Talent Acquisition Specialist

Coordinate hiring teams in executing searches excellently from requisition to hire, including:

• Supporting the development of materials, such as recruitment plans, interview guidelines, and resources for hiring managers,

• Posting jobs and coordinating outreach to potential candidates,

• Identifying obstacles and proposing solutions,

• Screening candidate applications for fit across roles,

• Conducting interviews and reference calls,

• Serving as the primary candidate point-of-contact;

Administer our applicant tracking system, including building out hiring analytics;

Propose and implement programs to source and recruit diverse, qualified applicant pools;

Work in coordination with our high-touch onboarding program to seamlessly integrate new hires into our organizational culture;

Contribute to other workstreams that strengthen how we develop, engage, and support talent;

Actively participate in brainstorming related to our impact and internal projects and other team activities, including identifying opportunities to enhance employee experience and foster connection, collaboration, and community across Protect Democracy.

At least three years of full-time work experience in a recruiting, hiring, talent acquisition, or talent coordination role;

Experience independently and proactively conceptualizing, developing, and implementing new intiaitives; 

Experience managing multiple complex projects and/or workstreams simultaneously;

Enthusiasm for providing an excellent candidate experience and supporting a large number candidates simultaneously;

Passion for fostering strong, collaborative relationships with people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives;

Rigorous attention to detail and the highest standards for excellence in execution;

Growth mindset and strong, unfettered enthusiasm for giving and receiving feedback up, down and sideways — including delivering feedback to candidates;

Flexibility and willingness to pitch in where needed to support our mission, including on efforts outside of core job responsibilities related to hiring;

A passionate commitment to the preservation of democratic norms and institutions, and an understanding that our democracy has never fully represented communities of color.

Contact hiring@protectdemocracy.org if you require specific accommodations at any point in the hiring process.

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We are unable to provide status updates for each application we receive. If you reach out and do not hear back, please know it is not for lack of appreciation or interest, but simply for lack of staff capacity to respond to individual inquiries.

The application will include a voluntary EEO survey so that we can monitor the applicant pool as a whole for representation and equal employment opportunities, and to evaluate our progress as an organization toward a diverse and inclusive workforce, which we believe is a pillar of a thriving democracy. The categories used by the EEO survey are limited and may not reflect your lived experience; please feel free to opt out of any of the questions. Your responses to this survey are entirely separate from your application materials, are not accessible to those responsible for hiring decisions, and will not affect your candidacy in any way.