Talent Acquisition/HR Specialist

Simon Group Holdings•Odessa, TX

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 position calls for urgency, creativity, sound judgment, and an interest in helping SGH build teams that support its continued growth. The role coordinates recruitment activity across the hiring lifecycle and helps improve talent acquisition processes. It also supports local onboarding, employee engagement and retention, HR communications and documentation, training initiatives, and performance management processes. The position maintains applicant-tracking and employee data, tracks recruiting metrics, and monitors labor-market and industry trends. Travel required: 10%.

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 hiring needs in alignment with business goals and workforce plans.
Coordinate full-cycle recruitment, 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 recruiting best practices related to job descriptions, candidate outreach, employer-value messaging, structured interviewing, and candidate and onboarding experiences.
Follow through with urgency to meet hiring timelines and fill critical roles promptly.
Support onboarding activities and coordinate the 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 for 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 performance 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 inform recruitment strategies.
Perform other duties as assigned.