Engagement Manager​/Recruiter

Are you passionate about helping others? Can you see yourself as part of an organization that is helping to change people's lives by providing guidance to exciting careers?

If so, Building Talent Foundation (BTF) invites you to consider a role as an Engagement Manager / Recruiter.

BTF is helping to change people's lives by providing connections to training programs, scholarships, and support for placement in careers in the residential construction industry. At a time when unemployment is high and stable careers are in demand, your guidance can help to counsel, inspire, and place candidates into promising careers with excellent salaries, without debt and with long term stable and growing career paths.

With approximately 400,000 open jobs in residential construction, and jobs in the sector projected to grow by another 10% by 2028 (much faster than average job growth across industries), a role as an Engagement Manager with BTF will enable you to have direct, positive impact for many individuals.

This position will be 50% virtually based

Recruitment and placement of candidates for skilled trades education programs, and placement with contractors within network of Trade Skills partners.

To build local relationships with local workforce development centers, schools, and residential contractors.

Responsible for managing the recruitment process from A to Z, which includes (but is not limited to):

• Create requisitions to hire, source, and screen candidates.
• Participate in interviews, check references and all other relevant aspects of field recruitment.
• Establish and build relationships with residential contractors to build hiring funnels of students.
• Develop and execute recruitment strategies and plans with local nonprofits and workforce development organizations.
• Identify and implement recruitment strategies for specific skill sets with external agencies such as industry associations, technical/trade schools, community colleges, other service organizations.
• Develop and implement initiatives such as career fairs and targeted advertising to maximize the pool of potential candidates.
• Work in collaboration with the management team to ensure that recruitment processes are developed, implemented, communicated, and delivered in support of the recruitment initiatives
• Advise the supervisors and managers on employment law pertinent to staffing practices in various states.
• Manage posting of field positions.
• Report on field recruitment activities and prepare reviews to provide insight to success and areas of opportunity.
• Maintain and update applicant information on Jobs To Build .

Other duties as assigned.

Must have recruiting experience!

Experience with Skilled Trades (Construction, Plumbing, Electric, HVAC) industry.

5-10 years recruiting, or sales experience preferred.

Knowledge of Health and Safety an asset.

Superior interpersonal and effective communication skills and ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization.

Prior experience with applicant tracking systems.

Strong work ethic and accountability a must.

Proven ability to multi-task in a highly dynamic environment.

Knowledge and use of appropriate standardized screening tools and tests.

Bilingual preferred but not required.

MS Office competency.

Workforce Development

Construction

Education

Talent Management

The Building Talent Foundation’s (BTF) purpose is to address the severe and persistent labor shortage across skilled trades by improving talent supply, training, and retention.

Founded by the 22 leading residential construction companies in the U.S. in 2019 as a non-profit entity, BTF brings together employers, educators, and all other market players, in regional skills collaborations, to catalyze, accelerate and synchronize joint projects for building the sector’s workforce of the future.