Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist; Hybrid

Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist (Bilingual, Hybrid)

Full Time Salary Toronto, ON, CA

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Wesdome is a Canadian-focused gold producer with two high-grade underground assets, the Eagle River mine in Ontario and the Kiena mine in Québec. The Company’s primary goal is to responsibly leverage its operating platform and high-quality brownfield and greenfield exploration pipeline to build a growing value-driven gold producer.

Wesdome’s newly renovated and modern office is situated in the heart of downtown Toronto, offering unparalleled convenience and accessibility for professionals. Located in the Financial District near major business hubs, it is well connected to transit (a 5-minute walk to Union Station) and only 25 minutes from Pearson International Airport, as well as restaurants, shopping, sports, entertainment and fitness centres.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, HR, the Bilingual (EN/FR) Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist exists to elevate and align the Company’s existing recruitment practices across Kiena, Eagle River and the Corporate office. Recruitment activity is already taking place at the site level; this role is responsible for strengthening the overall framework, creating a more unified approach, and ensuring that recruitment practices are consistent, effective, and reflective of both corporate priorities and site-specific realities.

This position is strategic as it will standardize and implement recruitment processes, candidate experience expectations, employer brand standards, Linked In recruitment activity, and recruitment reporting across all locations. It is also hands-on, with direct accountability for full-cycle corporate recruitment. Key outcomes include establishing a unified recruitment framework across all locations, strengthening employer brand consistency, improving corporate recruitment execution, and partnering directly with site teams to support recruitment needs as required, build proactive talent pipelines, and enhance recruitment reporting and visibility for HR leadership.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in an environment where recruitment practices already exist but require greater alignment, consistency, and elevation. They are equally comfortable thinking strategically and executing hands-on recruitment work. They must be able to build trust with site teams while also having the confidence and discipline to standardize and implement shared practices.

• Strategic mindset — Aligns recruitment efforts with business goals, workforce needs, and employer brand priorities.
• Growth-oriented — Comfortable building and improving evolving talent acquisition practices and processes.
• Accountability — Takes ownership, delivers on commitments, and maintains high standards with minimal oversight.
• Collaborative approach — Builds strong partnerships across HR, leadership, Communications and hiring teams.
• Continuous improvement — Uses data, feedback, and insight to enhance recruitment processes, reporting, and candidate experience.
• Influential partnership — Balances collaboration with the ability to reinforce standards and drive consistency across sites.
• Regional awareness — Understands local labour markets, and site-specific operational realities.
• Professional judgement — Handles confidential and sensitive hiring matters with discretion, credibility, and tact.

• Lead the alignment of recruitment practices across Kiena, Eagle and Corporate ensuring site-based recruitment teams operate within a consistent recruitment framework while retaining appropriate flexibility for regional labour market and operational needs.
• Establish, standardize, and implement recruitment processes, tools, candidate experience standards, and reporting practices across all locations in partnership with site-based recruitment teams.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment for corporate roles, including intake meetings, job postings, sourcing, screening, interviews, offer management, and onboarding coordination.
• Develop and…