Talent Acquisition Specialist (West Coast Region)

Six-Month Recruiter Contract: Approximately March 31st - September 26th

- Work Type: The selected candidate must reside in California. The position is 100% remote with the option to work in our Fresno, office as needed.

- Salary Offered: $80,000 to $90,000 annually, based on experience.

- Typical Schedule: Monday through Friday, from 8:30AM to 5:30PM PST, with flexibility as needed.

- Occasional Travel: 10% regional travel for career fairs, onsite WinnCompanies hiring events, and industry networking.

WinnCompanies is seeking a high-volume Talent Acquisition Specialist to recruit for the western part of the United States. You will collaborate on a daily basis with our Talent Acquisition Operations department, Human Resource Business Partners, regional executive leadership, and local site hiring managers to source, screen, assess, and hire top talent for our Residential and Military Housing clients while offering high-level candidate experience and customer service.

What You'll Do

• Provide full-cycle recruiting support to your assigned region for a wide variety of multi-family affordable housing communities to hire onsite staff, such as maintenance technicians and supervisors, property managers, and leasing professionals.
• Provide full-cycle recruiting support to hire maintenance/facilities and property management staff for our military housing installation sites in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.
• Develop and manage local partnerships with trade/vocational schools, college/universities, and workforce development programs to create talent pipelines.
• Manage job postings and announcements, applicant correspondence, employee resumes, employment application forms, scheduling interviews, etc. 
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines through passive sourcing on Indeed, Linkedin, Phenom (CRM), Lever (ATS), social media, attending local recruiting/networking events, generating candidate referrals, etc.
• Meet hiring targets created by TA leadership and key stakeholders.
• Follow standard WinnCompanies hiring and onboarding policy and procedures.
• Provide a high level of customer service to internal and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving.

What You'll Need To Be Successful

• Strong active and passive candidate sourcing skills through Lever, Phenom, Indeed, and LinkedIn.
• High level of discretion and interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential personnel matters and documentation.
• Strong organizational, record-keeping, and follow-up skills. 
• Acute attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, changing priorities as necessary.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing requirements with a positive attitude.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Comfortable presenting hiring updates to key stakeholders on a weekly/biweekly basis (virtually).
• Self-motivated, proactive, and an effective team player.
• Ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of employees (both management and staff alike), vendors, clients, and others.

What You'll Bring To Us

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of full cycle recruiting experience specializing in high-volume industries (specifically: skilled trades, facilities/maintenance, hotel/hospitality, property management, and/or staffing agency experience).
• Minimum of 2-4 years of ATS experience.
• Minimum of 2-4 years of passive recruiting efforts, using CRMs and external resources.
• Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, etc.).
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills.
• Practical experience using advanced sourcing techniques.
• Solid understanding of federal and state employment law and principles.

Nice To Haves

• Associate's degree and/or Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or another related field.
• Knowledge of general human resources concepts and policies.
• Phenom CRM experience for passive sourcing of candidates.
• Lever ATS experience.

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Our Benefits:

Permanent full-time US employees are eligible to participate in the following benefits:

- Generous time off policies (including 11 paid holidays (12 for MA employees); Generous Accrued Time Off increasing with years of service; Generous paid sick time; Annual day of service; Floating Holiday)

- 401(k) plan options with a company match

- Various Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision plan options

- Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account options with HSA annual employer contribution

- Long Term Disability and voluntary Short Term Disability; Basic Term Life Insurance and AD&D; optional supplemental life insurance

- Health Expense Reimbursement program (including gym memberships, equipment, and subscriptions)

- Tuition Reimbursement program and continuous training and development opportunities

- Wellbeing program (group challenges, seminars, opportunities to earn points to reduce medical premiums), Employee Assistance Program, & Commuter and Parking Reimbursement options

- Employee Corporate Discount Programs (Verizon Wireless, Home Depot Pro, Staples, and more!)

- Flexible and/or Hybrid schedules are available for certain roles

- Employee Relief Program supporting employees with unexpected hardships that place undue financial stress on them and their families

- To learn more, visit winnbenefits.com

Why WinnCompanies?

A job you can be proud of: WinnCompanies is a nationally recognized leader in apartment community management and development. Our team members are committed to helping people in the communities we serve and making a positive difference in their lives. 

A job that challenges you: Our employees are responsible for our growth and success, and we challenge our team members to always be their best in our fast-paced, dynamic and rewarding workplace. 

A job you can learn from: We offer multi-faceted leadership and learning opportunities to support our team members’ career growth and professional development.

A team that cares: We value teamwork, innovation, diversity and mutual respect. Through our recognition and rewards programs, we’re committed to celebrating and uplifting our team members.

About Us:

WinnCompanies is a mission-driven, national business focused on building and operating top quality affordable housing communities for individuals and families of all incomes, including members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. Our people are the source of our success – 4,300+ team members working together to create the best possible living communities in 27 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Whether your skills are in operations, maintenance, leasing, compliance, marketing, IT, HR, accounting or finance, there’s a role for you at WinnCompanies. Your passion for excellence can help us make a positive impact in the lives of real people every day.

If you are a California Resident, please see our Notice of Collection here.

Salary will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

The position requires a background check which includes criminal, employment verification, reference checks, credit history and drug testing due to the following job responsibilities: administration of rental applications and other resident paperwork, acceptance of rental payments, unit inspections, and processing of financial and banking data. Due to the access to personally identifiable information contained in resident applications and files, financial systems, unit keys, as well as interaction with resident population, employment applicants shall be subject to a criminal background check. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records are encouraged to apply and will be considered for employment in accordance with the LA County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Current Winn employees should apply through this internal link.