Talent Acquisition Specialist

Encore Fire Protection • Baltimore, MD

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About The Position

Encore Fire Protection is hiring a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support the company’s growth by finding, hiring, and supporting employees across field and corporate roles. The role owns full-cycle recruiting, manages the candidate experience, and helps meet immediate hiring needs and longer-term growth goals in a fast-moving, private equity-backed environment. The specialist partners with leaders in the field and at corporate offices to bring structure, clarity, and consistency to hiring. Initially, the position focuses on application review, ATS maintenance, stakeholder coordination, job descriptions, interview observation, and onboarding support. Over time, the role expands to include hiring-manager partnerships, proactive sourcing, interviews, hiring recommendations, offer delivery, and projects that support the Talent, Culture, and People team as it scales.

Requirements

• At least two years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Strong sourcing, interviewing, and relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and other recruitment tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interacting with all organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Passion for finding and hiring talent and representing the company brand professionally and thoughtfully.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• Experience recruiting in a private equity-backed or high-growth environment.
• Experience supporting multi-location or multi-state hiring.
• Track record of building or refining recruiting processes, workflows, or candidate experience initiatives.
• Comfort presenting recruiting data and metrics to leaders and using insights to guide decisions.
• Experience in a fast-paced or growing company.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for a mix of field and corporate roles and keep high-volume candidate pipelines organized.
• Review applications and ensure candidates receive timely responses.
• Maintain the applicant tracking system, communicate with vendors, and troubleshoot issues through resolution.
• Meet and connect with executive leadership and hiring managers to facilitate candidate review and interview scheduling.
• Generate and update job descriptions to reflect company culture and business needs.
• Observe first- and second-round interviews to understand the process and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Work with the Talent, Culture, and People team to support and execute new-hire onboarding.
• Build partnerships with hiring managers to understand business objectives and support sourcing needs.
• Proactively source candidates and initiate conversations across key roles and markets.
• Lead first-round interviews, participate in second- and third-round interactions, and contribute to hiring decisions.
• Prepare and persuasively deliver offer letters to candidates.
• Take on projects that support the growth and evolution of the Talent, Culture, and People team.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonuses tied to personal effectiveness and contributions to the team.
• Casual work environment and flexible dress code.
• Access to web-based productivity tools.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Fidelity 401(k) plan with company match.
• Company-paid life insurance policy of $50,000.
• Branded Encore swag.

What This Job Offers

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