Brief Description:

Location: Toronto, Canada (hybrid, minimum 3.00 days per week in office)
Contract Length: 2.00 years
Commitment: Full time, 37.50 hours/week
Compensation: $70,000 + Benefits
Start Date: May 6, 2025.00

Position Summary:
Reporting to the CEO, the Talent Acquisition Specialist plays a key role in supporting full-cycle recruitment and onboarding efforts for both staff and volunteers at YCI. The Specialist will manage end-to-end recruitment and onboarding processes, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, administration and training, while collaborating with hiring managers to develop and implement effective recruitment strategies. A core focus of the role is ensuring an exceptional candidate experience, maintaining clear communication and a seamless transition from application to onboarding.

This candidate will have high attention to detail and organization skills, managing the daily operations of staff recruitment for YCI and international volunteer recruitment and deployment for HerStart. The role also involves developing and overseeing policy-related training, tracking key metrics and providing data-driven insights.

This position is ideal for an organized, strategic and mission-driven professional eager to contribute to YCI’s goal of attracting and retaining top talent to drive meaningful impact.

Responsibilities include:
• Lead full-cycle YCI staff recruiting, including hiring intake, sourcing, scheduling, screening, interviewing and contracting;
• Manage HerStart international volunteer sourcing, recruitment, administration, onboarding, training and deployment;
• Provide exceptional candidate experience through clear communication, timely updates and a smooth process from application to onboarding;
• Continuously improve Talent Acquisition documentation, tracking systems and training materials, ensuring hiring teams have up-to-date resources, guidelines and best practices;
• Maintain and report on key metrics in order to inform recruiting decision-making;
• Collaborate with the Senior Project Manager (SPM), HerStart to explore and implement efficiencies in volunteer recruitment practices and processes;
• Meet and report on volunteer recruitment targets set by the SPM to ensure program performance;
• Collaborate with the Communications and Resource Development Manager and SPM to execute public engagement, alumni activities and plan/attend virtual and in-person recruitment events;
• Develop and oversee policy-related training for staff, volunteers and other stakeholders;
• Ensure volunteers meet all logistic requirements and are prepared for international placements;
• Support administrative functions across YCI, including legal compliance, insurance, benefits, banking, subscriptions and country registration;
• Support other special projects and/or activities as requested by the CEO.

Skills and Experience:
• Highly motivated by YCI’s mission of accelerating youth innovation for good;
• 5+ years of recruiting and/or human resource experience, ideally across multiple industries;
• Demonstrated experience working with recruitment tools, systems and applications;
• Solid knowledge of candidate sourcing techniques and practices;
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to organize, set and manage priorities and meet competing deadlines;
• Ability to effectively manage administration of volunteer recruitment, onboarding and deployment;
• A committed team player who can work across teams and professional skill sets in different cultural contexts and build effective working relationships;
• Have an appreciation of the contribution of volunteers to international development and ideally, experienced in supporting or working with volunteers;
• Demonstrates an understanding of the YCI context both within Canda and internationally;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to coach, advise and influence outcomes;
• Ability to generate enthusiasm about opportunities to prospective candidates;
• Proven ability to understand organizational issues and manage change;
• Strong initiative, process-orientation and attention to detail with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Application Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025.

The deadline to apply is 5:00pm ET on March 14, 2025, however applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we strongly encourage early submissions.

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