Talent Acquisition Specialist

Encore Fire Protection • Needham, MA

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About The Position

Encore Fire Protection is hiring a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support its growth by finding, hiring, and supporting employees across field and corporate roles. The role owns full-cycle recruiting, maintains a strong candidate experience, and helps meet near-term hiring needs and longer-term growth goals in a fast-moving, private equity-backed environment. The specialist partners with leaders across field locations and corporate offices to bring structure, clarity, and consistency to hiring.

Initially, the role focuses on timely application review and communication, ATS maintenance, stakeholder coordination, job-description development, observing interviews to identify process improvements, and supporting onboarding with the Talent, Culture, and People team. Over time, responsibilities expand to include hiring-manager partnerships, proactive sourcing, leading and participating in interviews, contributing to hiring decisions, delivering offers, and supporting team projects as the organization scales.

Requirements

• Two or more years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in a fast-paced or growing company.
• Strong sourcing, interviewing, and relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and other recruitment tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with comfort interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Genuine passion for finding and hiring great 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 data and recruiting metrics to leaders and using insights to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the candidate review process and ensure applications are reviewed and answered in a timely manner.
• Maintain the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), communicate with vendors, and troubleshoot issues through resolution.
• Meet with stakeholders, including the Executive Leadership Team and hiring managers, to facilitate candidate review and interview scheduling.
• Generate new and updated job descriptions that accurately 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.
• Develop partnerships with hiring managers to understand business objectives and support talent sourcing.
• 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 hire and non-hire decisions.
• Prepare and deliver offer letters to candidates.
• Take on projects supporting the growth and evolution of the Talent, Culture, and People team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses tied to personal effectiveness and contributions to the team.
• Casual work environment and flexible dress code; branded Encore swag is provided.
• Access to leading-edge web-based productivity tools.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Fidelity 401(k) plan with company match.
• Company-paid life insurance policy of $50,000.

What This Job Offers

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