Responsibilities:

• Responsible for talent acquisition and organization effectiveness across the regions
• Elevate the Employee “First 90 Day” experience
• Support brand development and talent acquisition within the Center's community
• Coordinate with HR and Center Directors to manage the “Employee Qualifications & Compliance Program”
• Collaborates with school and regional leaders to address all areas from talent acquisition, to optimizing classroom/teacher ratios and compensation.
• Coordinates with ELA functional teams (e.g., payroll, accounting, HRBPs, Operation leadership) to monitor Talent acquisition budgets and effectiveness of campaigns
• Coordinates with ELA Marketing Manager on promotional materials
• Provides regular reports to Center Directors and Regional leaders on recruiting costs, open positions, time to hire,
• Coordinates with HRIS, payroll and Center Director to ensure onboarding & orientation happens timely
• Experience with optimizing organizational structure in childhood industry
• Develops processes and improvement opportunities for onboarding, including automation of processes to alleviate burden on Center Directors
• Ensures all new hire documents and onboarding happens in timely manner
• Conduct “Employee Experience” surveys at operational level
• Closely supports Center Directors/managers to ensure “Employee Engagement” happens
• Tracks Licensing and supports the automation of tracking credentials, education
• Coordinate background screening and reference checking
• Collaborates with Marketing Manager and Operations leadership to create training materials for localized Talent acquisition
• Conduct training for effective hiring, interviewing and onboarding talent
• Train managers on using the applicant tracking system
• Supports the Human Resources Business Partner on the full employee life-cycle
• Process New Hire paperwork, including offer letter generation and entry into HRIS
• Develop processes and supporting documentation for onboarding, performance management, off- boarding and the full employee life-cycle
• Support the HR infrastructure development
• Other duties as assigned

Skills/Qualifications:

• Four years talent acquisition experience, preferably in the early Childhood Education industry
• Knowledge of state employment laws and regulations
• Bachelor's degree preferred, or the equivalent experience and education in Human Resources
• PHR or SPHR certification or completion of relevant certificate program preferred
• Experience holding virtual job fairs
• Four years' experience in training and development preferred
• Four years' experience leveraging social media for talent acquisition
• Experience with at least one HRIS
• Experience with various applicant tracking systems and various hiring platforms
• Experience building relationships across multiple states
• Outstanding computer skills including Microsoft Office
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Keen aptitude in problem-solving
• Strong time management skills