Talent Acquisition Partner

Summary

Join Lush Cosmetics as a Temporary Talent Acquisition Partner - Retail! This 12-month contract role, reporting to the Talent Acquisition Lead, focuses on developing and executing Lush's people programs and practices. You will support the unique staff journey, sourcing and recruiting diverse top talent for all retail-focused roles. Responsibilities include managing the full recruitment cycle, providing training to hiring managers, and ensuring a fair and unbiased experience for candidates. The ideal candidate possesses 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, proven success in a management role at Lush, and expertise in diversity and equity best practices. Location is US preferred, but remote North America is open.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience in full-cycle recruiting with proven track record of success as a Manager or MIT at Lush
• Previous experience with diversity metrics and best practices
• Extensive experience leading and supporting recruitment for Retail focused roles across multiple locations
• Professional regarding sensitive subjects and respectful of confidentiality
• Proven experience in high volume recruiting and on-boarding
• In depth knowledge and understanding of Greenhouse and SignNow platforms
• Outstanding supervisory, coaching and project management skills
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
• Located within driving distance of 4 Lush Shops

Responsibilities

• Support candidates and hiring managers through the recruitment and selection process, ensuring a fair, unbiased, positive experience and adherence to Lush’s diversity and equity practices
• Conduct intake meetings and help determine interview steps and interview panels for each Shop Manager and retail support role
• Coordinate job postings on appropriate channels internally and externally to build candidate pipeline, connect with community partners, universities, and colleges
• Partner with retail leadership team to ideate, create and deliver best in class training content specific to the recruitment life cycle
• Support hiring managers where needed in the sourcing and shortlisting of open positions and determine relevance of experience to position criteria
• Conduct specific headhunting, foot recruiting and online searches where needed for hard to fill management and retail support positions
• Conduct first interviews as needed to further determine appropriate culture add of candidates
• Build and maintain hiring program content, processes and workflows that support each market’s unique business needs
• Organize interview steps, schedule interviews and ensure each candidate is set up for success at every interview step
• Complete reference checks, create offers and support the onboarding of new employees
• Partner with broader Talent Acquisition teams to ensure consistency and alignment between business units with regards to the entire recruitment lifecycle
• Ensure all Shop Managers have the tools, resources and support to meet their shop hiring needs
• Deliver coaching and best in class training to hiring managers across each market on areas of recruitment best practices, networking, foot recruiting, talent sourcing/development, interviewing etc
• Host educational and support webinars as needed to improve recruiting and unbiased selection practices
• Review resources, processes and procedure regularly and propose updates as needed
• Conduct audits and reviews to ensure best practices are being implemented and equity in all stages of the interview process
• Act as point person for all recruiting needs across your client group by building and fostering relationships with the hiring managers
• Support shops in-person when appropriate and as needed by each market
• Manage programs and plan related to seasonal hiring, including part time support and resourcing needed to manage volume
• Maintain reporting documents to update on hiring progress, recruiting spends and KPIs
• Compile regular and ad hoc recruitment reports for the business and maintain strong KPIs in time to fill and internal promotions
• Conduct additional projects to support recruitment/business strategy as necessary
• Support the execution of talent development programs in your business area: development planning, succession planning, work alignment, and other talent development initiatives
• Strategically advise on people-related activities, hiring, promotion and transfer decisions
• Oversee and manage the recruitment support inbox to ensure tickets are resolved in timely manner
• Analyze and report on trends and metrics in partnership with People and Culture colleagues to support data-driven decision-making for your client group
• Stay up-to-speed on industry trends and leverage on-going HR education to identify opportunities and risks and collaborate on plans to address them
• Optimize use of applicant tracking software (Greenhouse), offer signing software (SignNow) and people/payroll software (ADP)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting US and Canada retail recruitment initiatives
• Previous experience in customer service
• Training or coursework related to DEIB, interviewing and/or HR, or work experience equivalent
• Bi-lingual in Spanish or French

Benefits

• US Based - $63,000 USD
• Canada Based - $68,000 CDN