Employment Specialist

Primary Purpose

Provides first class customer service, support and leadership during the recruitment, staffing and new hire hourly post-offer process. Manages the full-cycle recruitment effort for the complex. Identifies candidates through sourcing activities, facilitates the interview process and aligns candidates with the needs of the position and business. Extends offers and schedules post-offer processes. Partners with the Employment Manager, hiring manager(s) and Retention regarding hiring needs. Utilizes internal Human Resources and applicant tracking systems. Requires extensive knowledge and practical application of several key government regulations to include employment compliance with the Form I-9 process, E-Verify, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the ability to ensure mitigating all risks regarding hiring. This includes understanding how to ensure the applicants relate to the identifying documentation provided, understanding how to identify legally-acceptable documentation and to be accountable for ensuring all hires are authorized to work and meet all age requirements. This position is accountable to ensure all applicable federal and state regulations are followed as well as all company policies and procedures.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Coordinates the entire interview, hiring and post-offer process ensuring all paperwork and requirements have been followed and completed. Ensures all employment compliance processes are followed for accuracy and timeliness delivering a high quality work product. Must be able to address problems as they arise and understand when to escalate to higher management.

Must be fully aware and understands all applicable employment compliance regulations to ensure that only qualified applicants that meet all work authorization and age requirements are selected to continue in the hiring process. Ensures that all applicants that do not meet all requirements of the position, specifically employment authorization and legal age requirements, will not be allowed to continue in the hiring process. This includes the ability to identify documents that are either fraudulent or do not relate to the applicant. Ensures all I-9 and compliance activities are completed accurately and timely and audits this process.

Builds interpersonal relationships with employees, supervisors and managers as well as within the community to increase applicant flow and company referrals.