Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant - Agile Recruitment

Advocate Aurora Health
Allenton, WI

Job Responsibilities

Agile Recruiting Delivery

  • Manage full-cycle recruitment for assigned roles, often focused on high-demand, hard-to-fill, or growth-driven positions
  • Execute recruiting work in agile sprints, including backlog prioritization, sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
  • Balance speed, quality, candidate experience, and equity within an agile delivery model
  • Adapt recruiting strategies quickly based on shifting business needs and market conditions

Strategic Partnership & Consultation

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, providing guidance on talent market trends, role requirements, and hiring strategies
  • Set clear expectations with stakeholders regarding timelines, process, and shared accountability
  • Influence decision-making through data, insights, and consultative recommendations
  • Facilitate alignment discussions when priorities, equity considerations, or competing demands arise

Talent Sourcing & Candidate Experience

  • Develop proactive sourcing strategies using market insights, pipelines, referrals, and outreach campaigns
  • Screen, assess, and advance candidates using structured and equitable evaluation practices
  • Deliver a positive, inclusive, and transparent candidate experience from initial contact through offer and onboarding

Data, Insights & Continuous Improvement

  • Leverage recruiting metrics (e.g., time to fill, funnel conversion, quality indicators) to guide decisions and identify opportunities
  • Use data to inform sprint reprioritization and staffing recommendations
  • Participate in retrospectives and improvement initiatives to enhance agile recruiting practices
  • Contribute to the development or refinement of recruiting playbooks, templates, and best practices

Collaboration & Team Contribution

  • Partner closely with sourcers, coordinators, and other consultants to support shared goals
  • Actively contribute to team knowledge-sharing, best practice discussions, and process standardization
  • Support learning and adoption of agile ways of working across the broader TA organization

Education/Experience Required:

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5 years of current HR experience
  • 5 years of solid recruiter experience with results focused on proactive consultation efforts
  • Years of experience can be concurrent

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

  • Software literacy: Microsoft Office suite.
  • Project Management
  • Applicant Tracking Software
  • Knowledge of Internet Recruitment
  • Strong Customer Service Skills
  • Strong Team Orientation
  • Ability to build relationships and credibility with managers and peers
  • Ability to think creatively and solve very difficult problems
  • Ability to navigate a complex organizational environment to identify the individuals who can assist in solving problems
  • Working knowledge of EEOC/AAP hiring regulations.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

  • Ability to travel across the Advocate system.
  • Thorough working knowledge of company HR policies and procedures.
  • Highly-refined written and oral interpersonal skills in the areas of managerial consultation, small group facilitation and/or presentations, and large group presentation to deal with the diversity of potential interfaces required (all organizational levels.)
  • This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

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