San Francisco Bay University (SFBU), a nonprofit, WASC-accredited university situated in the heart of Silicon Valley in Fremont, California, seeks an innovative and experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist. SFBU’s mission is to offer inclusive, innovative, and inspirational education for lifelong careers and our vision is to set the standard as a national model of higher education in service of the common good.

 

At SFBU, students come first. We prioritize students’ needs by fostering personal engagement among students, faculty, and staff. We are committed to providing affordable quality education with a deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. 

 

We encourage you to learn more about SFBU by reviewing our strategic plan at https://www.sfbu.edu/strategic-plan.



Position Summary

The Talent Acquisition (TA) Specialist plays a key role in the day-to-day recruiting process at all levels, including the identification, attraction, and selection of top talent for San Francisco Bay University through the orientation process. Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, the TA Specialist has functional knowledge and acts as an advisor to hiring managers and search committees to ensure the attraction and selection of a broad and diverse pool of qualified candidates for staff, faculty, and management positions. 

 

Location: Fremont, CA (Hybrid Role with some in person time required but mostly remote).

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Support campus recruitment-related initiatives (campus outreach conferences, intern/graduate recruitment, talent mapping and sourcing, assessment, and interview coordination);

  • Coordinate end-to-end recruiting process by embracing new technologies to ensure that the sourcing, recruiting, assessment, offer, and communication processes run smoothly contributing to a positive candidate experience.

  • Influence, communicate, and support outcomes with hiring managers by driving effective recruiting strategies, setting expectations, and helping identify the skills or characteristics that lead to success in a role.

  • Demonstrate an agile mindset by embracing new technologies in the end-to-end recruiting process to develop and execute sourcing strategies, build sustainable candidate pipelines, accurately assess candidates, increase the effectiveness of services while improving the customer experience, driving increased quality of hire, decreasing time to fill, enabling process excellence, and fostering a talent advisor mindset with customers and teams.

  • Understand and execute business priorities, workforce planning outcomes, regional current and future capability requirements as well as any specific talent challenge to be addressed by translating a business strategy.

  • Build capability in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility strategy through partnerships and outreach, participation in job fairs, conferences, and working groups.

  • Inspire team members to achieve and exceed service standards by identifying staff performance gaps, allocating time to listen, and providing constructive feedback for performance improvement.

  • Coach and develop team members across SFBU, focusing on building sector-based business acumen in every team member.

  • Connect closely across the external HR Community and business stakeholders to ensure awareness and understanding of key business priorities as it relates to your team.

  • Track candidates from the interviewing phase through the offer and onboarding phase, ensuring all stages are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

  • Tracks recruiting expenses to provide input to the management team to prepare the recruiting budget.

  • Miscellaneous talent projects include early engagement programs, job fairs, community partnerships, marketing, and other ad-hoc needs.

  • Other duties as assigned.



Qualifications

  • 3 or more years experience working in one or more of the following fields: human resources, talent acquisition, or a related field, preferably in higher education. 

  • Experience in full-cycle recruiting (e.g., conducting needs assessment, providing input on candidate selection, & candidate relationship management).

  • 3 or more years experience working in one or more of the following fields: human resources or talent acquisition, with a proven track record of sourcing, engaging, and recruiting top talent. 

  • Demonstrated knowledge of labor markets, recruiting practices, effective social media recruitment tools, and marketing resources. 

  • Experience in complex higher education environments, serving academic and administrative (Preferred).

  • Thinks creatively and proposes innovative ideas, including the incorporation of new technologies or processes. Is able to work with agility in a fast-paced environment. 

  • Demonstrated skills associated with candidate identification, targeted sourcing, and selection of senior level and more unique employment assignments, including faculty and postdocs. 

  • Demonstrated abilities associated with problem identification; reasoning; ability to work with leaders in developing ideas and strategies to address short- and long-term employment issues. 



Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and is able to communicate technical information and ideas to a diverse community of colleagues and stakeholders. 

  • Able to establish and advance positive working relationships and a strong rapport with team members, stakeholders, and customers. 

  • Strong organizational skills and is able to balance competing priorities and support concurrent projects. 

  • Ability to work in a project-based environment using project management practices. 

  • Strong demonstrated problem-solving skills; scopes solutions based on knowledge of available resources and timelines. 

  • Able to ask questions, gather information, evaluate options, and make decisions with integrity. 

  • Able to participate in activities to advance an inclusive environment that values equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. 



Salary Range: $70,000-$85,000, depending on experience. 

 

 

Special Conditions for Employment

 

Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed before starting employment. Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.

 

Application Process:

For full consideration, please submit your completed application and a letter of interest describing your experiences based on the stated responsibilities,  your recruitment approach, and your demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. Also, provide the names/ contact information of 3 references. 

This position description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice.

 

SFBU is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer: SFBU is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. SFBU does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.