Recruitment Specialist

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range:

Position Summary

The Faculty Recruitment and Planning department’s mission is to enable the school to hire top-tier scholar-practitioners who have distinguished themselves as exceptional educators, subject-matter experts, and industry leaders. The department operates within the Academic Services & Innovation unit of the school’s Academic Affairs division.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Faculty Recruitment & Planning, the Recruitment Specialist helps manage the sourcing, recruitment, and screening of a diverse pool of high-caliber candidates for full-time and part-time faculty roles and instructional positions across the School of Professional Studies.

Responsibilities

• Sources, recruits, and screens candidates for high-volume, deadline driven, part-time faculty searches
• Assists Senior Director with the creation and implementation of recruiting strategy across more than 17 master’s degree programs, certificate and visiting student programs, as well as pre-college study options
• Builds and fosters relationships with Program Directors and acts as an internal consultant for sourcing and recruitment best practices
• Collaborates with hiring managers to develop job descriptions by understanding required skills and background, the impact of the role, and the ideal fit for the team and university
• Posts open requisitions to school’s application tracking systems
• Executes external job postings and advertisements to support full-time faculty searches
• Utilizes multiple channels to source and recruit candidates, which may include job fairs, Internet job boards, employee referrals, and personal sourcing efforts
• Builds networks through industry contacts, job boards, and recruitment platforms (e.g. LinkedIn) to recruit the best candidates and build strong talent pipelines
• Updates and maintains the recruitment database for all active and passive candidates
• Coordinates and manages all aspects of scheduling logistics for interviews associated with full-time faculty roles
• Owns tracking and reporting of recruitment metrics that measure trends around recruitment, staffing, and retention
• Works with the finance team to process reimbursement requests associated with on-site interviews for full-time faculty roles
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned or requested

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent related experience required
• 2 years related experience
• A resume and cover letter with salary requirements must be submitted to be considered for the position

Other Requirements

• Experience in talent acquisition, human resources, faculty affairs, or related fields.
• Must have a strong service-oriented attitude and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be well organized, and have exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Familiarity with Smart Recruiters or other applicant tracking platforms.
• Strong knowledge of GSuite and MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required. 

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.