Do you love helping others? Are you looking for a career with purpose?

With a career at Sensity, you will exercise creativity and experience personal growth and fulfillment through meaningful human connections.

About Sensity!

Sensity is a registered charity providing services and programs to members of the deafblind community. We are recognized in Canada and around the world as a leader in the provision of Intervenor Services.

Sensity seeks an immediate opening for a Human Resources Specialist for an immediate opening for a full time role. Reporting to our Manager of HR, join our committed team in providing a broad range of recruitment services to a dynamic group of leaders and staff.

This position, based in Paris, ON, administers and oversees the effective recruitment and selection process, acts as a key point of contact on all recruitment, sourcing and final selection functions.

Sensity Offers:

• Sensity offers a competitive salary
• Benefit plan including a Health Spending Account
• Paid sick days
• An RRSP program where we match your contributions up to 3% of your earnings
• Up to 50% reimbursement for the successful completion of relevant classes at other learning institutions after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities to participate in conferences and workshops in the community and abroad

Key Requirements:

• Provides direction, consultation and guidance on recruitment strategy and recruitment-related inquiries to colleagues and hiring managers.
• Leads and participates in the recruitment process inclusive of writing job postings to attract the right caliber of talent, resume screening, scheduling and conducting interviews, proactively communicating with applicants to ensure information is shared in a timely fashion, reference and background checking and preparing employment offers, etc. Also designs interview templates and pre-screening questions.
• Researches, creates and participates in annual job fair opportunities across the province, ensuring the organization has a presence at job fairs across the province.
• Research and recommend new ways to recruit staff (technology, social channels, sites, sourcing candidates, passive recruitment).
• Develops new and maintains strong relationships with industry associations, job boards, schools, community contacts, applicants and job seekers.
• Supports the Employee Onboarding Specialist on new employee orientation/on-boarding training, including policies and procedures training.
• Research, create and participates in the annual job fair plan, ensuring the organization has a presence at job fairs across the province.
• A focus towards staff retention analysis and recognition strategies.
• Research and recommend new ways to recruit staff (technology, social channels, sites, sourcing candidates, passive recruitment).
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Community college diploma (or equivalent) in human resource management or a related field is required.
• Valid driver's license is required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in full cycle recruitment and proven candidate sourcing within a high-volume environment.
• In-depth knowledge of recruitment best practices, including traditional strategies (e.g. job fairs) and social media sourcing.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills, with a strong client service orientation and relationship building skills. Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Solid time management, record keeping, attention to detail and organizational skills.
• In-depth knowledge of MS Office Suite is preferred, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems is required.
• Working knowledge of social services or non-profit sector.
• French (written and verbal) an asset, but not required.

If you are interested in the Human Resource Specialist role with us apply with your resume and cover letter.

Please quote job HRS2051223 in your cover letter when applying.

We thank all applicants, however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. Sensity is an equal opportunity employer and we value the importance of diversity and dignity in the workplace. We are committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If you are contacted by Sensity regarding a job opportunity, please advise prior to the interview if you require accommodation and we will work with you to make appropriate arrangements.