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About the BSO
Founded in 1881, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is one of the foremost orchestras in the world. The BSO is committed to bringing world class music and performances to the local and international communities. The key to our success has been our employees from the musicians onstage to those behind the scenes.
About the Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will possess the ability to build strong relationships, understand stakeholder needs, and develop recommendations to drive a robust talent acquisition strategy for BSO staff. This role is for those that are passionate about the recruiting stage of the employee life cycle. Additionally, the ideal candidate possesses strong interpersonal skills, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and enjoys collaborating with HR colleagues and members of the institution. This team member will show up in this role as one who is enthusiastic about bringing the best talent to the BSO through being inclusive and welcoming to all.
About the Role
The BSO Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for full life-cycle recruitment (counsel hiring managers, set recruitment strategies, source and interview candidates, lead debrief process, initiate background checks, create offers, and schedule onboarding process). The incumbent will also implement staffing strategies that align with corporate goals (attracting, developing, and retaining high performing talent).
Required Education and Experience
Accountabilities Associated with the Role
Experience and Credentials
Skills and Competencies
The BSO is an equal opportunity employer deeply committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). As such, the BSO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, as well as our own institutional EDI values.
Job Description
About the BSO
Founded in 1881, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is one of the foremost orchestras in the world. The BSO is committed to bringing world class music and performances to the local and international communities. The key to our success has been our employees from the musicians onstage to those behind the scenes.
About the Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will possess the ability to build strong relationships, understand stakeholder needs, and develop recommendations to drive a robust talent acquisition strategy for BSO staff. This role is for those that are passionate about the recruiting stage of the employee life cycle. Additionally, the ideal candidate possesses strong interpersonal skills, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and enjoys collaborating with HR colleagues and members of the institution. This team member will show up in this role as one who is enthusiastic about bringing the best talent to the BSO through being inclusive and welcoming to all.
About the Role
The BSO Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for full life-cycle recruitment (counsel hiring managers, set recruitment strategies, source and interview candidates, lead debrief process, initiate background checks, create offers, and schedule onboarding process). The incumbent will also implement staffing strategies that align with corporate goals (attracting, developing, and retaining high performing talent).
Required Education and Experience
Accountabilities Associated with the Role
- Manage the entire recruitment process for the BSO, incl. sourcing, screening, interviewing, evaluating and hiring for entry level through Executive level positions.
- Implement staffing strategies to provide a qualified and diverse candidate pool, incl. social media content that positions the BSO as an employer of choice.
- Maintain the Workday e-recruitment systems, ensuring most current information is available to candidates and to guarantee the best candidate experience.
- Create and develop metrics to track the effectiveness of the e-recruitment systems and share insight and recommend improvements.
- Work with HRIS Specialist to integrate all other sources of recruiting into Workday.
- Identify passive and active job seekers using full range of recruitment tactics and resources.
- Manage communication process with internal and external candidates, Talent and Equity colleagues, and the respective hiring business/client.
- Strategically network at all levels and foster relationships with candidates and organizations.
- Proactively evaluate and assess staffing needs of departments. Recommend organizational changes and strategies concerning the efficient utilization of headcount.
- Actively participate in forecasting and budget planning for each department at the BSO.
- Interface with hiring manager, finance counterpart and controller when forecasting and updating any recruitment related costs or headcount.
- Build and utilize a candidate pool for current and future positions.
- Negotiate all offers, incl. starting base and variable pay, relocation and bonuses as appropriate.
- Work with training specialist to develop trainings to deal with implicit bias in hiring.
- Coach hiring managers on interviewing and selection skills and techniques as well as counsel employees on career development.
- Manage vendor relationships and contractor process for both individual and bulk hiring needs for the assigned function.
- Assist in the development of tools/processes to streamline/automate staffing function.
- Ensures Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Equal Employment Office (EEO) guidelines are tracked and followed.
- Maintain and share knowledge with HR Team of current and forthcoming legislation, policies, practices and developments in Recruitment to ensure approach in each organization area reflects best practice and that company is compliant with legal and statutory requirements.
- Attend recruiting related events that include national organization events, regional recruitment events and on-campus recruiting.
- May serve as functional representative in strategic HR projects.
Experience and Credentials
- Bachelor's degree in human resource management or similar fields of study.
- 7 years of Human Resources experience including five years of recruiting experience.
- Proven track record to recruit candidates at all levels.
- Experience with recruiting information/applicant tracking systems.
- Experience with Workday Recruiting and LinkedIn Recruiter is highly desired.
- Ability to manage ongoing workload demands of planned and unplanned projects and requests.
- Ability to identify and solve problems through creativity and sound recruiting principles.
- Confident written and verbal communication style
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Project/Process Management: Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines while maintaining quality.
Skills and Competencies
- Work in a collaborative setting with a strong senior leadership team.
- Exercise discretion working with extremely sensitive and confidential data of major importance where utmost integrity is required.
- Prioritize workflow and apply resources to maximize HR and organizational efficiency.
- Use a high degree of diplomacy and ability to deal with and influence persons in all types of positions.
- Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal clients to meet or exceed their expectations within the organizational parameters.
- Work cooperatively and effectively to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that minimize risk and enhance organizational effectiveness.
- Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
- Demonstrate commitment to organizational diversity and inclusion strategic direction.
- Interpersonal/influencing/negotiating skills.
- Proven ability to effectively manage time and prioritize appropriately.
- Independent, self-managed, and self-starter personality, but also self-awareness, exposure to the lived experiences of others, and connections to people.
The BSO is an equal opportunity employer deeply committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). As such, the BSO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, as well as our own institutional EDI values.
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