Job Description

Are you looking for more than a job? At World Vision Canada we offer challenging careers that change the lives of children all over the world and it will change yours too. Come and be part of a team of 400 Canadians with a vision for the world: Life in all its fullness for every child.
You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world's most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good:
For Children. For Change. For Life.
Position: Specialist, Talent Sourcing
Reports to: Lead, Talent Acquisition
Position Term: Full Time Temporary (12 Months)
Primary Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Workplace Type: Remote (within Canada)
The Specialist, Talent Sourcing is responsible for building talent pipelines and identifying potential candidates for current and future hiring needs. In partnership with the talent acquisition team, the Talent Sourcing Specialist leverages internet mining, recruitment marketing, industry events, social media, and competitive intelligence and research to target and connect with both active and passive candidates.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with talent acquisition specialists to understand specific position requirements to source for the best active and passive candidates in the market.
• Drive the identification of talent pools and pipelines by mining candidate databases, tapping into professional networks, leveraging social media, attending career events, managing relationships with colleges to qualify candidates and deliver exceptional candidate profiles to designated talent acquisition specialists based upon job specifications and hiring goals.
• Promote our employer brand online and offline.
• Communicate with past applicants regarding new job opportunities.
• Maintain and incorporate diversity initiatives to candidate attraction strategies, ensuring the talent communities include individuals of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles.
• Ability to build, foster and maintain positive professional relationships.
• Conduct phone (or video) screens with passive and active candidates to determine qualifications against position requirements, as necessary.
• Support talent acquisition team needs by reviewing active candidate applications against job requirements, utilize screening questions to qualify candidates for positions, and update applicant tracking systems, as necessary.

Qualifications:

• College Diploma in Human Resource Management, Business, or other related field.
• Talent sourcing experience in a high-volume or search firm environment - a minimum of 2 years
• Minimum 2 years of experience with applicant tracking systems (Dayforce/Workday) and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Experience leveraging a variety of sourcing avenues, including social recruiting channels, tech platforms like Slack and Github, networking events and campaigns.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).

Why consider us?

• World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada's and the GTA's top employers. Other awards granted are for financial transparency, marketing, customer service and for the work we do in the field.
• We are Canada's largest development, relief and advocacy non-profit.
• We embody an agile mindset here.
• You get competitive pay and benefits. Our comprehensive health benefits start at day 1 which includes a Health Spending Account. We match pension contributions up to 6% and give up a top-up for pregnancy & parental leaves up to 25%.
• You get extra time off for restoration. We close for an additional day on long weekends, 6 times a year. You can get up to six weeks' vacation, plus paid sick days, personal days & wellness days.
• We offer a family-friendly, caring, and flexible work environment.

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We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world - and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.
GTA's Top 100
Our Core Values: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People. We are Partners. We are Responsive.
Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.
World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.
World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.