Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist

Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist

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The role of the Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist is to drive the full spectrum of recruiting efforts and to fulfill the consulting staff people needs for the Los Angeles office, including candidate pipeline development, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and converting candidates. This role will work with the Los Angeles Recruiting Partner (RP), local office and core school Recruiting Directors (RDs) and regional recruiting teams to lead and execute the annual recruiting pipeline across OneBCG, entry-level core business consulting (Associates and Consultants) from both campus and experienced hire pools for the Los Angeles office.

This role will work with the Los Angeles Partners, Recruiting Directors (RDs), and the Talent Acquisition team to drive the development of the overall recruiting strategy for the Los Angeles office, the implementation of this strategy, and the management of day-to-day operations of the Los Angeles Talent Acquisition department. To the extent that the recruiting organizational structure and processes require change to ensure that these needs are met, the Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist will suggest and implement those changes. This individual reports directly to the Los Angeles Talent Acquisition Senior Manager (TASM), but also works closely with the Recruiting Partner (RP), Recruiting Directors (RDs), and regional Talent Acquisition leadership.

You're Good At:

• Supporting the Los Angeles office recruiting strategy development (jointly with TASM, RP, RDs)
• Overseeing office-specific recruiting efforts in support of annual Consultant and Associate hiring targets:
• Candidate pipeline development
• Sourcing, screening, interviewing, and converting candidates from managed schools/programs, formal channels (e.g., online applications, referrals), and candidates from "alternate" / industry sources; proactively identify and engage untapped talent communities and non-traditional channels to broaden pipeline reach
• Decision-round interviewing
• Offeree conversion
• Responsible for developing processes and driving change for new initiatives (e.g., short lead time recruiting, ADC recruiting, going deeper at core schools, strengthen presence at local schools)
• Managing the recruiting commitments process e.g., select interview cadres, staff events, ensuring the right mix of consulting staff, making sure commitments are upheld, managing swaps process
• Developing and maintaining recruiting calendar
• Using the recruiting systems to generate correspondence, reports, interview and event invitations
• Collecting and analyzing information and data to evaluate the effectiveness of recruiting efforts, providing valuable input aimed at continuously improving our recruiting efforts, while monitoring the competitive environment
• Acting as the main initial contact for candidates for the Los Angeles office; responding and following up with candidate inquiries; establishing and building relationships with top priority candidates
• Scheduling, planning, and executing office-specific events
• Coordinating and executing first round and decision round interviews
• Monitoring and screening applications
• Liaising with HR for "on-boarding" of new hires (offer letters, signing bonuses, etc.)
• Preparing analysis and required reports, utilizing the regional analytics team as necessary
• Planning and executing Welcome Weekends
• Ensuring communication with staff around events (confirmations, logistics, feedback from the event)
• Assist with annual budget planning and ensure budget allocations come in at or under plan
• Managing summer internship programs, including coordination and execution of orientation, training, case staffing, performance evaluation, and affiliation events
• Helping to lead and drive continuous improvement efforts in Los Angeles office recruiting, working with other offices in the West System to improve recruiting efforts
• Managing short lead time recruiting efforts for the Los Angeles office in close coordination with the system
• Ensure recruiting records, global database, and metrics are up to date and accurate
• Understand and enforce company and function policies, and manage risk
• Building networks and liaising with peers in other offices as well as regional recruiting to ensure alignment on all initiatives
• Selecting specific responsibilities to deliver on above including:
• Specialist training and engagement
• Decision round candidate selection
• Candidate coaching and feedback, relationship support
• Conversion strategy and Offeree Captain coordination
• Offeree weekend and summer program strategy
• Conversion tracking
• Special analysis / project coordination
• Partner and Principal meeting, and Los Angeles staff meeting support
• Supporting other Los Angeles office initiatives, such as affiliation and engagement
• Leading and executing strategic projects as needed

What You'll Bring

Education and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required
• At least 3-4 years of previous recruiting, HR or other related experience. Prior professional services recruiting experience a plus.
• Consulting experience or exposure a plus
• Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization
• Flexibility and some travel required, particularly around peak recruiting season and planning weeks; Attendance at key evening and weekend events required

Functional and soft skills:

• Strong organizational skills with strong attention to detail, accuracy and thoroughness
• Ability to set priorities, plan workflow and take initiative
• Analytical proficiency; facility with numbers
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and work well under pressure
• Ability to understand and manage complex reporting relationships and incorporate multiple labor laws and cultures
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, positive personal and professional image, high standards of professional behavior and ethics
• Demonstrated leadership ability; works well as team player
• A strong intellectual curiosity. You're a creative thinker, interested in the bigger picture, always looking to solve problems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to effectively persuade, influence, and negotiate
• Ability to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, service- oriented environment and to interpret rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and in keeping with BCG's values and culture
• Display a high degree of flexibility in a demanding, fast-paced, and frequently changing environment
• Balance competing priorities while keeping constant sight of overall objectives
• Display strong service orientation in responding to internal and external customer needs
• Recognize and maintain confidentiality
• Display self-starting attitude and be proactive; work as a team player; seek and act on feedback as appropriate
• Self-motivated, takes initiative, possesses creative problem-solving skills and willingness to offer suggestions for improvement; builds relationships to leverage resource

Technical skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); ability to quickly learn internal recruiting systems; proficiency with or demonstrated curiosity about AI-powered tools, with a commitment to continuous learning and adoption as technology evolves

Candidates will be considered at the Senior Specialist or Specialist level, depending on experience.

You'll be working with a closely knit team of other West System Talent Acquisition team members. You will report directly to the Los Angeles Talent Acquisition Senior Manager, but also work closely with the Los Angeles Business Management Leader (BML), Office Leader (OL), Los Angeles Recruiting Partner (RP), Los Angeles Recruiting Directors (RDs), and regional Talent Acquisition teams and leadership across North America, being the go-to person for all things Los Angeles Talent Acquisition!

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