Signature Consulting Group (SCG) requires a Talent Acquisition Specialist who demonstrates a successful track record delivering solutions. This role contributes much of the client work that is essential to SCG's growth. They will have ongoing client responsibilities and are expected to develop client relationships into more fully realized engagements. Through the support, creation, and maintenance of a dynamic business development strategy and new client / partner relationships, the Talent Acquisition Specialist increases the volume, consistency, and quality of the recruitment of professionals. The position develops a clear recruitment plan and demonstrates early results. The Talent Acquisition Specialist supports aspects of the business development from lifecycle from opportunity identification through proposal development. These responsibilities require excellent organizational skills and flexibility for the coordination, collaboration, and timeline management of a dynamic and fast-paced team environment.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to identifying/creating resource requirements for recruiting (reqs)
• Supports candidate interviews
• Executes comprehensive search strategies to recruit top quality candidates, including networking, convening and hosting events and webinars, direct sourcing, social media, emails, and referrals
• Proactively works with Proposals, Hiring Managers, CEO and HR Director to tailor job requisitions and subsequent recruiting strategy to the company’s specific hiring needs
• Proactively tracks the recruiting lifecycle progress and all recruiting activities in our applicant tracking system
• Collaborates with Accounting and HR Director to support rate development and salaries for job requisitions based on company budget, market rates and historical data for each role
• Manage the SCG Recruiting Lifecycle Policy and Processes; analyze staffing trends, results and internal operations for continuous improvement of our strategies and process
• Facilitate the screening and selection process between candidates and hiring teams which includes internal training as necessary
• Create and manage diverse talent pipelines
• Create regular and ad hoc recruiting reports; produce and provide metrics for HR Business Partner review
• Provide input into the project Talent Acquisition Strategy to enhance diversity, recruitment, and retention strategies
• Supports Business Development
• Supports opportunity identification / pipeline development and management
• Supports the maintenance of annual key events list
• Supports Opportunity Assessment and qualification
• Supports gathering preliminary customer and program intelligence
• Supports the cultivation of initial position with customer in conjunction with SCG Rep
• Supports competition assessments
• Supports monitoring and planning for IDIQs
• Contributes to sales of resource to existing subcontracts
• Supports networking for partners & teaming relationships
• Supports relationship maintenance in order to find opportunities - understand their strengths
• Supports identifying/creating opportunity specific teaming - value propositions / presentations - persuading
• Supports work share negotiations
• Supports NDA, TA, Sub Agreements
• Supports gathering intel and learning the opportunity key areas, high level understanding of viable, competitive Solutioning
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 2-5 years’ work in professional services and/or consulting environment
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Knowledge of other editing and publication software
• Strong organizational skills
• Demonstrated commitment to high quality customer service interactions and consistent quality output
• Significant experience in building and advancing client relationships and developing partnerships involving human capital.
• Ability to function in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment and capacity to handle multiple objectives and workflows
• Detail-oriented, able to work independently, solution focused, results driven, and an excellent communicator.
• Proven track record at being the driving force of an organization’s growth in and/or developing the human capital requirements of a business development strategy

Education

• BA or BS preferred or commensurate work experience