Talent Acquisition & Development Specialist I

Overview

This role is offered through a partner company seeking a Talent Acquisition & Development Specialist I located in the United States. The position involves managing the entire employee lifecycle by supporting candidate attraction, onboarding, and development efforts alongside recruiting and HR operations within a mission-driven and fast-growing environment.

Key Duties

• Coordinate interview scheduling across various time zones, managing calendars, candidate communications, and meeting logistics.
• Act as the main contact for candidates, ensuring a responsive, professional, and inclusive hiring experience.
• Support recruiting by assisting with candidate sourcing, outreach, updating job postings, applicant tracking, and initial candidate screenings.
• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring managers on requisition management, intake meetings, interview coordination, and hiring workflows.
• Manage onboarding activities such as offer preparation, background checks, equipment arrangements, orientation scheduling, and follow-ups for new hires.
• Coordinate learning and development programs including scheduling training, managing materials, tracking enrollments and attendance, and handling program logistics.
• Maintain accurate recruitment system records, job postings, and documentation, supporting talent metrics reporting.
• Analyze key talent metrics like time-to-fill, interview volume, scheduling efficiency, and training completion rates.
• Recommend improvements for recruitment, onboarding, learning, and performance management processes using data insights.
• Handle confidential information professionally while ensuring compliance with hiring policies.

Candidate Profile

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or related fields.
• Between 1 and 4 years’ experience in recruiting coordination, HR administration, scheduling, or talent operations in corporate or agency environments.
• Proven ability to manage complex multi-interview and meeting scheduling.
• Excellent communication skills to foster positive relationships with candidates and staff.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS), HRIS, and scheduling software.
• Capacity to thrive in a dynamic, remote, high-growth setting with strong attention to detail.
• Effective organizational, problem-solving, and time management capabilities.
• Demonstrated discretion handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Awareness of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging principles related to recruitment.
• Preferred experience with sourcing tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, or passive candidate outreach.
• Additional advantage for experience in renewable energy, engineering, technical recruiting, learning management, or performance management systems.
• HR certifications or coursework such as aPHR, SHRM-CP, or PHR are beneficial.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary ranging from $82,000 to $110,000.
• Eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
• Opportunity for employee ownership through an ESOP.
• Employer-paid health, vision, life, and dental insurance coverage.
• Access to flexible spending accounts for medical, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
• Monthly health and wellness stipend provided.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and parental leave benefits.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions.
• Profit-sharing programs.
• Paid volunteer time off and charitable donation matching.
• Remote work flexibility within a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture.

Additional Notes

The company uses advanced AI tools for objective candidate evaluation and shortlisting but final hiring decisions are made by human teams. Applicants’ data will be processed lawfully according to privacy regulations with options to exercise subject rights.