As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you play an integral role within the University to assist leaders in designing work to facilitate service delivery within their specific departments on campus.  Through interpretation of collective and employee agreements, role evaluation plans, and compensation plans, you advise leaders and colleagues on the design and documentation of work.

A typical day might include the following:

• Consulting with leaders and administrators across campus to gain clarity on the talent required, and the competencies required to achieve the desired outcomes
• Advising leaders on best practices related to talent acquisition processes, tools and principles
• Liaising with human resource colleagues regarding organizational design implications and facilitating the posting of finalized roles for recruitment
• Creating new role description templates and maintaining a database of completed templates
• Preparing and presenting educational information to colleagues and leaders regarding recruitment processes as well as role description design and completion
• Providing analysis and preparing reports to meet unit goals and assist in supporting organizational change initiatives 

This job might be for you if:

You enjoy working within a consultative framework and active listening.  You love assisting clients in meeting their needs, and finding creative solutions, using a collaborative approach to addressing issues and opportunities.

You are operational and tactical. You can help create a service delivery model for clients and participate when needed to implement a supporting assessment process.

You like helping people. You enjoy building and maintaining relationships with other departments, colleagues and key business partners.

You communicate clearly. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization. You are diplomatic and have solid negotiation, facilitation and conflict resolution skills.

You think on your feet. You like handling diverse situations, multiple projects and rapidly changing priorities.

We’d love to hear from people with:

• An undergraduate degree in Human Resources/Industrial Relations and completion of your CHRL
• 3 years human resource experience, with a focus on recruitment; preferably in a unionized environment
• Knowledge of recruitment best practices and job design
• Knowledge of role description principles and practices, Employment Standards Act and Pay Equity Act

 Interested applicants are asked to visit: www.workingatwestern.uwo.ca to apply online to job reference #7707 by midnight, September 6th, 2016.
                                                          
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.
 
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.  If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at hrhelp@uwo.ca or phone 519-661-2194.
 
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be acknowledged.