Everyone says they want to change the world. We’re looking for people who actually will.
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith. Please visit www.adflegal.org/about-us/careers to view our Statement of Faith and Doctrinal Distinctives.
Director of Recruiting
Alliance Defending Freedom is looking for a highly skilled Director of Recruiting to join us in our Scottsdale, AZ or Lansdowne, VA office. As Director of Recruiting, you will be responsible for the strategy, process, and tools of talent acquisition in addition to delivering against annual recruiting goals. You will develop and guide ADF’s recruitment strategy, focusing on creating innovative sourcing and outreach strategies that result in a top-notch candidate experience, and use data analytics to continuously improve the process and outcomes. You will play a critical role in helping scale the ministry from both a people and process perspective, with the goal of maintaining an exceptionally high bar for the talent we bring into the organization and the hiring processes we use to accomplish that end. You will report to the Vice President of Human Resources and be a member of the HR Leadership team to ensure recruitment practices and programs support ADF’s values, culture, goals, and business strategies.
Your Essential Responsibilities
- Define and execute a recruitment strategy and support initiatives to build a full life-cycle process—from sourcing to onboarding, emphasizing talent pipeline development to ensure we meet current and future workforce needs
- Oversee the sourcing, hiring, and recruiting efforts of the Talent Acquisition team to ensure a positive candidate and hiring manager experience
- Create talent acquisition strategies that shorten the time to fill and ensure new team members have a positive onboarding experience with the organization
- Create and manage an annual recruiting plan and budget, tracking talent acquisition projects while monitoring spending to ensure the team is meeting hiring goals
- Develop and implement a set of strategic programs to communicate our “employer brand” in partnership with Corporate Communications to further enhance our ability to attract an optimal blend of skills across all functional areas
- Create custom guidelines for hiring practices within the organization
- Provide strategic insights to internal stakeholders on emerging trends that allow the organization to attract best-in-class talent
- Lead searches for Director and above talent
- Establish and maintain relationships with external vendors that support talent acquisition efforts, regularly assessing vendor performance to ensure alignment with organizational priorities
- Develop and maintain relevant dashboards to monitor recruitment efforts and productivity
- Use data to drive decision-making and productivity
- Leverage and optimize recruitment technology and vendor portfolio
- Provide necessary support to hiring managers while they collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team
- Manage contractual relationships with contract recruiters, placement agencies, conference sponsors, and Internet job search sites
- Partner and advise on our international recruitment efforts
Other Responsibilities:
- You will be asked to perform related duties or special projects as assigned
- Make financially bearing decisions
- Stay up to date with the latest technology and best practices
- Research competition, investigate benchmarks, and provide suggestions for improvement
As a Team Leader, you will:
- Work to grow an internal team that effectively creates and executes the organizational objectives
- Create measurable KPIs for each team member as it relates to their focus area
- Act as a servant leader by training, encouraging, coaching, and developing your Team Member(s)
- Foster a spirit of trust and innovation on your team
- Meet regularly with your Team Member(s) to discuss their progress and complete performance reviews
- Approve PTO requests, timecards, and expense reports
Skills you need to succeed:
Demonstrated proficiency in:
- Building and scaling recruiting functions and devising innovative strategies to source and build talent pipelines
- Utilizing applicant tracking systems to support recruiting and reporting requirements
- Dedication to the highest level of quality in identifying top talent, providing exceptional client service, and building and maintaining an optimal candidate experience
- Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills—impeccable communication, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail are critical competencies
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent business and quantitative acumen and demonstrated ability to use data and metrics to drive effectiveness in the recruiting process
- Excellent project and program management skills with superior attention to detail
- Teamwork—proactive and willing to roll up sleeves to get the job done
Ability to:
- Collaborate cross-functionally, influence the organization at all levels, and advise and partner with senior leaders
- Work onsite at least three days per week
Education and/or experience:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 12-18 years of full life-cycle recruiting experience
- Minimum of 5 years of people management experience
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ORGANIZATION WITH A COMPETITIVE
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE, TOO?
We have it! Alliance Defending Freedom offers team members a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes major medical insurance, dental care, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care insurance, and life insurance. We also offer a 401(k) plan with a generous company match. Work and life balance is important to the well-being of our team members. You will receive paid time off (PTO) that starts accruing from your hire date and 11 paid holidays per year.
