Recruitment Manager

Full Job Description

Bloom is a full-service workplace design consultancy representing BrandActive on their search for their next Recruitment Manager to join their team. As Talent Advisors, we will be the liaison between BrandActive and yourself during this recruitment process. We do not use fancy tech to search through resumes at Bloom; every resume is reviewed by a human to ensure that we attain a consistent and equitable interview process. You will directly join the team at BrandActive if you are selected as the successful candidate. We look forward to receiving your application!

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Hi! I’m Stephen. I’ve been with BrandActive for about 4 years and in that time have had the pleasure of supporting the design, implementation and operations of the firm’s recruitment function. My role at BrandActive began at the intern-level and blossomed into an exciting leadership role for our People and Org. Effectiveness department. BrandActive’s approach to curating an individualized experience for its team members continues to impress me; it’s one of the main reasons I continue to be engaged in the organization. I look forward to learning about how your skills can elevate the Recruitment practice at BrandActive makes the candidate's experience extraordinary.

BrandActive specializes in the financial analysis, strategy, and logistics of rebranding implementation and brand and marketing operations. Whether our client is striving to optimize the implementation of a brand change, or identify opportunities to save money, time, and resources managing your brand and marketing dollars, BrandActive has what it takes to get the job done. Since 1998, BrandActive has scoped, budgeted, planned, and executed brand change for many of the world’s most valuable brands. Our services combine industry-leading analytics with a unique and proven methodology that provides the information clients need to make sound financial decisions, save time and money and operate more efficiently. Whether our clients are going through a one-time corporate rebrand or want to get the most out of the everyday management of their existing brand, we help them achieve more, spend less, and build a better brand.

For BrandActive team members, our goal is to be an inclusive place where you are supported in becoming the best you can be, where together we build a strong and agile organization that not only sets the standard for excellence in our industry globally, but also exemplifies how to be a compassionate commercial endeavor that is built on trusting relationships and empowering the growth of every one of us. We are a team of great people, doing great work and having a great time doing it, and we challenge ourselves to bring smarter, faster and better solutions into everything we do!

BrandActive is going places – join us and help make it an even better place to work.

The Opportunity

As BrandActive continues to grow, we are currently seeking a Recruitment Manager to join our team.

As a member of our best-in-class People and Culture team, you will take a lead role in all things recruitment including managing the candidate experience from start to finish, partnering with Marketing on employer brand and ensuring BrandActive’s commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is ingrained in each touchpoint of the overall experience.

Our recruitment function is unique. You can expect to showcase your creativity in finding new candidate pipelines and to deliver a high touch, personalized and memorable candidate experience.

We are all committed to working together to achieve our North Star of a team of great people, doing great work and having a great time doing it. As part of this, there is an expectation that all of our team members will contribute to internal initiatives that advance our client and/or team member experience while challenging us to be smarter, faster, better in everything that we do! We find that this allows us to be agile in our approach to the work and provide growth opportunities for our team members.

What You Will be Doing

• Ensuring the candidate experience reflects BrandActive’s culture, providing a high-quality candidate experience and building trusting relationships with candidates.
• Owning BrandActive’s full-cycle recruitment process, including creating job descriptions, defining sourcing strategies, candidate communication, and conducting prescreens to offers.
• Documenting process changes, creating case study materials and ensuring all stakeholders know their role in the recruitment process.
• Developing and maintaining an inclusive recruitment experience in partnership with BrandActive’s EDI Steering Committee by identifying opportunities to integrate EDI best practices into the recruitment process.
• Partnering with hiring managers to design the recruitment strategy for new roles and support the selection processes.
• Ensuring technology is optimized in the recruitment process (e.g. automation opportunities) in partnership with the Coordinator, People and Organizational Effectiveness.
• Managing recruitment administration, including background checks, interview scheduling and job postings; ensure the administration is complete before start dates.
• Partnering with the employer brand team (Marketing, People and OE and EDI) on BrandActive’s employer brand program, which may include providing input into the overall strategy, specific posts or creating content.
• Supporting the development and execution of the People and Culture strategy, special projects and operations as required to help the growth of the business.

What you bring to the table

• You demonstrate commitment to life-long learning; post-secondary degree, diploma or certificate preferred, but not necessary.
• You have a strong background and relevant experience that includes direct sourcing and managing end-to-end recruitment.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and are able to adapt to different communication styles.
• You are a relationship-focused professional who keeps trust and authenticity at the core of the candidate experience.
• You have exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building capability, with the ability to influence and negotiate when needed.
• You have demonstrated initiative and an ability to find creative solutions.
• You are client-service and user experience oriented.
• You are able to manage multiple and fluctuating priorities.
• You have strong attention to detail, business acumen and organization skills.
• You are solution-oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
• You have a high level of experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing channels.
• You have excellent computer skills including proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar software(s).
• You are familiar with Management Consulting industry and Social Media Marketing. (Bonus!)

Don’t sweat it if you don’t have everything listed above. We believe in growth and curiosity. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you!

How We Hire

Like Bloom, BrandActive is committed to a fair and equitable hiring process for all candidates. To ensure that each candidate’s journey is consistent and the selection process is unbiased, the team at BrandActive will not be responding to any personal messages regarding this role or other opportunities.

The Interview Process

Round 1: Phone screen with a Talent Advisor from Bloom

Round 2: 30-minute video interview with Stephen

Round 3: 60-minute video interview with Stephen and Sarah Icely

Round 4: Case study presentation with Stephen, Sarah Icely and Sarah Njolstad

> Conduct References and offer!

Compensation

BrandActive offers a competitive compensation package including a comprehensive benefits plan. Salary commensurate with experience and education.

BrandActive is an equal opportunity employer and values inclusion in its workforce. BrandActive is pleased to offer accommodations throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

Annual Salary ranges from $75,000 to $130,000 CAD

Note: We offer a wide range in order to cover a variety of different levels of experience and seniority, salary will be reflective of both.

Perks at BrandActive

• Comprehensive benefits with premiums supported by the company
• Please know that for our US team members, you will have to support the premiums of your dependents
• 4 weeks of vacation PLUS….Extra long summer weekends

- Annual holiday office closure (typically 25 December - 02 January, dependent on when statutory holidays fall)

• Meetings ending by 1PM on Fridays, making each Friday afternoon flexible to either wrap up early or get a head start on the week ahead
• Parental leave top up
• Charitable donation matching
• Monthly communications (cell phone) reimbursement
• Annual funding and time allotment for personal and/or professional learning activities
• Access to programs that support holistic well-being such as:
• A paid subscription to Headspace
• Pop-up activities like instructor-led language and fitness classes
• Recurring sharing circles focused on mental health, gender identity and anti-racism

Location

We are primarily focused on building our team in Toronto, Canada, however, we are a fully flexible team.

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Like Bloom, BrandActive is a proud equal opportunity workplace that is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We’re looking for motivated and compassionate people who can execute from the ground up and support the work that BrandActive believes in.

BrandActive is committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems.

Skills

• Brand Activation
• Recruitment Process Re-engineering
• Legal Descriptions
• Communication Skills
• PeopleAdmin

Requirements

• Availability Full-Time
• Education Bachelor
• Experience 1 - 3 Year
• Gender No Preference