Talent Acquisition/HR Specialist

Simon Group Holdings • Odessa, TX

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About The Position

The Talent Acquisition/HR Specialist leads full-cycle recruitment for professional, technical, and operational positions, partnering with leaders to understand workforce needs, develop sourcing strategies, and attract talent. The role also supports the employee experience through candidate engagement, offer management, onboarding, routine HR support, employee engagement, reporting, and continuous improvement.

The specialist coordinates recruitment activity across the hiring lifecycle, maintains applicant tracking and employee records, supports performance management and HR initiatives, and monitors recruiting metrics and labor-market trends. The role requires 10% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Demonstrated success filling professional-level roles across multiple departments.
• Strong knowledge of sourcing techniques, interviewing methods, and recruiting best practices.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certifications such as SHRM-CP, PHR, or talent-acquisition-specific credentials.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and HRIS platforms.
• Background in employer branding, diversity recruiting, or high-volume hiring.
• Experience supporting multi-site or multi-department organizations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and internal stakeholders to understand, prioritize, and address current and anticipated hiring needs in alignment with business goals and workforce plans.
• Coordinate recruitment across the full hiring lifecycle, including role intake, job specification development, sourcing, candidate screening, interviewing, stakeholder communication, selection, offer management, and transition to onboarding.
• Adapt recruitment priorities and approaches to changing business needs, labor-market conditions, and organizational requirements.
• Support continuous-improvement and change-management initiatives within talent acquisition.
• Share recruitment best practices, including effective job descriptions, candidate outreach, employer value proposition messaging, structured interviewing, and positive candidate and onboarding experiences.
• Follow through to meet hiring timelines, fill critical roles promptly, and minimize disruption to business operations.
• Support onboarding activities and coordinate a smooth new-hire experience with the local team.
• Assist with employee questions and routine HR topics, escalating complex matters as appropriate.
• Partner with local leaders on employee engagement and retention initiatives.
• Maintain accurate employee records and assist with HR reporting and documentation.
• Coordinate HR communications, training, and other team initiatives.
• Support performance management processes, including review cycles and follow-up actions.
• Maintain attention to detail in job descriptions, candidate evaluation, recruitment documentation, candidate information, and hiring decisions.
• Maintain and use the applicant tracking system, including job postings, applicant tracking, data maintenance, workflow activity, and reporting.
• Use creative sourcing, recruiting-marketing, and outreach strategies to attract qualified and diverse talent and build candidate pipelines.
• Coordinate with external recruiting providers and other talent-acquisition partners as needed.
• Track recruitment activity and performance against metrics, including time to fill, cost per hire, and hiring-manager and candidate satisfaction.
• Monitor industry trends, labor-market conditions, and competitor practices and share insights that support competitive recruitment strategies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level