Senior Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Partner

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

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At OneAZ Credit Union, our success is measured only by yours. We’re here to create lasting change in the lives of our members, our communities, and our team. If you're looking for a career with purpose, where your work truly matters—you've found it! 

Who You Are

You are impactful, compassionate, and fearless, ready to embrace new challenges and shape the future of financial well-being. You take accountability for outcomes, own your role in our success, and thrive in an environment where curiosity is not just welcomed but celebrated.

If this sounds like you, let’s build something great together.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Partner is responsible for leading and executing full-cycle recruitment, onboarding, and early talent programs across the credit union. This role owns the design and implementation of consistent recruiting and onboarding practices in partnership with hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and People & Experience leadership. In addition to recruiting top talent and ensuring a seamless new hire experience, this role will also lead the credit union’s internship program, building a pipeline of future talent while strengthening community and academic partnerships.

The Senior Partner serves as both a recruiter and an onboarding champion, balancing candidate and leader needs with organizational priorities while modeling a client- and service-focused approach. This role requires a proactive, accountable professional who can move initiatives from design to execution and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Talent Acquisition

• Partner with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to define job requirements, create postings, and align on selection criteria.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for assigned positions, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selection.
• Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines for critical, high-volume, or hard-to-fill roles.
• Leverage market insights and data to advise leaders on recruiting strategies and competitive offers.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant employment laws, regulations, and internal policies throughout the hiring process.
• Own and administer the internship program, including recruitment, onboarding, program design, and performance feedback for interns.

Onboarding & Integration

• Own the transition from candidate to new hire, beginning at offer acceptance and continuing through the employee's first day including aspects, if not all of New Associate Orientation.
• Coordinate all pre-boarding activities, including background checks, paperwork, system access, and Day 1 readiness.
• Partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to ensure new hires have clear expectations, schedules, and points of contact before Day 1.
• Collaborate with Organizational Development to hand off seamlessly into orientation and long-term integration programs.

Collaboration & Service

• Own and implement recruiting, onboarding, and internship program processes in partnership with hiring managers, HRBPs, and People & Experience leadership.
• Drive execution of standardized practices for interviews, hiring decisions, onboarding workflows, and internship cycles across the credit union.
• Collaborate with Compensation & Benefits, Learning & Development, and other HR functions to ensure seamless employee lifecycle support.
• Represent the credit union at job fairs, networking events, and community partnerships to strengthen the employer brand and promote the internship program.
• Continuously evaluate and implement process improvements to enhance the candidate, new hire, and intern experience.
• Model a client- and service-focused approach, ensuring accountability and consistency in every interaction.

Strategic Advising and Partnership

• Proactively communicate and independently discuss hiring trends, workplace talent needs, and act as a trusted advisor to leadership and hiring managers.
• Provide market insights, workforce planning support, and guidance on talent strategies offering creative and competitive solutions for hard-to-fill roles.
• Partner with HRBPs to ensure alignment between recruitment efforts and broader organizational initiatives.

Recruitment Analytics, Reporting, and Growth

• Stay updated on talent acquisition trends, tools, compliance, and best practices to enhance recruitment and branding strategies.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to streamline and elevate the hiring process
• Track, analyze, and report key recruitment metrics to assess the effectiveness of ideas, programs, workflow optimizations, and strategies and identify areas for improvement.
• Use data insights to optimize recruitment efforts and forecast talent needs.

Vendor Management

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with recruitment agencies, background check providers, and onboarding technology vendors to ensure cost-effective and timely delivery of services that enhance the candidate experience
• Negotiate vendor contracts and monitor performance metrics, ensuring compliance with service-level agreements and alignment with organizational hiring objectives
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Risk, Accounting and HR to evaluate vendor effectiveness, streamline processes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement in talent acquisition and onboarding operations

Employer Branding Strategy

• Ensure alignment of all branding materials with the organization's mission, values, and strategic goals.
• Create, oversee, and manage employer branding campaigns to enhance visibility and attract top talent.
• Monitor employer brand reputation on platforms like Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn, responding to reviews and feedback as appropriate.
• Lead employment branding strategy in partnership with Talent Acquisition team adhering to budget and resource expectations, executing decisions to attract top talent aligning the associate experience throughout onboarding.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and maintain engaging employment branding materials, including careers website content, social media posts, employee testimonials, and video assets.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the marketing team to align recruitment (internal) and marketing (external) strategies with broader organizational goals.
• Create and execute targeted social media and employment branding campaigns to promote open roles, develop employee value propositions (EVP), and communicate organizational culture/values.

This job description should not be considered all-inclusive. It is merely a guide of expected duties. The associate understands that the job description is neither complete, nor permanent and may be modified at any time. At the request of their supervisor, an associate may be asked to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities without notice. Complies with all policies and standards. Position grades could fluctuate based on market value.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years in Talent Acquisition required, preferably in the financial services industry (but not required)

• H.S. Diploma required

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, People Operations, or related field preferred

• Ability to strategically align recruitment and onboarding practices with long-term organizational goals

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

Annual Salary: $83,000 - $100,000

Benefits:

• Paid time off such as PTO, sick days, and vacation days
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts, such as HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Gym memberships or discounts
• Wellness programs
• Employee recognition programs
• Telecommuting options
• Workplace perks such as recreation activities, food and coffee, and flexible work schedules

Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8am - 5pm

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Location: Hybrid in Phoenix, Arizona