Recruiting Specialist

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Date: Mar 27, 2024

Location: PHOENIX, AZ, US, 85004-3903

Company: APS

Arizona Public Service generates clean, reliable and affordable energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.

Summary

We are looking for a Recruiting Specialist with a proven ability to manage a variety of technical and professional roles with little supervision. The successful candidate can hit the ground running, create and execute proactive sourcing and pipeline plans, is able to perform full lifecycle recruiting and will maintain excellent relationships with hiring managers, candidates, and team members to efficiently drive the process and produce results. This candidate must also have the ability to adapt to changing priorities while managing the recruitment processes. This position may participate in special projects.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred or an equivalent combination of four (4) years relevant work experience in Human Resources, Business Management or a related area.

In addition, successful candidate will need three (3) years of human resources experience. Recruiting experience with SAP SuccessFactors strongly preferred.

Ability to assert influence on decisions, ability to work in a team environment and communicate effectively (oral and written).

Individual must have the ability to prioritize, plan and initiate work activities, as well as build and maintain effective working relationships with candidates, hiring leaders and other human resource professionals.

Candidate must demonstrate excellent organizational skills, analytical and decision making skills, adaptability and integrity, project management, organization, communication, teamwork, and follow up skills.

Excellent working knowledge and proficient skill level in Microsoft Office products, specifically Outlook, Word, Excel as well as electronic applicant tracking systems.

Working knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations preferred.

Major Accountabilities

1) Consults with hiring leaders and human resource professionals to develop hiring strategies that ensure attraction and sourcing of talent that leads to a positive end-to-end hiring experience.

2) Creatively source high caliber candidates by maximizing sourcing strategies.

3) Reviews / screens resumes, conduct interviews and presents top candidates.

4) Manages candidate through selection process and act as a candidate advocate.

5) Initiates and drives special projects to elevate the recruiting process and implement creative methods to find and place top tier candidates.

6) Interacts with hiring leaders and human resource professionals to support the workforce planning needs of the business.

7) Tracks analytical data regarding all facets of the hiring process, to include sourcing effectiveness, offer rate, accept rate, time to fill and other analysis as needed.

8) Coordinates and attends recruiting events including job fairs, open houses, college fairs and community networking sessions.

9) Expertise in employment law as it relates to hiring and record keeping.

10) Maintains requisition folders ensuring compliance with all policies/procedures.

11) Updates Applicant Tracking System in a timely manner to ensure the system accurately reflects requisition and candidate activity.

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Arizona Public Service is a smoke free workplace

Flex Role:

This position is not required to be performed at a specific APS facility as long as adequate technology and a solid ergonomic set up are present. Pending agreement with leadership, employees hired into this role will be able to choose where they prefer to perform their work, but the ultimate decision is the company's. Employees will have two options to choose from:

+ APS office based: The employee prefers to work most of the time from an APS facility.

+ Home based: The employee prefers to work most of the time from his/her home.

*Employees in Flex roles are required to reside in Arizona (or NM for Four Corners-based employees). Role types are subject to change based on business need.