Director, Talent Acquisition Jobs

About the Obama Foundation

At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone.

We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.

That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.

But that approach extends to all our work, whether it’s holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity.

As President Obama has said, “we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.” So join us.

For more information, please visit www.obama.org.

Purpose of the Role

Our Director, Talent Acquisition will lead the Foundation’s full life-cycle talent acquisition function and report directly to our Chief Human Resources Officer. They will develop and implement effective, market leading strategies for the attraction, sourcing, screening, selection, and hiring of high caliber candidates for the Foundation. The Director will oversee a team of recruiters and coordinators while driving effective hiring practices and processes. They will ensure all team members focus on a high-quality candidate experience, consistent with the organization’s employer brand and integrated with the strategic vision.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Partner with the VP of DEI to deliver on the Foundation's commitment to attract, hire and retain diverse talent.
• Develop strong relationships across the organization (and strategically with senior-level management) to gain a deep understanding of diverse work streams and plan/develop the talent acquisition strategy for scaling;
• Partner within the People Team function to ensure the organization can attract, motivate, develop, and retain great talent (namely with HRBP, Learning & Development, and People Operations);
• Consistently generate a healthy pipeline of high-quality candidates by driving initiatives across branding, events, and employee referral channels;
• Lead the department’s recruitment operations of the full talent acquisition lifecycle, the evolution of the recruiting process, use of talent acquisition tools and methods, and overall effectiveness of talent solutions;
• Deliver data driven reporting and analytics to identify recruitment activity, departmental productivity, and any other KPIs as appropriate;
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Coach and develop a team of recruiters and coordinators within a national landscape while upholding the prestige for a legacy brand; determine effective division of responsibilities within the team to ensure that staffing needs are acknowledged and appropriately resourced;
• Ensure an optimized and seamless candidate experience that allows hiring teams to appropriately assess talent and positions the Foundation’s positive employment brand;

Key Deliverables / Outcomes

• Comprehensive, yet succinct and captivating, job descriptions and job postings
• Consistently diverse and qualified applicant pools generated across a variety of departments and spanning all management levels
• Recruitment metrics that are regularly analyzed and reported to executive teams and other internal stakeholders
• Successfully established and thoughtfully nurtured relationships with hiring managers, teams, and senior leaders - creating a foundation for accelerated success when recruitment launches for team specific vacancies
• An effective and joyful candidate experience - from application and initial contact through to offer acceptance and orientation

Required Qualifications

• Accurate and detail-oriented with an ability to work in a fast paced environment that requires a high sense of urgency
• Ability to drive the recruitment process
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written - spanning all levels of management
• Adept at navigating Applicant Tracking Systems (preferably Greenhouse and/or Workday)
• Experience growing team members within a Talent Acquisition/People function.
• Experience motivating and leading others; engaging, high energy personality and strong influence ability (positioning the Foundation as an employer of choice)
• Proven experience and success with progressive, full life cycle recruitment processes; comfortable supporting high-level strategic conversations while also owning a slate of requisitions

The salary range for this role is between $127,950 and $213,250.

Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. The Obama Foundation is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

In the interest of employee health and safety during the pendency of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Obama Foundation is requiring that all prospective employees present proof that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, or seek a reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons, prior to their first day of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Foundation is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.