Talent Acquisition Partner

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Partner is a hybrid talent acquisition professional responsible for delivering both best-in-class recruiting operations and strategic talent acquisition consulting. This role serves as the operational leader for critical recruitment processes, including contractor workforce administration, staffing vendor relationships, background check adjudication, New Employee Onboarding. Acting as a central point of contact for hiring managers, HR Business Partners, staffing agencies, and external vendors, the Talent Acquisition Partner drives operational excellence by improving efficiency, compliance, candidate experience, and workforce planning processes across the organization.

In addition to managing talent acquisition operations, the Talent Acquisition Partner functions as a trusted talent advisor responsible for leading approximately 5-10 active searches across assigned business functions. The role partners closely with hiring leaders to develop talent strategies, create compelling and competitive job postings, source and engage high-caliber talent, conduct skills-based assessments, and guide hiring decisions. Leveraging market intelligence, industry trends, and workforce insights, the Talent Acquisition Partner provides consultative support on role positioning, compensation, candidate evaluation, and offer strategy while ensuring a seamless experience for both candidates and hiring managers. Through a balance of operational expertise and strategic recruiting execution, this role helps the organization attract, hire, and retain top talent while supporting the company's long-term growth objectives.

Note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship AND is four days onsite hybrid at our North Bethesda, MD office.

Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Operations

• Oversee communication, onboarding, and agency management of Choice's contractor labor force; acting as the single point of contact for hiring managers, HRBP's, and agencies; leading initiatives that improve operational efficiencies, security, and reporting.
• Serve as the point of contact for Choice for staffing vendors and partner with legal to ensure that all necessarily contracts are in good standing.
• Oversee Choice's relationship with the third-party background check vendor, managing adjudications with the talent acquisition team, candidates, and third-party institutions.
• Partner with the HRBP's to deliver a best-n-class new employee orientation experience.

Full-Cycle Recruiting

Talent Strategy

• Continuously research, observe and analyze talent market trends in the hospitality industry and assigned functional business areas, for example, finance, accounting, tax, and strategy.
• Stay updated on the company's strategic goals and growth plans to anticipate future hiring needs for assigned departments/functional areas.
• Stay abreast of local talent competitors and trends.

Job Posting Preparation

• Partner with HR business partners and the hiring managers to prepare the job posting to ensure that they are clear, concise, visually attractive, and that the role, responsibilities, skills, experience, competencies, compensation, etc. are positioned competitively within the talent market.

Sourcing and Pipelining

• Leverage various channels and creative methods to identify and attract a diverse pool of high caliber candidates, including LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, specialty websites, employee referrals, networking and industry events, to identify a diverse pool of candidates.
• Anticipate future hiring needs for assigned departments and pipeline accordingly.
• Maintain an active, professional social media presence, amplifying Choice's employer brand, promoting Choice's employee value proposition, and stay connected to high potential talent in the market.

Screening and Interviewing

• Reviewing resumes, conducting phone screenings, and coordinating in-person or virtual interviews with hiring managers.
• Effectively screen and interview candidates, leveraging skills-based and competency-based questions to ensure that the candidate is a fit for the role.
• Assess the candidates' cultural fit, and overall potential to succeed in the role.
• Administer pre-hire assessments as needed.

Deliver a Best-in-class Candidate Experience

• Deliver a positive candidate experience validating Choice's reputation as an employer of choice.
• Ensure that candidates receive timely and professional communication throughout the recruitment process; including but not limited to providing feedback, answering questions, and keeping candidates informed about the status of their application.

Deliver a Best-in-Class Hiring Manager Experience

• Provide counsel role positioning, candidate profiles, sourcing strategies, compensation and other best practices to the hiring teams.
• Facilitate regular communication with hiring managers to discuss candidate feedback, address concerns, and make informed hiring decisions.
• Ensure that the recruitment process aligns with the needs and expectations of the hiring team.

Extending Job Offers and Negotiating Terms

• Counsel the Hiring Manager through navigating approvals from HR, compensation, and finance.
• Provide recommendations for offer positioning and components.
• Own the delivery of verbal and written offer letters, discussing compensation, benefits, and negotiating terms if necessary.

Facilitate Background Checks

• Ensure the candidate has completely a background check in a timely fashion and any adjudication needed is resolved.

Onboarding New Hires

• Ensure all systematic pre-hire qualifications have been met and that the candidate is transferred smoothly into the hands of the Talent Management organization for New Employee Orientation.
• Counsel the hiring manager through onboarding best practices to ensure a frictionless candidate to associate experience.

Maintaining Recruitment Metrics and Reporting

• Strive to continuously improve the recruitment process, tracking and analyzing key quantitative and qualitative recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, source of hire, and candidate satisfaction, hiring manager satisfaction, etc.

Qualifications

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or related field preferred; or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years' recruiting experience in a with a search firm or in-house corporate recruiting team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $80,000.00 to $117,552.00.

Choice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
• Employee recognition programs
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide

About Choice

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We're the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves - the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur - because that's who we are, too.

At Choice, we are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today - for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from. We are united in supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of our thousands of franchise owners, which propels us forward - giving our work at Choice a purpose larger than our business.

Our corporate office locations:

North Bethesda, MD - Located at Pike & Rose, our worldwide headquarters is less than 15 miles from Washington, D.C., one block away from the North Bethesda Metro station, with easy access to I-495, complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.

Scottsdale, AZ - Located at the northwest corner of Loop 101, the Scottsdale office is home to our technology, eCommerce and customer service organizations, with easy access to complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.

Minneapolis, MN - Select roles are based in our Minneapolis office on Highway 394, near the intersection with Highway 100, only five minutes from downtown.

Field/Remote - Select roles designated as field/remote will require associates to work from a home office, connecting virtually with Choice team members and leadership on Zoom, with possible required travel depending on the role.

Choice's Cultural Values

Welcome and Respect Everyone | Be Bold | Be Quick | Listen | Be Curious | Show Integrity

Choice's Leadership Principles

Act with Intention | Lead with Authenticity | Grow & Deliver