Talent Acquisition Specialist

Description

Join a Legacy of People Helping People

Serving the South Sound since 1934, TAPCO Credit Union has been built on a simple yet powerful philosophy:
People Helping People. As a not-for-profit financial cooperative, we’re deeply rooted in Pierce County, proudly serving generations of members and our communities.

At TAPCO, our employees are the heart of our mission. We foster a culture of trust, collaboration, curiosity, and respect, where every individual can bring their authentic self to work, grow in their career, and make a meaningful impact. We’re committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility, ensuring that every voice is valued and every team member has the opportunity to thrive.

When you join TAPCO, you’re not just starting a job; you’re joining a community that believes in supporting one another, learning together, and making a difference every day. Come experience the TAPCO difference and help us continue our legacy of service, innovation, and care for our communities.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist creates a positive, people-first experience for current and future TAPCO team members. This role supports the full recruitment and onboarding lifecycle and partners with the HR/Learning & Development Manager on key HR functions that help employees thrive. To keep TAPCO competitive and community-focused, this position stays current on industry trends, workforce changes, and best practices, with a strong commitment to embedding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility (DEIBA) into daily operations.

As the first connection many applicants have with TAPCO, the Talent Acquisition Specialist helps shape inclusive and consistent hiring practices that reflect TAPCO’s culture, prioritizing equity, compassion, and belonging. Beyond recruitment, this role champions solutions that uplift employees and enhance TAPCO’s community impact, promoting culture fit as shared purpose, mutual respect, and alignment with our mission and values.

Embraces and lives TAPCO's Values.

• We are People-Centric
• We are Curious
• We are Inclusive
• We are Collaborative
• We are a Trusted Partner

Member Focus
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Build strong relationships inside and outside the organization while delivering member-centric solutions.

Instills Trust
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Building trust by making good and timely decisions while consistently achieving results, even under challenging circumstances.

Drives Results
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Making good and timely decisions while consistently achieving results, even under challenging circumstances.

Cultivates Innovation
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Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful even during times of uncertainty.

• Embeds diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility (DEIBA) into your daily workflow.
• Navigate your daily work using a diverse, equitable, inclusive, belonging, and accessibility lens.
• Consult with business leaders on talent gaps to drive an effective and efficient talent acquisition strategy.
• Source and identify top talent utilizing creative recruiting strategies to develop a pipeline for current and future opportunities.
• Proactively gather actionable and competitive intelligence from market analysis to advise business leaders on current and future talent trends.
• Network, source and build a talent pipeline with industry leaders to attract skilled and credentialed professionals.
• Screen, evaluate and qualify candidates, including conducting in-depth candidate interviews to develop a deep understanding of candidate qualifications and competencies.
• Utilize creative diversity sourcing strategies for the designated business groups; this includes building strong external partnerships with diverse associations.
• Collaborate with the Human Resources and Learning/Development team to continually enhance recruiting strategies.
• Continuously search for and use new recruiting sources, job boards, and forums to build candidate pools while developing strategies to attract talent for hard to fill/specialty positions.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks…