Associate, Talent Acquisition Sourcer (Digital Infrastructure

Position: Associate, Talent Acquisition Sourcer (Digital Infrastructure)
Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description Ares is looking for an Associate Talent Acquisition Sourcer to join the Ares’ Recruitment team. The Talent Acquisition Sourcer will be responsible for sourcing active and passive talent, acting as a sourcing subject matter expert, communicating important market updates and building out strong talent pipelines.

The ideal candidate will lead strategic sourcing initiatives and provide exceptional client service to the recruiting team, promptly addressing all related requests and queries, streamlining and improving our recruitment processes to ensure best practices in a fast-paced rapidly growing  partnership with Senior Recruiters, the Talent Acquisition Sourcer will interact with business leaders and hiring managers, acting as a strong strategic partner and candidate relationship manager.

This role will support high volume recruitment across all levels within Ares’ growing Digital Infrastructure platform including Ada Infrastructure, its dedicated data center development and operations business.

Reporting relationships

Reports to:

Senior Recruiter Primary functions & responsibilities

Manage talent sourcing activities including research, market intelligence, market mappings, direct outreach to passive candidates, networking and screening

Support hiring initiatives within Digital Infrastructure and data center-related businesses by identifying talent across areas such as investments, engineering, construction management, critical facilities, project management, commissioning, operations, and other related technical disciplines.

Build candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing utilizing Linked In Recruiter, Workday ATS, referrals, talent communities, and other sourcing channels.

Manage relationships with both internal and external candidates through the full life cycle recruitment process

Partner with the Talent Acquisition team, HR COE’s and business leads to understand talent needs and deliver strategies and solutions for sourcing

Act as a positive and leading brand ambassador for Ares. This will include keeping up to date with Ares press releases, awards, new initiatives, events, philanthropy, announced deals etc.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree required or international equivalent

Experience Required Minimum of 3-5 years of Talent Sourcing experience required within corporate, retained and/or contingent recruitment search

Experience sourcing technical talent within one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:
Infrastructure, Data Centers, Construction Management, Engineering, Critical Facilities, Project Management, Technical Operations or related disciplines.

Proficiency with Linked In Boolean searches and strategic talent sourcing methods

Previous Workday experience is preferred

General Requirements Professional demeanor with a focus on client and candidate service while maintaining confidentiality

Ability to extract meaningful information from talent sourcing research, and communicate effectively via email and in-person

Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and competing demands within a high volume and fast paced environment

Commitment to building strong internal and external relationships to foster a solid reputation and network

Be comfortable working independently and collaborating with other team members

Proven experience and passion for talent sourcing and candidate relationship management

Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and meet project deadlines

Dependable, great attitude, highly motivated and a team player

Strong sense of ownership and accountability; demonstrates…