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Utah Transit AuthorityDescription JOB SUMMARY Ensures UTA has the talent and skills necessary to drive growth, implement business strategy, and agency success. Oversees strategic talent acquisition and staffing projections to manage the complete lifecycle recruitment process to include candidate sourcing, hiring practices, pre-employment assessments, and compliance. Oversees a team to drive hiring initiatives, strategies and execution of staffing plans. Builds a talent acquisition performance measurement system focused on operational excellence, hiring manager satisfaction and candidate experience. Assesses talent acquisition performance; strengthens & develops team members, focused on development and engagement. Partners with HRBPs and Culture and Talent Development team to develop and implement an integrated talent acquisition strategy, including succession management. Implements workforce planning in partnership with HRBPs and service units to identify and plan for short and long-term talent needs. Ensures candidates matches UTA's culture and values. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION/TRAINING: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resource Management or related field. EXPERIENCE: Seven years demonstrated excellence in designing strategic talent acquisition solutions, including creating strategic partnerships with internal/external stakeholders, with two of those years supervising teams. Experience creating strategic plans and yearly tactical work plans to support attainment of short, mid, and long term hiring goals. Significant experience in talent acquisition, experience in managing full-cycle recruiting and employer branding initiatives. KnowledgeUnderstanding of, recruiting, and onboarding best practicesStrong understanding of federal and state employment laws and regulations pertaining to employment related matters SkillsLeads with humility, seeks and values feedback, listens for understanding and assumes positive intent; focused on organizational and team successApproaches work with courage; takes calculated risks in ideas and actions to progress the organization. Comfortable challenging the status quo. Has passion for this work; aims to make UTA a better place.Curious; solution-oriented with proven focus on operational excellence and innovation AbilitiesProvides strategic thought leadership; build strong relationships with superiors, peers and subordinates; collaborate across the organization; and influences without direct authorityUses recruitment metrics and analysis to enhance full-cycle recruitment/hiring processes, procedures, and quality of diverse talent through developing and executing creative recruiting strategies, from workforce planning to on-boarding, for different business functions. To carry out essential functions of this job, must have a valid Utah's driver's license with no more than four moving violations in the past three years; or, if a non-driver, must be able to travel efficiently by another means to and from varied locations within UTA's service area. Lack of a driver's license does not necessarily preclude employment. No applicant may have more than one violation of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs within the last ten years. UTA Competencies:Strategic Mindset - Looking toward the broadest possible view of an issue/challenge; cultivating innovation; anticipating future trends and implications accuratelyBusiness Acumen - Maintaining an up-to-date understanding of the broader issues affecting fieldof expertise and organization.Managerial Courage - Standing strong in the face of adversity and taking necessary risk to achieve results.Change Management - Dealing comfortably with the uncertainty of change. Dealing constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomesCommunicates Effectively - Creating an open environment in which thoughts are expressed freely and information flows easily.Decision Making - Making sound decisions that consider multipl