About Us: VOALA Helping Our Most Vulnerable Change Their Life Stories Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities.
VOALA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans’ services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Learn more at www.voala.org.
Human Resources
– Corporate Serving those who serve others.
The HR Department of VOALA is dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to those who aid our communities’ most vulnerable.
JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE The Entry Level Recruiter will work closely with Adult and Veteran’s Services programs for proactive hiring for identified positions, while organizing, modifying, and confirming system candidate data to ensure recruiting is well resourced.
Regularly assists in sourcing efforts, engages in collecting candidate information from a variety of platforms and ensuring a successful applicant experience in a fast-paced recruiting organization.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Recruits for identified positions for Adult and Veteran’s Services, including screening, coordinating interviews with Program Management Staff, and ensuring steady pool of active candidates for new grant start up programs
• Updates candidate records and job postings in ATS system
• Coordinates interview schedules with applicants and hiring managers
• Uses detailed screening and selection criteria to identify qualified candidates and to determine the relevant strength of the candidates in the pool
• Actively sources candidates, assisting pipeline creation for fast paced recruitment to organization needs
• Builds a strong candidate pipelines for identified positions, including attending job fairs, schools, college services as identified including identifying user groups and professional associations which could lead to qualified candidates
• Other duties as assigned Qualifications REQUIREMENTS:
• Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications EDUCATION:
• High School or GED and some college coursework in Human Resources, Business, or related field EXPERIENCE:
• Exposure to the HR field, including recruiting KNOWLEDGE:
• Basic Knowledge of CA Employment Law
• Basic Knowledge of current recruiting practices, tools, and technology TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:
• Strong computer skills: in-depth internet knowledge and proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, and ATS system.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to balance a high volume of requisitions and to adjust priorities according to business needs.
• Results oriented.
• Ability to foster a sense of professionalism and relationship building for self and team
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, with or without reasonable accommodation, including meeting qualitative and quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
INTERPERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
• Client
– focused, Prompt, collaborative/team player, regular attendance, adaptable, communicator, organized, consistent, compassionate.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in recruiting or recruitment function support.
• Related experience in a large complex organization.
• Experience with JobScore ATS preferred.
Volunteers of America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law This employer participates in E-Verify as required by the federal government and will provide the federal government with your Form 1-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (OHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.