Talent Acquisition Partner

Southern Bancorp is a different kind of bank. Focusing on underserved communities and people, Southern Bancorp combines traditional bank products and services with financial development tools and public policy advocacy to help people and communities grow stronger.

Our mission is to be wealth builders for everyone in the communities we serve, regardless of where they are on their personal financial journey.

Responsibilities:

• Executes recruitment strategies for multiple openings, from the initial research and planning phase to sourcing and candidate identification, offer, close and pre-boarding
• Identifies talent acquisition/sourcing strategies to proactively attract a pool of well-qualified and diverse candidates through various internal and external sources
• Collaborates with hiring manager and others within the organization to manage the recruiting process including creating interview guides, identifying process improvements, and other tools
• May conduct first round screening interviews for job searches and make recommendations to hiring managers
• Ensures compliance with OFCCP guidelines and internal processes
• Inspires positive experience for everyone; always looking at how to improve the candidate experience and influence the business in the importance of the candidate experience.
• Maintains knowledge of recruiting databases such as ADP, LinkedIn, Indeed, and Circa.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• At least four (4) years of recruiting experience

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Availability to travel 25% of the time
• Maintain valid and current driver's license and a vehicle with appropriate insurance coverage for travel requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with good negotiation tactics
• Ability to create and implement sourcing strategies for recruitment for a variety of roles
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment
• Ability to work independently under general supervision
• Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn applicant-tracking software or other recruitment systems
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Ability to create reports by extracting information from data sources
• Maintain confidentiality of candidate and employee information
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately

Physical Demand & Work Environment

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

What Southern Bancorp offers employees:

A positive impact on Your Future:

• 1% employee home loan
• 401(k)/Roth plan with immediate eligibility and employer match up to 6%
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Credit and housing counseling including free financial education tools

Benefits to improve your health:

• No deductible medical insurance plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Employer paid life and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts

The opportunity to nurture your well-being:

• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Bonus plan
• Opportunity for merit raises
• Employee reward and recognition programs
• Community service opportunities

Southern Bancorp is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

As a Community Development Financial Institution, Southern Bancorp desires its workforce to reflect the diversity of the customers and communities that we serve. Racial and ethnic minorities, people from working class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ people are often underrepresented in many financial service industry professions. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.