Talent Acquisition Manager

• Manage the Global Prairie Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring candidate records, communications, and hiring workflows are accurate and up to date
• Manage candidate outreach and engagement, including conducting screeners, scheduling interviews, collecting feedback, dismissals, and maintaining candidate communications
• Ensure a positive, smooth candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Partner with People & Operations to understand recruitment planning needs and develop recruiting strategies for full-time and part-time roles
• Facilitate new hiring requests by gathering role requirements and needs from hiring leads
• Draft, edit, and maintain job descriptions
• Post open positions across relevant platforms and promote opportunities through sourcing channels
• Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines across multiple business functions
• Track recruiting activity, candidate pipeline health, and hiring progress
• Provide leadership with quarterly and ad hoc updates and insights
• Identify and implement recruiting process improvements
• Manage confidential team member and company information
• Assist with sourcing, engaging and deploying freelancers and independent contractors
• Support the Junior Associate (intern) program, retention, and other talent-management duties
• Help attract and hire talent aligned with Global Prairie’s purpose-driven culture and business growth

• 5-6 years as a recruiter, headhunter, or similar role
• Demonstrated success in building qualified candidate pipelines and filling roles
• Experience working in a marketing, communications or advertising agency is strongly preferred
• Experience in BambooHR ATS, Linked In Recruiter, Metaview, and Handshake preferred but not required
• Clear interpersonal skills and ability to connect quickly and authentically with candidates
• Deep expertise in recruitment best practices
• Ability to manage many candidates at once and identify strong talent
• Flexibility to pivot when circumstances or plans change
• Strong time management skills
• High proactivity
• Effective communication
• Entrepreneurial spirit and comfort working with best-in-class leaders
• Collaborative, optimistic, resilient, flexible, curious, community-minded and philanthropic characteristics
• Ability to perform physical activities including standing, walking, lifting, pulling, pushing, kneeling, reaching, stooping, talking, hearing and repetitive motion
• Occasionally lift or move objects weighing 10-20 pounds
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle
• Ability to work in the United States

Demonstrates expertise in managing applicant tracking systems, candidate engagement, and recruitment strategies while ensuring a positive candidate experience. Proficient in building candidate pipelines and implementing process improvements to enhance recruitment efficiency.

• BambooHR ATS
• Linked In Recruiter
• Candidate Pipeline Management
• Recruitment Best Practices
• Effective Communication

• Recruitment
• Candidate Outreach
• Interview Scheduling
• Job Description Drafting
• Sourcing Channels

• Interpersonal Skills
• Time Management
• Flexibility
• Proactivity
• Collaboration

• Marketing Agency
• Communications Agency
• Advertising Agency
• Talent Management
• Candidate Experience

• Metaview
• Handshake