Sr. Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Partner - (Apply via Agency)

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Senior Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Partner

Join Us in Making an Impact

At OneAZ Credit Union, our success is measured only by yours. We're here to create lasting change in the lives of our members, our communities, and our team. If you're looking for a career with purpose, where your work truly matters-you've found it!

Who You Are

You're impactful, compassionate, and fearless, ready to embrace new challenges and shape the future of financial well-being. You take accountability for our success and thrive in an environment where curiosity is celebrated. If this sounds like you, let's build something great together.

What You'll Do

This position will be located at our Corporate Office: 2355 W Pinnacle Peak Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85027

The Senior Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Partner is responsible for leading and executing full-cycle recruitment, onboarding, and early talent programs across the credit union. This role owns the design and implementation of consistent recruiting and onboarding practices in partnership with hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and People & Experience leadership. In addition to recruiting top talent and ensuring a seamless new hire experience, this role will also lead the credit union's internship program, building a pipeline of future talent while strengthening community and academic partnerships.

The Senior Partner serves as both a recruiter and an onboarding champion, balancing candidate and leader needs with organizational priorities while modeling a client- and service-focused approach. This role requires a proactive, accountable professional who can move initiatives from design to execution and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Essential Functions

Talent Acquisition

• Partner with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to define job requirements, create postings, and align on selection criteria.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for assigned positions, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selection.
• Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines for critical, high-volume, or hard-to-fill roles.
• Leverage market insights and data to advise leaders on recruiting strategies and competitive offers.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant employment laws, regulations, and internal policies throughout the hiring process.
• Own and administer the internship program, including recruitment, onboarding, program design, and performance feedback for interns.

Onboarding & Integration

• Own the transition from candidate to new hire, beginning at offer acceptance and continuing through the employee's first day including aspects, if not all of New Associate Orientation.
• Coordinate all pre-boarding activities, including background checks, paperwork, system access, and Day 1 readiness.
• Partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to ensure new hires have clear expectations, schedules, and points of contact before Day 1.
• Collaborate with Organizational Development to hand off seamlessly into orientation and long-term integration programs.

Collaboration & Service

• Own and implement recruiting, onboarding, and internship program processes in partnership with hiring managers, HRBPs, and People & Experience leadership.
• Drive execution of standardized practices for interviews, hiring decisions, onboarding workflows, and internship cycles across the credit union.
• Collaborate with Compensation & Benefits, Learning & Development, and other HR functions to ensure seamless employee lifecycle support.
• Represent the credit union at job fairs, networking events, and community partnerships to strengthen the employer brand and promote the internship program.
• Continuously evaluate and implement process improvements to enhance the candidate, new hire, and intern experience.
• Model a client- and service-focused approach, ensuring accountability and consistency in every interaction.

Strategic Advising and Partnership

• Proactively communicate and independently discuss hiring trends, workplace talent needs, and act as a trusted advisor to leadership and hiring managers.
• Provide market insights, workforce planning support, and guidance on talent strategies offering creative and competitive solutions for hard-to-fill roles.
• Partner with HRBPs to ensure alignment between recruitment efforts and broader organizational initiatives.

Recruitment Analytics, Reporting, and Growth

• Stay updated on talent acquisition trends, tools, compliance, and best practices to enhance recruitment and branding strategies.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to streamline and elevate the hiring process
• Track, analyze, and report key recruitment metrics to assess the effectiveness of ideas, programs, workflow optimizations, and strategies and identify areas for improvement.
• Use data insights to optimize recruitment efforts and forecast talent needs.

Vendor Management

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with recruitment agencies, background check providers, and onboarding technology vendors to ensure cost-effective and timely delivery of services that enhance the candidate experience
• Negotiate vendor contracts and monitor performance metrics, ensuring compliance with service-level agreements and alignment with organizational hiring objectives
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Risk, Accounting and HR to evaluate vendor effectiveness, streamline processes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement in talent acquisition and onboarding operations

Employer Branding Strategy

• Ensure alignment of all branding materials with the organization's mission, values, and strategic goals.
• Create, oversee, and manage employer branding campaigns to enhance visibility and attract top talent.
• Monitor employer brand reputation on platforms like Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn, responding to reviews and feedback as appropriate.
• Lead employment branding strategy in partnership with Talent Acquisition team adhering to budget and resource expectations, executing decisions to attract top talent aligning the associate experience throughout onboarding.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and maintain engaging employment branding materials, including careers website content, social media posts, employee testimonials, and video assets.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the marketing team to align recruitment (internal) and marketing (external) strategies with broader organizational goals.
• Create and execute targeted social media and employment branding campaigns to promote open roles, develop employee value propositions (EVP), and communicate organizational culture/values.

This job description should not be considered all-inclusive. It is merely a guide of expected duties. The associate understands that the job description is neither complete, nor permanent and may be modified at any time. At the request of their supervisor, an associate may be asked to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities without notice. Complies with all policies and standards. Position grades could fluctuate based on market value.

What You Bring

• H.S. Diploma Required
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, People Operations, or related field preferred.
• 5-8 years similar or related experience - 7+ years in Talent Acquisition required.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Knowledge of hiring best practices, policies, procedures and employment law
• Skilled in negotiation and influencing to align hiring outcomes with organizational priorities
• Ability to strategically align recruitment and onboarding practices with long-term organizational goals
• Evidence of practicing a high level of confidentiality with information

Why Join OneAZ?

At OneAZ, we're not just a credit union; we're a financial trailblazer that passionately cares about inspiring dreams and driving prosperity in the communities we serve. We exist to clear the way for dreamers and doers, aspiring to be the bank for new pioneers.

We are driving change in our communities, constantly improving our products and services so our members and their families can relentlessly pursue their dreams. By embodying our values and living our promise, you'll be part of a team committed to exceeding expectations and redefining what's possible.

Additional Notes:

Knowingly submitting false information will result in disqualification for consideration of future positions, termination of employment and forfeiture of other rights. Candidates for this position will be required to sign an authorization for OneAZ to conduct a credit and criminal background check, pursuant to procedures in the Fair Credit Reporting Act and any other applicable laws. All candidates will be considered for this position on an individualized basis, in compliance with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws. Ensures compliance with applicable policies, laws, and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, USA Patriot Act, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This job description should not be considered all-inclusive. It is merely a guide of expected duties. The associate understands that the job description is neither complete, nor permanent and may be modified at any time. At the request of their supervisor, an associate may be asked to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities without notice. Complies with all policies and standards. Position grades could fluctuate based on market value.