National War College Alumni Association

Overview

The Senior Sourcer for Talent Acquisition partners closely with recruiters and hiring leaders to develop and implement innovative sourcing strategies focused on critical, difficult-to-fill, and visible roles across the organization. This position ensures consistency of employer brand to attract and recruit diverse top talent and will creatively source, assess, and select qualified applicants for open searches, including networking and cultivating a talent pipeline. The Senior Sourcer is responsible for creating a positive customer experience for applicants, along with anticipating industry trends and utilizing labor market information to ensure best-in-class candidate sourcing. The Senior Sourcer plays a key role in supporting our organizational recruitment efforts, while acting as a mentor to the Sourcer(s), providing expert support and consultation for their role.This is a hybrid position that is a blend of working both remotely and in office. Must reside in the Northwest Service Region (Oregon or Washington).Major Responsibilities / Essential FunctionsTalent Sourcer

• Builds talent communities and pipelines that meet current and future needs by utilizing creative and innovative sourcing strategy that leverages current industry best practices
• Utilizes advanced search techniques including Boolean search on internet portals, social media, LinkedIn, job boards, participation in networking events, contact lists, referrals, blogs, and industry directories to uncover high quality talent pools
• Researches and recommends new sources for active and passive candidate identification
• Provides insight to the recruiting team on research/sourcing industry trends, tools, and strategies
• Coordinates and executes effective marketing campaigns to prospective candidate pools including initiating email blasts, online postings, and social media spots share opportunities
• Writes blog posts for the Careers site to attract more visitors to the site
• Conducts cold calls to passive candidates to present opportunities for critical and difficult-to-fill positions
• Develops and maintains a network and database of potential candidates for future reference including an extensive pipeline of passive candidates
• Facilitate and maintain relationships with vendors (e.g., LinkedIn, Doximity, PracticeMatch), negotiating contracts, creating standards for the vendors, and finding the best available vendors
• Regularly evaluate contracted vendors for effectiveness

Outreach Liaison

• Develops solid relationships with regional medical schools, residency programs, fellowship programs, professional organizations, colleges and schools, and community agencies to identify and recruit a diverse slate of candidates for all positions
• In partnership with the Northwest Permanente (NWP) Graduate Medical Education team, develops opportunities for area medical students to shadow and offer mentoring relationships with NWP physicians
• Oversees the coordination efforts/steps of organizational presence at recruiting events such as local and national association/society meetings, career fairs, and NWP hosted events, etc.

Assessing Strategic Staffing Needs

• Works closely with the Talent Aquisition Director, Hiring Managers, and Recruiters to evaluate staffing needs and develop an innovative sourcing/recruitment strategy to attract and retain top talent
• Develops and executes a proactive, innovative, cost-effective recruitment/sourcing strategy to target a diverse pool of qualified applicants for vacancies
• Partners with recruiters and hiring leaders to develop an in depth understanding of open positions, department needs, and key attributes of a successful candidate
• Makes recommendations to Recruiter(s) on the referral of qualified candidates to Hiring Managers

Physician Recruitment

• Works with key stakeholders to determine the criteria for selection of clinical staff and trains Hiring Managers and their recruiting teams on best-practice recruiting processes
• Act as primary department contact for interested candidates, providing detailed information regarding practice opportunities including explaining position requirements, hiring processes and complex compensation and benefit packages
• Facilitates offer discussions with department and candidates specific to offers, compensation and contracts

Metric Management

• Maintains talent pool metrics across specialties and provides regular reporting on source, outreach, and candidate flow/yield
• Meet or exceed monthly metrics as identified by Director, Talent Acquisition (i.e., sourced candidate submission targets, interviews, and offers)

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or closely related field

Minimum Work Experience

• Minimum five (5) years' experience in recruitment and marketing/advertising

Additional Requirements

• Experience conducting effective sourcing and/or recruitment for physicians, senior and executive-level positions
• Proven experience in meeting hiring targets with high quality candidates
• Experience in conducting effective screening, interviewing, selection, and assessment techniques
• Additional experience creating or leveraging marketing/advertising, social media, and other industry best practices to develop effective and exceptional sourcing strategies
• Experience leveraging analytics and an ability to translate metrics, research, and trends to identify opportunities, interventions, initiatives for improvement, and evaluate return on investment
• Domestic travel required

Preferred Work Experience and Qualifications

• Five (5) years' experience in recruitment/sourcing across industries. Experience with high volume sourcing for an agency search firm or in-house recruiting team preferred
• Experience using iCIMS

Join Our Medical GroupNorthwest Permanente is a self-governed, physician-led, multi-specialty group of 1,500 physicians, surgeons, and clinicians, caring for 630,000 members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's preeminent health care systems, a benchmark for comprehensive, integrated, value-based, and high-quality care.Equal Opportunity EmployerAt Northwest Permanente, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Northwest Permanente believes that equity, inclusion, and diversity among our employees are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.