Talent Acquisition Specialist / HR Recruiter

Children’s Rescue Fund is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist / HR Recruiter to support full-cycle hiring and employer branding in the Bronx. This onsite role pairs hands-on recruiting work with strategic talent pipeline building, plus tools, training, and process improvements that strengthen both candidate experience and organizational hiring outcomes. You’ll also contribute to onboarding follow-through, retention initiatives, and ongoing selection process enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with external organizations to develop and deploy agency-wide recruiting and sourcing strategies that identify and secure a highly diversified workforce to support continued growth.
• Oversee recruitment strategies based on analysis, needs assessment, and outcomes, including social media, online marketing/branding (including the agency website), employee referrals, job boards, emails, cold calling, third-party resources, print media, flyers, and other recruitment advertising efforts.
• Build relationships with hiring managers to confirm staffing needs, define clear expectations for candidates and interviewers, and analyze and develop new sourcing, resume screening, and interview strategies across both HR and business line levels, including parameters related to experience versus credentials.
• Provide tracking and hands-on mentoring for managers and newly hired candidates to support cultural assimilation, colleague receptivity, career planning, and overall success.
• Partner with agency leadership and the management team to understand and grow talent pipelines, and recruit for key roles now and in the future.
• Steward a positive end-to-end candidate experience across sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, and onboarding, using best-in-class practices and effectively communicating the employment value proposition while reflecting the brand.
• Continuously improve the selection process through tools, interview guides, testing, and interview training to strengthen selection results.
• Develop, revise, and update job descriptions and other relevant recruitment and HR documents.
• Maintain strong relationships with external talent sources, supporting recruitment of top students from local colleges and universities, particularly those with social service programs.
• Coordinate campus visits, career fairs, college recruiting, and networking social events using internal resources.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, Federal, State, and Local government policies, and funding agency regulations and procedures.
• Maintain a two-way rapport with staff to understand the pulse of initial New Hire Onboarding and support ongoing improvements.
• Develop, maintain, and distribute New Hire employee engagement survey reports, including recommendations for action planning at the agency and departmental levels.
• Build employee networks, task forces, and/or committees to support retention goals through feedback and involvement.
• Support efforts to make the organization an employer of choice and help develop and implement retention-focused strategic initiatives for diverse talent.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned, including pivoting as priorities and job-related needs change.
• Contribute to organizational success by ensuring service delivery tied to customer satisfaction and by improving collaboration between Recruitment and operations, including accurate and timely response to issues or concerns.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management, business management, or related field, with direct work experience in the Recruitment and/or Human Resources industry.
• At least four (4) years of solid full-cycle recruiting experience (as a primary responsibility or lead recruiter).
• Ability to devise sourcing strategies for potential applicants.
• Experience in end-to-end full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques, evaluation methods, clearance, and onboarding processes.
• General knowledge of HR best practices and employment law.
• Proficiency documenting processes and keeping up with industry trends.
• Non-profit environment experience is a strong plus, particularly to work within recruitment budget constraints.
• Experience developing and executing recruiting marketing and branding strategies in an environment undergoing change and restructure.
• Commitment to professional ethics, discretion, and confidentiality in internal and external interactions.
• Strong communication skills and credibility with senior management, department heads, and colleagues to solve staffing challenges.
• Ability to speak knowledgeably about the company and answer questions from potential hires.
• Ability to serve as a liaison among internal customers, manage by influence, and demonstrate strong relationship management.
• Comfort with ambiguity, adaptability, and resilience; capable of shifting gears with changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a multi-functional team, with initiative and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction.
• Ability to collaborate frequently with colleagues to deliver expected results.
• Highly ethical, results-oriented, creative problem-solving approach with positive, respectful proactivity.
• Ability to work with analytical tools, reports, and technology.
• Highly detail-oriented with excellent evaluative and mathematical skills.
• Excellent project management, follow-up, time management, and presentation skills.
• Superior oral and written communication skills, plus strong interpersonal skills.
• High level of experience and proficiency within an HRIS system or a non-applicant tracking environment, including workflow development.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe, with strong Excel skills.

Technologies

• HRIS system
• Non-applicant tracking environment
• MS Office
• Outlook
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Adobe

Position Parameters

• Decision-making: May make limited challenging decisions affecting program operations; ability to influence key and operational management through well-articulated strategies.
• Problem solving: Use creativity and analytical thinking to solve problems with limited information.
• Working relationships: Foster positive relationships with internal contacts including senior leaders, management, employees across departments, and direct reports; interact with current and potential business partners.
• Impact: Accountable for service delivery for customer satisfaction, increasing positive productivity between Recruitment and operations, and ensuring accurate and timely responses to concerns.

Other Details

• May be required to work long hours and a varied schedule.
• Travel throughout various locations in the New York City area.
• Lifting and moving objects weighing up to 30 pounds several times a week.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Location: Bronx, NY (onsite) | Salary: USD 60,000–70,000 per year | Experience: 4+ years | Education: Bachelor’s degree