Manager, Strategy

Position: Manager, Recruiting Strategy
Description The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Branch is one of the state's largest employers with over 46,000 employees that span 11 secretariats and 70 plus agencies.  From Accountants to X-Ray Technicians and hundreds of titles in between, we are one employer with many career opportunities.  The Commonwealth is looking for leaders, thinkers, creators, and innovators. We are a diverse workforce that reflects the diverse population that we serve.

The Human Resources Division (HRD) is an agency within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. HRD provides support to state agencies in all matters relating to the Commonwealth's classification, compensation, benefits, recruitment, training & employee development, civil rights, collective bargaining and workers compensation.

About the Talent and Workforce Strategy Division The Talent and Workforce Strategy Division (TWS) helps build and sustain a strong, future-ready workforce for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Through our teams focused on recruiting, workforce performance and placement, organizational learning, and employee engagement and retention, we provide strategic programs, guidance, and resources that support agencies in attracting, developing, and retaining highly skilled and dedicated public servants.

As a collaborative and mission-driven team, TWS advances workforce excellence and helps to positively and strategically shape the employee experience across state government.

Position SummaryTWS seeks a strategic, innovative, and service-minded professional who is passionate about crafting and coordinating the Commonwealth’s Recruiting plan. This role is responsible for coordinating the planning and execution of recruiting strategies that help ensure the Commonwealth is able to source, attract, measure, and analyze a best-in-class talent pipeline, from bargaining unit to management roles, at every level of experience, across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate has strong experience as a recruiting practitioner in complex and dispersed organizations. They have a deep understanding of a range of recruiting strategies to best meet a wide variety of positions and levels, enjoy staying informed on recruiting industry best practices, are a skilled relationship builder, and relish the opportunity to leverage data to inform strategic workforce planning.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
· Manage a team of HR professionals to carry out recruiting strategy priorities on behalf of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance and the Human Resources Division.
· Identify strategic priorities for TWS’ Recruiting team based on enterprise recruiting requirements, managing and executing these priorities in creative and innovative ways to help hiring professionals deliver quality, impactful recruitment actions.
· Leverage industry research and best practices, knowledge of statewide recruiting needs, and occupational/industry/Commonwealth recruiting data, to craft. execute, and monitor/evolve an effective statewide recruiting strategic plan.
· Cultivate and sustain strong working relationships with Commonwealth secretariat- and agency-level recruiting practitioners to best understand recruiting priorities, identify areas of cross-organizational efficiencies, and maintain a modernized, innovative approach to attract top talent to Commonwealth employment.
· Coordinate procurement requirements and manage external partnerships in support of the Commonwealth's recruiting strategy.

Preferred Qualifications
· 7+ years of experience as a Recruiting professional, preferably in a complex organization with a range of missions and directives.
· Demonstrated understanding of relevant federal and state level law, policy,…