Talent Acquisition Coordinator

**Reports to**: Human Resources Manager
**Compensation**: $25.21 - 27.32/hr
**Schedule**: 8:30 - 4:30, Monday to Friday (75hrs bi-weekly)
**Organizational Focus**:
Pacifica Housing has been providing safe and affordable homes for almost 35 years. We are a rapidly growing organization dedicated to meeting the housing and support needs of our community. As such, we are committed to building our fast-growing team with a culture that supports our people and reinforces our core values of authenticity, leadership, respect, and social justice.
Pacifica is proud to be a Certified Living Wage Employer by The Living Wage for Families Campaign.
We are looking for a dynamic and creative individual who is highly collaborative, resourceful, and dedicated to helping us grow our team and help us create and maintain an exceptional workplace culture.

**Key Responsibilities**:
1. Talent Acquisition and Recruitment:

- In partnership with hiring managers, execute a recruitment plan by sourcing, screening, interviewing, on-boarding, and training people in order to attract and retain qualified talent aligned with the organization’s strategic objectives;
- Build partnerships with universities, co-ops, and other external programs to strengthen our talent streams;
- Collaborate with the Communication department to strengthen employer branding;
- Build compelling job descriptions and corresponding job ads using written and visual mediums designed to attract talent aligned with the organizations mission, vision, and values;
- Execute a recruitment strategy that includes tactics that keep justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) at the centre;
- Enhance communication with all applicants, regardless of how far they advance in the recruitment process to ensure timely and engaging communication throughout the recruitment process;
- Execute reference and background checks; and
- Employment Contract management.

2. Onboarding:

- Ensure first day new hire paperwork processing takes place as well as systems set-up and workspace set-up;
- Execute orientation sessions for onboarding employees;
- Supporting managers with new employee training plans; and
- Conduct regular retention check-ins throughout first 6 months of employment to monitor/support new employee experience and successful onboarding.

3. Completing special projects as assigned and other duties as required.
**Requirements**:
**Education**:

- Minimum of a post-secondary diploma in Human Resource Management or Business Administration with a focus in one of the following

**Experience**:

- No prior experience in required, however related experience within Human Resources, Recruiting, or related field considered an asset
- Note_: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Exceptional written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to initiate conversations with members of the public
- Highly proficient in MS Office programs including Word, Outlook and Excel; prior knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems considered an asset
- Proficient in Acrobat Adobe, Windows Explorer and database management.
- Ability to understand and enable diverse viewpoints and approaches.
- A sense of urgency and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Additional Criteria for Role:

- Completion of a Criminal Record Check with the Vulnerable Sector is required before employment commences.

**Benefits**
- A mission driven and meaningful working environment
- Competitive salary from a Certified Living Wage Employer
- Minimum three (3) weeks vacation entitlements
- Excellent benefits package for full-time employees (includes extended health and dental, life insurance, and more)
- Competitive employer RRSP contributions
- Employee assistance program
- Wellness time
- Career development and internal advancement opportunities
- Organization and individual training opportunities
- Social committee that includes robust team building and staff social events
- Dog friendly offices
- Pacifica Housing advises all employees, contractors and volunteers of the risk of violence, injury and harm that is present in the execution of their duties. Pacifica Housing is committed to providing a safe and risk-free work place, however, we acknowledge the inherent risk in social housing and direct support work while in homes and in other support relationships._
- Pacifica celebrates diversity and what makes you uniquely you. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your culture, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, and diversability._

**Salary**: $49,000.00-$53,000.00 per year