Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full-cycle recruitment for Draganfly across Canada and the United States. The role brings structure, speed, and consistency to how we attract and hire people across all of our entities. It is the HR team’s dedicated hiring expert: a trusted advisor to hiring managers, a strong ambassador for the Draganfly brand, and the owner of a candidate experience that reflects who we are.

As a growing drone and technology company, we compete for scarce technical talent. This role exists to build pipelines before we need them, shorten time to hire, and make sure every hiring decision is fair, well documented, and compliant.

This is a remote role in British Columbia, but the successful candidate will need to be willing to travel.

Full-cycle recruitment

Partner with the HR Coordinator on all recruiting activity, sharing ownership of postings, scheduling, candidate communication, tracking and offer administration.

Lead intake meetings with hiring managers to define the role, success profile, must-have skills and interview plan.

Convert approved job descriptions into Draganfly-format job postings and publish them across job boards, Linked In, the careers page and niche channels.

Source candidates proactively through Linked In Recruiter, referrals, professional networks, universities and industry associations, with emphasis on hard-to-fill technical roles.

Screen applicants and conduct phone screens, working with the HR Coordinator to schedule and coordinate structured interviews with hiring panels.

Manage the reference check and background screening process with the HR Coordinator, including security or export-control screening where a role requires it

Prepare offer recommendations within approved salary bands, prepare offer letters with the HR Coordinator for HR review, and extend verbal offers in partnership with hiring managers.

Hiring manager partnership and advisory

Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, unbiased assessment and candidate evaluation.

Provide market insight on compensation, talent availability and competitor hiring to set realistic expectations.

Hold regular pipeline reviews with hiring managers and keep them informed of progress at every stage.

Employer brand and talent pipeline

Partner with the Employee Engagement & Communications Specialist on employer-brand content, careers-page updates and social media campaigns.

Build and maintain relationships with universities and colleges (co-op, internship and summer student programs) and with technical schools, with the HR Coordinator supporting program logistics and student hiring.

Represent Draganfly at career fairs, industry events and community hiring initiatives, working with the HR Coordinator on event planning and candidate follow-up.

Maintain talent pools for recurring roles so that critical positions can be filled quickly.

Process, systems and compliance

Administer the applicant tracking system and keep candidate records accurate, complete and confidential.

Maintain recruitment templates: job description format, posting templates, interview guides, and scorecards.

Ensure hiring practices comply with Canadian provincial and federal employment standards, U.S. federal and state requirements, human rights legislation, privacy law and, where applicable, export-control and security-clearance rules.

Reporting and continuous improvement

Track and report recruitment metrics to the Director, HR on a monthly basis.

Identify bottlenecks in the hiring process and recommend improvements

A trusted advisor who builds credibility with hiring managers and confidently coaches them toward fair, structured hiring decisions

A natural talent hunter who loves the chase of finding scarce…