American Pet Cancer Foundation Hiring for Director, Talent Acquisition, Volunteer at Remote Full Time

Director, Talent Acquisition, Volunteer

About Pet Cancer Fund

The Pet Cancer Foundation’s vision is to increase the life expectancy and improve the quality of life of pets diagnosed with cancer. Estimates suggest that 12M dogs and cats are developing cancer every year, roughly 6x the number of humans getting cancer yearly within North America. We need to do more for our furry friends, and we’re building a large team of distributed, animal-loving passionate volunteers to help them and their families.

Over the past 24 months, the organization has grown to a team of almost 300 volunteers working virtually across the United States, Canada, and another half dozen countries worldwide. As we work to become the leading organization in the field of animal cancers, we plan to more than double in size over the next 12 months. To continue on this trajectory, we’re searching for a highly qualified Director of Talent Acquisition to work closely with our executive team. That’s where and how you can help us.

That’s where and how you can help us.

About the Position

The Director of Talent Acquisition is responsible for supervising a team charged with managing the end-to-end recruitment process for assigned business units, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and evaluating candidates for vacation positions across the organization. The Director of Talent will develop a plan for the department, based on organizational needs, to assign work and ensure the Recruitment team is able to provide professional services when needed by various clients. The Director of Talent Acquisition may also lead recruitment processes for senior level positions across the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manager a team of Recruitment Specialists, providing coaching and direction to support them in the work, and assign recruitment processes to team members. Ensure adequate operational coverage within the team to keep processes advancing in a timely manner.
• Source, screen and interview candidates for senior level positions, assessing for technical knowledge and cultural fit, while managing the candidate experience and gauging interest for current and future positions.
• Work with hiring managers to understand their recruiting needs/pain points and develop plans to meet those needs.
• Evaluate skills of potential candidates and ensure they meet required skillsets to achieve the job responsibilities and Pet Cancer Funds long and short-term goals.
• Build a strong pipeline of active and passive candidates for recurring and hard-to-fill roles through various recruitment strategies.
• Provide guidance and feedback to hiring managers throughout the recruitment process and share knowledge about best practices to help recruit the best suited volunteers to the organization.
• Provide a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process and communicate information about Pet Cancer Fund and our mission to help ensure new volunteers feel welcome and will be a good fit with the organization.
• Represent the Recruitment department on major projects, and lead continuous improvement efforts around recruitment processes, including better organization of our human and technological resources.

About You

You have strong communication and networking skills in order to attract and build relationships with potential candidates looking to join the Pet Cancer Fund team. You are organized and have good time management skills to work in a dynamic environment, with a strong orientation towards achieving results. You are a team player who is able to work autonomously and supervise a small team in a virtual environment. You have:

• A degree or certification in Human Resource Management or related field or an acceptable combination of education and experience;
• At least five years of experience in a similar role;
• Experience leading a team;
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office tools and comfortable working in Google Documents;
• Experience managing a full recruitment cycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and evaluating candidates to asses their fit for the position and the organization;
• Ability to demonstrate a high-level of tact and professionalism when acting as a representative of the organization;
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines on a weekly basis.

What we provide you with

This is an amazing role for anyone who is looking to either go into private or non-profit sectors. You will develop excellent networking and strategy skills and will continue to keep current knowledge of the latest industry trends and developments.

Footnotes

• This position is virtual and can be completed from anywhere in Canada or the United States.
• This is a volunteer position and the time commitment is approximately 8-10 hours per week.
• Some projects are deadline dependent and may require more hours from time to time, flexibility is a must.
• This is a volunteer position that could potentially lead into other roles within the organization.

Job Type: Part-time

Experience level:

• 5 years

Application Question(s):

• We are experiencing higher than 70% of applicants who state they missed seeing the volunteer nature of the role in the posting above. Please leave us a short acknowledgement that you are aware of the volunteer nature of the role to allow us to properly consider your application. We are only looking for volunteers at this time. Thank you!
• The role requires 8-10 hours per week of commitment. How do you plan to allocate your time effectively to handle the responsibilities of this position while maintaining your availability for other commitments?
• Building and maintaining a motivated volunteer team is crucial. Can you share an example of a strategy you’ve implemented to foster engagement and commitment within a volunteer team? How did you measure the success of this strategy?
• Communication and collaboration are essential in a remote volunteer team. Please describe your approach to ensuring transparent communication and effective collaboration among team members, considering the challenges of remote work.

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Full cycle Recruitment: 5 years (Preferred)
• Senior HR Leadership: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote