Position Title:  Talent Acquisition Specialist

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The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for conducting full-cycle recruitment and building pipelines for high-volume and specialized roles through multiple sourcing channels and community outreach. The role ensures compliance with all hiring regulations, maintains accurate documentation, and delivers regular recruitment reporting while working within strategy. In addition, the Specialist supports employer branding and online engagement to strengthen candidate attraction. Reporting to the Workforce Strategy Manager, this role partners on workforce strategy initiatives and collaborates with the broader team to enhance the candidate to employee experience.

Just For You:

• Free parking in Texas Medical Center

• Career advancement.

• Engaging and exciting opportunity to SAVE LIVES.

Tips to thrive in our culture:

• Embody our Core Values of Commitment, Integrity, and Respect

• Work to actively create experiences that inspire others to save lives, each and every day.

• Embrace doing it right, making connections, and creating desired experiences.

• Comply with all organizational policies and standards, including safety rules, and be willing to report actual and potential violations to the appropriate supervisor or manager.

In this role, you will:

• Talent Acquisition – 75%

  • Attract, recruit, and secure qualified applicants by leveraging proactive strategies, recruitment tools, and targeted sourcing methods.

  • Develop and maintain continuous pipelines for high-volume and hard-to-fill roles through diverse channels, including job boards, networks, online engagement, and community partnerships.

  • Host reoccurring Touchpoints with assigned managers to keep them informed and foster healthy partnerships.

  • Represent the organization at job fairs, colleges, HOSA events, and professional associations to expand visibility and reach, ensuring follow-up and maintained relationships.

  • Secure talent for monthly hiring events and other high-volume recruitment campaigns.

  • Extend conditional offers and support a seamless transition from selection to first-day orientation.

  • Collaborate on updates to the Talent Acquisition Process Map and contribute to recruitment policy reviews.

  Compliance & Reporting – 10%

  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and organizational hiring policies (OFCCP, EEOC, etc.).

  • Maintain accurate candidate dispositions, postings, and documentation for audits.

  • Track and report recruiting metrics, including search statuses, spend, source effectiveness and community outreach.

  • Contribute to long-term workforce planning, including Next-Gen talent developments.

  • Coordinates annual job description reviews and updates with assigned departments.

  Employer Branding & Employee Engagement – 15%

  • Develop and distribute physical and digital recruitment marketing content (fliers, postings, etc.)  to enhance organizational visibility, increase website traffic and streamline communications that secure applicants, referrals and/or donors.

  • Support internal applicant engagement, referral programs, career pathways communications, and workforce development initiatives.

  • Partner on recruitment campaigns and employer branding initiatives.  

  • Participate in new hire orientation and engagement activity via presentations, projects and events.

  • Carryout interviews in support of the employee life cycle listening strategy as assigned.

  • Additional duties as assigned. 

We need someone who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 5+ years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, preferably high-volume hiring and staffing agency environment. Medical or technical recruitment a plus. 

• Strong knowledge of employment laws and recruitment best practices.

• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems (ATS), HRIS, and Microsoft Office Suite. SharePoint and Canva experience a plus.  Formal digital marketing experience a plus.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.

• Strong organizational skills with ability to meet deadlines, manage competing priorities, and deliver presentations.

• Proven track record of sourcing talent and engaging candidates through multiple channels.

• Prior participation in workforce projects preferred.
  
  

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to operate a computer and other office machinery and remain in a stationary position.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Employees are required to be familiar with and abide by the team lift requirements as specified in the Safety Program. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in this job is usually moderate.

Who We Are:

Since 1975, Gulf Coast Blood has been one of the nation’s largest community blood centers, serving 170 hospitals across 26 counties. Headquartered in Houston, we support the world’s largest medical complex—the Texas Medical Center—while operating 18 donor centers and hosting more than 7,000 mobile blood drives each year. As an FDA-accredited nonprofit, we provide high-quality human cellular material for both scientific and therapeutic use.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT

Gulf Coast Blood is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants for positions are considered without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, military status, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic testing results, or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable law, statute, regulation or Executive Order.