Talent Acquisition Manager

The Organization

The Florence Project (Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, or FIRRP) was founded in 1989 to respond to a representation crisis for indigent non-citizens detained at the rural Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center in Florence, Arizona. Through our programs today, we provide services to thousands of adults and children detained in Eloy, Florence, Phoenix, and Tucson, Arizona, on any given day. The Florence Project is nationally known for its legal and social services that ensure that detained immigrants are empowered and have access to justice. The Florence Project provides high-quality legal services and supports initiatives for national changes in immigration law and policy, and currently has 180 staff members and offices in Phoenix, Tucson, and Florence, Arizona.

Primary Purpose of the Job:

The Talent Acquisition Manager supports FIRRP by ensuring the Talent Acquisition function at FIRRP is strategic and successful at finding and retaining a diversity of qualified and dedicated persons whose work supports the FIRRP mission and advances FIRRP’s DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) goals and values. This includes a responsive, informed, and collaborative ongoing quest to discover talent, build a strong employment brand at FIRRP, and ensure great relationships with both candidates and employees.

The Talent Acquisition Manager must be an experienced professional; knowledgeable in full-cycle recruiting and employment branding; possess a sharp ability to find talented people through research and active engagement in diverse communities and agencies; and have a steady commitment to help successful candidates thrive at FIRRP.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Determine current staffing needs and produce staffing forecasts.

• Develop talent acquisition strategies and hiring plans, in collaboration with organizational leadership directives and management needs.

• Lead employment branding initiatives that highlight the purpose and value of working at FIRRP.

• Perform sourcing to fill open positions and anticipate future needs, using multiple and diverse resources, including job specific organizations, institutions of higher education, law schools, and specialized groups and publications that align with FIRRP’s DEIA values and goals.

• Plan and conduct recruitment and selection processes (interviews, screening calls etc.) with the applicant experience in mind.

• Take steps to ensure a positive candidate experience that includes lawful, timely, and complete communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process.

• Assist in employee retention and development.

• Supervise recruiting personnel.

• Organize and/or attend career fairs, assessment centers, or other events.

• Use metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement.

• Provide general support to the Office of People & Culture as needed.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• 4 years experience as talent acquisition manager, including experience in full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, and employment branding.

• Working knowledge of lawful selection methods and techniques.

• Proficient in the use of social media, job boards, recruitment sites, and other platforms for sourcing talent.

• Experience working with others to understand the duties and competencies of different roles.

• Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and databases.

• BSc/BA in business administration, human resources, or relevant field.

Preferred Requirements:

• SHRM- SCP or SPHR a plus.
• JD and/or MSW preferred.
• Experience working with HRIS systems, BambooHR preferred.
• Fluency and advanced proficiency in Spanish (speaking, writing, reading).

Skills and Abilities:

• Provide excellent and professional communication to persons both inside and external to FIRRP.
• Perform work in a consistently well-organized way.
• Lead and think strategically.
• Engage effective interpersonal skills.
• Able to exhibit a high level of confidentiality and maintain discretion. Able to handle highly confidential situations with professionalism and tact.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Able to gather and analyze information accurately and in a timely way.
• Possess a willingness to wear multiple hats and ability to adapt and prioritize tasks on a daily basis.
• Team-oriented with strong integrity and professionalism.
• Conduct work in a respectful way that is collaborative and innovative.
• Able to work independently, be adaptable and reliable in the face of conflict, pressure, crisis, or changing priorities.
• Be a self starter and take initiative to add and complete other value-added tasks as able.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

• Operate in a professional office environment and requires the ability to sit for long periods of time with intermittent walking, standing, bending, squatting, pulling, and pushing.

• Requires the ability to use standard office equipment such as scanners, computers, keyboards, phones, shredders, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. Requires the ability to lift-up to ten pounds - accommodations may be available.

• The Florene Project has three offices: Phoenix, Tucson, and Florence, AZ.  The Florence office is headquartered approximately one hour south of Phoenix, or one-and-a-half hours north of Tucson.  The position has flexibility to be remote.

• Potential travel to Eloy, Florence, Phoenix, Tucson.

• Effective September 1, 2021, FIRRP has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy. To comply with this policy, active employees must be fully vaccinated by October 15, 2021. Employees seeking an exemption due to a medical condition or sincerely-held religious belief should contact our Human Resources Department at humanresources@firrp.org.

Salary & Benefits:

This is a full-time, salaried exempt position. Salary is competitive for our field and geographical area, and the salary range is $65,000-$72,500 DOE. We strive to create and uphold a positive, supportive, and inclusive work environment for all staff. We offer excellent benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability insurance, with full premiums paid by the Florence Project, and partial health insurance premiums paid for dependents.
• Eligible employees are eligible for an employer matching retirement plan as soon as the employee contributes to their retirement plan.
• One personal day paid each month.
• Twenty-five days of vacation per year.
• Five days of sick/medical leave annually.
• Twelve weeks of paid parental leave.
• Relocation Assistance for out of state new hires
• Bereavement leave.
• All federal holidays observed.
• After three years of employment, employees are eligible for an eight-week paid sabbatical.
• Mileage reimbursement for travel between offices and places of work.

Application Process:

This is an immediate opening. To apply, please submit a cover letter detailing your interest in the position as well as your resume and three professional references via our website, www.firrp.org. The Florence Project values diversity in the workplace and strongly encourages applications from people of color, LGBTQ individuals, persons with disabilities, and members of underrepresented communities. We also recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed in our current job opportunities, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence, which is very much valued at the Florence Project. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

This job announcement is for informational purposes only and is subject to change and modification without notice. This job announcement includes a non-exhaustive list of responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements of the position, but does not necessarily include all the position’s job functions.