Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: This posting is for an existing vacancy in Wellington-Altus' Winnipeg office.

Founded in 2017, Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus) is one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
* and the parent company to Wellington-Altus Private Counsel Inc., Wellington-Altus USA Inc., Wellington-Altus Insurance Inc., Wellington-Altus Group Solutions Inc., Independent Advisor Solutions Inc., and Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc.

- the top-rated
** investment dealer in Canada. With more than $50 billion in assets under administration and offices across the country, Wellington-Altus identifies with successful, entrepreneurial advisors and portfolio managers, and their high-net-worth clients.

* Report on Business 2025 rankings.

** Investment Executive 2026 Brokerage Report Card.

Reporting to the Manager, Talent Acquisition as part of the Human Resources team, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will directly support the planning and implementation of the company’s talent acquisition strategy, acting as an ambassador for the Wellington-Altus recruitment experience.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will drive company growth and operational efficiency by providing direct support to both corporate and existing Investment Advisor team recruitment and will also be directly involved in the ongoing development and promotion of the Company’s talent acquisition strategy.

Recruiting Efforts

• Directly support Investment Advisor recruitment efforts, acting as a resource to Regional Managers.
• Support the full-cycle recruitment process (screening resumes, proactively sourcing candidates, conducting screening calls and interviews, etc.), working closely with the broader HR team to onboard new hires.
• Update and maintain the external careers page to actively market to potential job seekers.
• Suggest new ideas for improving talent acquisition activities, including the implementation of automated processes to improve upon existing, manual processes.
• Build an available candidate pool of passive candidates using Linked In, job boards, and other social media outlets for "out-of-the-box" searches on an ongoing basis.
• Establish and maintain a pipeline of internal and external candidates for open and future roles.
• Utilize HRIS Applicant Tracking System to track and manage recruitment, including scheduling appointments and facilitating interviewing with hiring managers.
• Leverage outside-the-box recruitment solutions, such as external job boards and Linked In candidate pools/InMails as a tool for recruitment sourcing.
• Adapt quickly to changing needs and work requirements; stay up to date on all processes and procedures.
• Proactively organize and manage a high volume of time-sensitive tasks and work.

Partnering with HR Team and Hiring Managers

• Work with Executives and managers to understand hiring needs and ensure timely posting and filling of vacancies; follow-up as needed in a timely manner to ensure positive candidate experience.
• Partner with the HR Coordinators and Business Partners to ensure new hires and contracts flow through to HRIS system, payroll etc. in a timely and accurate manner.
• Partners with the HR Automation & AI Analyst and HRIS Specialist to assist with projects related to AI, HRIS system, and process efficiency.
• Partner with Hiring Managers to update and/or develop job postings; conducting recruitment project scoping interviews with managers to ensure efforts are strategically in-line.
• Work with the broader Talent Acquisition team to help develop the company’s campus and diversity recruitment efforts, representing the company internally and externally at events with a goal of networking and relationship building…