Talent Acquisition Assistant

**Schedule**
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

**Education Level**
Post-secondary degree or diploma in HR or related field

**Career Level**
Requires 1 year of demonstrated applicable experience

**Talent Acquisition Assistant**

As valued added service-partners we cultivate human potential and champion an inclusive community by: enabling University strategy; collaborating with our community, delivering service excellence and empowering learning and growth.

**Job Summary**

While ensuring legislative, collective agreement, policy and best practice compliance, the incumbent is an impartial resource to facilitate common best practices, continuous improvement and positive change while ensuring a coordinated approach to supporting the execution of equitable and diverse acquisition, onboarding, retention and offboarding practices and related HR services. This position provides an opportunity to drive the faculty’s talent initiatives, communicate the employee value proposition effectively to attract the best employees while supporting equity and inclusive excellence.

**Accountabilities**

**Talent Attraction**
- Coordinate/support any/all aspects of the talent acquisition process/life cycle from end to end;
- Be a McMaster brand ambassador and represent McMaster as a preferred place to work through recruitment activities;
- Post and manage postings on internal & external job boards

**Recruitment Support**:
**Talent Analysis, Reporting and System Champion**:

- Work within the HRIS and applicant tracking system to ensure that we are maximizing system capability for effective recruitments;
- Compiles reports of recruitment activities to identify metrics for analysis and trending purposes;
- Through all acquisition and onboarding activities, encourages compliance with the provisions of the employment

**Other Administration**
- Provide other employment-related administrative support as required i.e. standardized and customized reporting, data and compliance tracking and reconciliation, HRIS entry, facilitating onboarding processes, routine training of HR-related processes, and resolution of issues within scope of role.

**Qualifications**
- Post-secondar degree or diploma in HR or a related field
- Minimum of 1 years of demonstrated experience
- Overall knowledge of HR function, practices and procedures, particularly as it relates to talent acquisition
- Strong communication and decision making skills, with good judgement
- Excellent presentation, facilitation and public speaking skills
- Sound knowledge of talent acquisition and onboarding practices
- Experience in supporting the design and delivery of programs in the area of diversity in recruitment
- High level of competency in qualitative data analysis and data management
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other individuals and groups, including equity seeking groups
- Broad knowledge of institutional structure, policy, regulation and administrative systems in an academic institute preferred
- Ability to work independently and part of a muti disciplinary team
- Knowledge of employment equity and Human Rights Code

Should the successful applicant be a Unifor Unit 1 bargaining unit member, who meets the eligibility conditions of Article 19.02 of the Unifor Unit 1 Collective Agreement, then the Limited Term Assignment will be defined as a Career Growth Opportunity in accordance with Article 19 of the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

**How To Apply**

**Employment Equity Statement**

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement.

The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity.

Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact:

- Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247), or
- Faculty of Health Sciences HR Office at ext. 22207, or
- School of Graduate Studies at ext. 23679

to communicate accommodation needs.

**Vaccination Mandate - FHS**

This position is located in a host hospital or other healthcare site that has an active vaccination mandate in place. Successful applicants will need to comply with these and any other health and safety measures necessary as part of their appointment.

**Hybrid Work Language**

To ensure an ongoing and vibrant University community that meets the needs of our students, staff and faculty and supports the University mission, ability to work on-site continues to be a requirement for most University positions. The University is supportive of exploring flexible work arrangements that