Associate, Talent

Generate • New York, NY

1d • $125,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Generate Capital is seeking a natural connector who cares about matching people with roles where they can thrive. The Associate, Talent builds relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and colleagues, manages multiple searches and projects with strong attention to detail, and contributes to a high-performing talent function. The role calls for curiosity, accountability, and a connection to Generate's mission of proving that sustainability pays better than unsustainability.

The position owns full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of roles, including intake, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer support. It also builds talent networks and market maps, develops knowledge of Generate's investment markets, maintains recruiting data and metrics, improves hiring processes, and supports the company's internship program. The role may also contribute to talent development and organizational effectiveness work, including performance management, learning and development, organizational design, workforce planning, and inclusion efforts.

The estimated base salary range is $125,000–$145,000. Compensation may also include a discretionary bonus and benefits. Generate Capital is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• 2–4+ years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, HR, or a related people function.
• Hands-on full-cycle recruiting experience; experience in a fast-growing company, investment firm, or professional services environment is ideal.
• Strong sourcing skills and comfort finding candidates beyond inbound applicants.
• Curiosity about Generate's investment markets and experience or strong interest in talent mapping, pipeline research, or market intelligence.
• Passion for Generate's mission and for helping people grow in their careers.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and time management skills, with high attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including empathy, active listening, and the ability to build trust with candidates and colleagues at all levels.
• Analytical mindset and comfort with data, spreadsheets, and recruiting metrics.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential employee and candidate information with discretion.
• Self-awareness, humility, openness to feedback, and a growth mindset.
• Flexibility, resourcefulness, and adaptability.

Nice To Haves

• Applicant tracking system experience; Ashby is given as an example.
• Comfort with AI tools and interest in applying them to make people processes faster and smarter.
• Interest in or exposure to learning and development, performance management, organizational design, or employee engagement programs.
• Experience in a fast-growing company, investment firm, or professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of company roles, from hiring-manager intake through sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer support.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn, networking groups, industry communities, referrals, and other channels, considering both candidate caliber and values alignment.
• Develop knowledge of Generate's markets, including sustainable infrastructure, energy and power, climate finance, and adjacent sectors.
• Build and maintain talent networks and sector- and function-based market maps; track talent moves, industry trends, and relevant news to identify prospective candidates.
• Provide a strong candidate experience through prompt communication, candidate preparation, and thoughtful follow-up and feedback.
• Draft job descriptions, post roles, and coordinate with the Talent team coordinator to align hiring teams on process, timelines, and evaluation criteria.
• Maintain accurate applicant tracking system data and help build and update recruiting metrics and dashboards.
• Identify and implement ways to simplify, streamline, or automate recruiting processes, including through AI tools for sourcing, outreach, scheduling, and reporting.
• Support offer preparation in collaboration with Total Rewards.
• Support the internship program from recruiting and selection through onboarding, program coordination, and intern experience.
• Optionally support performance management program execution, including quarterly growth, impact, and goal conversations, feedback cycles, talent reviews, and calibration.
• Optionally help design and deliver learning and development programs, including manager and leadership development, onboarding, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Support organizational design work, including org charts, analysis of spans and layers, benchmarking, role and responsibility mapping, and workforce planning.
• Help integrate a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens into processes and programs.
• Bring forward ideas and test improvements to talent and people processes.

Benefits

• Health care benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid days off, including sick leave, parental leave, and paid time off or vacation benefits
• Potential discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed