Summary:

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition plays a critical role recruiting, selecting and hiring talented staff for the ASPCA, the nation’s first and leading animal welfare organization, where for more than 150 years, we’ve been on the frontlines to save, transform and protect millions of lives in the fight against animal cruelty.

Application Deadline: Applications must be submitted by 6:00 pm ET on Friday, January 2.

Who We Are

Our People ARE the ASPCA. The People Team (HR) at the ASPCA enables the organization to thrive by empowering and valuing every team member and providing an exceptional workplace across our varied disciplines. To make the greatest impact on animals, we must support the people who do the work, so our staff feel investment from the organization and can effectively prioritize and engage with our mission, work together, and develop the skills and capabilities necessary to achieve our goals. With engaged and committed staff, we can successfully serve the ASPCA’s guiding vision that animals in the United States live good lives; valued by society, protected by its laws and free from cruelty, pain and suffering.

What You’ll Do

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition is responsible for partnering with hiring managers to build strong and diverse talent pipelines and support the full hiring process for open positions across the ASPCA. This position will not only provide direct recruitment support to open positions in their portfolio but will also support key sourcing and operations tasks across all positions to support the Talent Acquisition Team and expand the ASPCA’s recruitment efforts.

If you have a passion for building and implementing best in class recruitment and hiring tools, supporting projects and collecting data to drive work, and caring deeply about the quality of the experience for candidates and hiring managers alike, apply today!

This position reports to Director, Talent Acquisition – Licensed Medical Hiring and has no direct reports.

Where and When You’ll Work

• This remote-based position (which requires travel, as described below) is open to all eligible candidates based within the United States. Candidates based in New York City who are willing and able to occasionally work on-site to support NYC-based teams and events are preferred.

• Ability and willingness to work occasional nights and weekends as needed

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 15% annually, as needed

What You’ll Get

Compensation

The target hiring range is based on where the employee works, which for remote roles is the employee’s primary location of residence, and its respective cost of labor. You can view which zone applies to you based on your location (aspca.app.box.com/v/aspcazonetable). For questions regarding locations not on the list, please send an email to [email protected] for more information.

Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to education, training, experience, location, business needs, internal equity, market demands or budgeted amount for the role. The target hiring range is for new hire offers only, and compensation may increase beyond the maximum hiring range based on performance over time. The maximum of the hiring range is reserved for candidates with the highest qualifications and relevant experience. The expected hiring salary ranges for this role are set forth below and may be modified in the future.

• Zone 1: $75,000 – $80,000 annually

• Zone 2: $83,000 – $88,000 annually

• Zone 3: $91,000 – $97,000 annually

Benefits

At the ASPCA, you don’t have to choose between your passion and making a living. Our comprehensive benefits package helps ensure you can live a rewarding life at work and at home. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Affordable health coverage, including medical, employer-paid dental, and optional vision coverage.

• Flexible time off that includes vacation time, sick and bereavement time, paid parental leave, 10 company paid holidays, and paid personal time off that allows you even more flexibility to observe the days that mean the most to you.

• Competitive financial incentives and retirement savings including a 401(k) plan with generous employer contributions — we match dollar for dollar up to 4% and provide an additional 4% contribution toward your future each year.

• Robust professional development opportunities including classes, on-the-job training, coaching and mentorship with industry-leading peers, internal mobility, opportunities to support in the field, and so much more.

Responsibilities:

Responsibility buckets are listed in general order of importance, and include but are not limited to:

Hiring & Client Support

• Lead the full-cycle recruitment process for an assigned portfolio of teams across the ASPCA: help develop accurate and compelling job descriptions and scorecards, design effective and inclusive interview processes, craft assignments and questions to collect the right evidence, and help make thoughtful hiring decisions

• Coach hiring managers and help facilitate trainings on all aspects of hiring, including but not limited to effective interview techniques, model effective interviewing, and guide them through evidence-based decision-making

• Oversee recruitment efforts for positions within your portfolio and proactively build a pipeline of exceptional talent for roles on staff, including identifying, meeting with, and cultivating top talent for future roles and collaborate across departments to engage staff in the hiring process

• Stay abreast of best practices and develop and share new hiring resources as needed to equip hiring managers to more effectively navigate the hiring process and hire top talent

Recruitment Strategy & Sourcing Support

• Develop and execute key recruitment and sourcing efforts for roles within portfolio and other critical positions as needed, including posting on job boards, proactive resume mining, coordinating and tabling at on-site events, and other engagement strategies as needed to help build critical talent pipelines

• Collaborate with the Director, Candidate & Community Engagement to support recruitment and engagement of critical roles at events, on social media, with our online talent community, and with other key stakeholders as needed

Operations & Administrative Support

• Complete key operations tasks for roles as assigned, including application review, initial screens, interview scheduling, onboarding, job description maintenance, reference check and background check review and adjudications and more as assigned

• Utilize our applicant tracking system (Workday) and maintain other tracking and reporting systems to ensure our hiring process is efficient and effective, and that hiring data is accurate

• Manage an efficient hiring process, ensuring that hiring manager’s needs are met and that candidates move expeditiously through the process, minimizing time spent in process and ensuring frequent communication throughout the hire process

• Support logistics and administrative needs for select projects and recruitment activities as needed

Education and Work Experience

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent professional experience required

• 5 or more years of professional experience; minimum of 2 years in a talent acquisition or similar hiring-focused role required

• Experience hiring for veterinary medicine a plus; willingness to learn and lead recruitment and hiring processes for licensed medical roles required

• Experience directly supporting Hiring Managers through full-cycle recruitment strongly preferred

• Experience working in and/or hiring for non-profit organizations strongly preferred; experience working in and/or hiring for animal welfare organizations a plus

• Experience developing and implementing direct outreach and recruitment strategies required (e.g. resume mining, email marketing, social media recruitment, tabling at job fairs and recruitment events, etc.)

• Experience supporting talent acquisition operation and logistics tasks is strongly preferred (e.g. background checks, reference checks, creating/sending offer letters, etc.)

• Experience utilizing an Applicant Tracking System required; prior experience utilizing Workday a plus

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver results in a high-volume hiring environment with various hard-to-fill positions, with a track record of sourcing, selecting and driving top talent to join an organization

• Proficient with technology and ability to quickly learn and utilize new software; experience with Excel, Airtable and Canva is a plus

• Strong typing skills and ability to take scripted notes required

• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders nationwide, in both remote and on-site settings, and to influence and motivate people to desired outcomes based on data and hiring best practices

• Ability to prioritize effectively and meets deadlines, with a strong attention to detail

• Ability to facilitate adult training and learning opportunities, ensuring participants are engaged and comprehend material presented

• Ability to think strategically and utilize data to drive measurable results; comfort utilizing various data tracking tools

• Ability to strategically drive work and oversee key projects aligned to evolving business needs, with proficiency with project management tools and best practices

• Ability to effectively respond to challenges and make adjustments based on feedback

• Ability to and comfortable with guiding new and experienced managers on hiring best practices

• Comfort navigating and owning complex multi step processes

• Collaborative team player who proactively offers support

• Excellent organization and data tracking skills

• Ability to exemplify ASPCA’s core values and behavioral competencies

Qualifications:

See above for qualifications details.

Language:

English (Required)

Education and Work Experience:

High School Diploma