Pantex Plant Looking for Educational Partnerships & Onboarding Specialist at Oak Ridge, TN  Full Time

The Educational Partnerships and Onboarding Specialist (EP&O) is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive recruiting strategy to satisfy the hiring needs for the Y-12 National Security Complex. This will include the identification, development, and implementation of near-term and long-term business strategies to support prospective workforce goals.

The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing vital relationships and talent pipelines with independent school districts, colleges, universities, and professional societies, as well as internal candidate development opportunities. The successful candidate will collaborate with mission managers, HR business partners, and peer recruiters to understand critical needs in order to purposefully develop programs for a number of fields including cybersecurity, engineering, information technology, program and project management, and production. The successful candidate will perform recruiting tasks such as sourcing, recruiting, screening, and on-boarding external hires.

The EP&O Specialist will develop, implement, and refine an engaging onboarding program that will ensure new employees have the tools and support system to impact the business immediately and are enabled to grow continually as individuals and leaders. Through coordination of the multiple aspects of the onboarding process, the Specialist will facilitate a seamless experience for new employees and their managers.

The EP&O Specialist will support the diversity plan through strategic initiatives and will develop and contribute to data-based strategic recruitment strategies. The successful candidate will collaborate with Communications/Public Affairs to utilize social media, corporate career websites, and plant specific websites to create interest in established pipelines and job postings, and to provide new employees with accurate and effective onboarding content and messaging. The EP&O Specialist may also coordinate with educational institutions to promote programs.

The EP&O Specialist will apply advanced knowledge to resolve complex issues regarding human resources issues, evaluate future enterprise-wide program needs, and will create and use data analysis to develop and drive recruiting strategies. The Specialist will develop and share metrics to present to senior leadership.

The employee will be accountable for all direct output assigned and for providing direct output support to his/her manager. The employee will be responsible for maintaining a thorough knowledge of applicable federal, state, DOE, corporate and plant rules and regulations, and operating policies and procedures. Travel to recruiting and conference events will be required.

The successful candidate must have demonstrated:

• Ability to develop programs to recruit technical positions including acceptable recruiting metrics such as time to fill and attrition
• Ability to analyze hiring needs and match candidate knowledge and experience with those needs
• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience working with senior management teams and external entities
• Ability to prioritize and manage competing and multiple priorities
• Ability to collect, consolidate and organize data from multiple sources on a routine and ad-hoc basis
• Success meeting project timelines, ensuring all deliverables and deadlines are met in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to move between strategy and execution
• Strong consultative and facilitation skills
• Knowledge of management and leadership development principles, and organizational development principles
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and statistical analysis

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of related education and experience with at least 5 years of relevant experience.

• Experience with a college recruiting program
• PHR/SPHR certification

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level, and internal applicants in higher Career Levels may be considered, on an exception basis, to come across laterally based on the applicant’s education and experience, and the scope of work being performed in the role.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.