent acquisition.

• Provide mentorship, guidance and support to junior team members in the delivery of talent acquisition services in order to build knowledge and capacity.

Senior Leader IT Recruitment Support

• Proactively supports Senior Leaders on recruitment projects.
• Sets annual networking and recruitment plan to promote Vancity as an employer of choice.
• Maintains and leads partnerships with Executive and IT agency partners for hard to fill role fulfillment.
• Stays educated about IT and Senior top talent market trends, including in-demand jobs and compensation patterns.
• Proactively builds pipeline of candidates and maintains regular touch points to maintain meaningful relationships.

Senior Recruiter Requirements

• Seven plus years of recent work experience in talent acquisition, inhouse, agency or a combination of both.
• 2-3 years IT recruiter, sourcing and client support
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or human resources.
• Proven ability to create business relationships and partnerships to support and coach leaders about hiring best practices.

• Demonstrated expertise in candidate management.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effective business-acumen and decision-making.
• Previous experience with leading recruitment projects for senior levels roles.
• Project management skills
• Extensive understanding of HR databases, applicant tracking systems, and candidate management systems.
• Active user of LinkedIn recruiter, building recruitment projects and candidate pipelines.
• Positive self-awareness and openness to learn.
• Work experience in coaching hiring managers about inclusive hiring practices.

Expert/Advanced:

• Talent Sourcing
• Hiring Manager Consulting & Influencing
• Decision Making
• Business Acumen
• Critical Thinking
• Problem solver
• Interpersonal skills

Salary Range: $85,000-$122,000

We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills don't perfectly align with those listed.

The salary range for the role is $81,200 to $122,000 and a candidate’s offer is likely to be up to the mid-point of the role ($101,600). The upper half of the salary range is typically reserved for individuals who have demonstrated consistent strong performance in the role and possess a high level of job knowledge and skill.

Posting Deadline: Posted until Filled

We offer:

• We are the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada.
• Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs.
• New employees receive between three to four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows — to a maximum of six weeks per year — as their length of service increases. In addition, full-time, permanent staff may be able to purchase extra days of vacation through our flexible benefits package.
• In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness, plus opportunities to take unpaid leave for a variety of reasons.
• Our health care & dental benefits offer three levels of health care and dental coverage for you to select from. These benefits will also be effective immediately based on your hire date.
• We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we will offer you a Defined pension plan that pays you a retirement income for life.

At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience. As part of this commitment we are taking action to learn more about our applicants and ask that you complete a short and anonymous Diversity Survey that will influence the design and execution of Vancity’s overall DEI initiatives and programs, one of which aims to advance our commitment to become a financial force for change and build a fair world. Please click this hyperlink to complete the Diversity Survey. Your responses are collected anonymously and will never be linked to your job application.

Please note that all shortlisted candidates for this role will be required to complete a background check which includes employment verification, credit check, and a criminal record check. Vancity is an inclusive and equitable employer and actively seeks to advance racial equity, inclusion and belonging across the organization. Vancity offers required accommodations in all stages of the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please advise us, and we will work with you to meet your needs.