Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Who you’ll work with
The oakleaf group is a premier advisory firm with expertise in risk management and financial modeling for the mortgage and banking industriesWe serve publicly traded and privately held banks and non-bank mortgage firms, government agencies, law firms, insurance companies, institutional asset managers and hedge fundsFounded in 2007, oakleaf employs more than 100 professionals located in the washington, dc and new york city metro areas, serving clients across north america and europe.
We are seeking a director talent acquisition and recruiting operations to shape and accelerate hiring as we scale for growth and best serve our clientsIn this role, you will support key revenue-generating business practice areas and work with leadership and functional managers to meet hiring priorities.
Primary responsibilities
As the talent acquisition and recruitment operations leader, you will:
Lead the talent acquisition and recruiting function for the firm and be responsible for its success.
Oversee a existing team of 4+ recruiters and jump in as player-coach to support hiring needs.
Expand the team and recruitment operation to ensure the firm is able to achieve its 2022/2023 goals.
Align business development and recruiting to improve collaboration and meet client needs.
Improve existing recruiting processes and ta programs to ensure a high quality experience for all candidates.
Proactively develop pipelines of potential candidates to reduce time-to-hire and ensure the firm is able to attract and hire the best professionals.
This is a virtual position that can be located anywhere in the usa.
Who we`re looking for
We`re looking for someone who has the interest and the ability to create a pro-active, high-impact recruitment function that drives rapid, high-quality hiring across the organizationWe need someone with prior experience building up a full-cycle recruiting effortYou must be a natural people leader who is passionate about building great teams and able to define strategy, develop processes and create metrics and reporting to make sure the recruiting engine is running efficiently.
Our ideal candidate will bring considerable recruiting and mortgage/banking knowledge to help inform recruiting best practices, screening, and candidate managementWe need someone with enough experience to be a highly reliable recruiting partner able to work closely with executives and develop strong relationships with subject matter expertsYou must be able to create alignment with internal business development partners and ensure a great hiring experience for all candidates.
Our ideal candidate will not be afraid to roll up their sleeves to source, screen, and interviewWe need someone to be a `hands-on` leader who is able to lead and work alongside our team to recruit highly skilled technical rolesWhile there is a small team currently in place, initially, you must be willing and able to manage your own small set of technical searches, while working to build up the talent acquisition and recruitment operation.
For the successful candidate, this is a great opportunity to make an impact, build up an already existing recruiting function, and scale a talent acquisition and recruitment practice within a growing multi-industry consulting firm.
Essential functions:
Develop and implement the talent and recruitment strategies and overall recruiting process to ensure the company achieves its hiring goals
Lead innovative sourcing and talent pool strategies to attract top talent for high-priority technical requisitions.
Partner with stakeholders to determine recruiting priorities and capacity
Partner with the ceo to continuously evolve organizational effectiveness and design
Build out a recruiting services team to operate as a support and empowerment function to the rest of the organization
Build up the ability to continuously develop strong candidate pipelines, utilizing a variety of sourcing methods and recruitment channels, and leveraging technology to maximize productivity and candidate quality.
Hold the team accountable for tracking, analyzing, and reporting talent acquisition metrics to monitor and continuously improve performance, efficiency, and capability.
Drive a culture of constant improvement, identifying and implementing strategies and processes to increase business-wide recruiting effectiveness and efficiency
Develop the team through knowledge sharing, mentorship, and sharing performance feedback to grow the team members in the department
Plus (of course!) you`ll have a hands-on opportunity to shape a key business function within a growing consultancy
Skills and experience:
You were responsible for building up a recruitment team within a corporate, staffing/recruitment agency, or consulting environment
You have proven experience as senior recruiter - preferably in financial services, mortgage, and banking
You have prior experience managing a high-volume requisition load with competing demands from various internal/external business groups
You have the ability to act as single point of escalation for split-desk issue resolution between business developers and recruiters
You have experience with multiple sourcing techniques (e.gSocial media recruiting, ai solutions, and boolean search) and have experience using sourcing platforms (linkedin) and other sourcing/ai platforms
You thrive on partnering with technical sme/hiring teams to drive all facets of the recruiting life-cycle in a fast paced consulting environment
You are able to use data to optimize the recruiting processes, develop innovative strategies, increase applicant pipelines, and present findings to the executive team
You are able to build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be recognized as a trusted advisor in all recruitment matters
You have experience working in a business with highly ambitious growth plans and can demonstrate how you added value
You have proven experience building pipelines of talented people for hard-to-fill roles across financial services, mortgage, and banking
You are passionate about building teams and company culture
You are capable of managing immediate priorities while anticipating future needs
You are a strong team player who emphasizes team success over individual success
You have a minimum of a bachelor`s degree or equivalent and are legally able to work in the u.s
What we offer
Competitive compensation based on experience
Full medical and dental benefits
Casual work environment (virtual/work-from home)
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our companyWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
