Recruitment Consultant

Are you passionate about connecting talented people with meaningful careers? Do you excel in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? If so, we want to hear from you!

As a Recruitment Consultant with the City of Edmonton, you will play a vital role in building a skilled, diverse workforce that shapes our city's future. Leveraging your expertise in talent acquisition and experience in a unionized environment, you will deliver exceptional consulting support to hiring managers, supervisors, and employees—helping build a thriving municipality with new opportunities for everyone.

What will you do?

• Independently lead the full-cycle recruitment process across complex, multi-union environments, consistently meeting or exceeding established time-to-fill metrics and service level agreements
• Serve as a trusted recruitment partner and Subject Matter Expert to senior leaders, offering strategic talent insights, market intelligence, and customized hiring solutions aligned with organizational goals
• Design and execute multi-channel candidate sourcing strategies that drive a continuous, high-quality pipeline of diverse, qualified talent for hard-to-fill and high-volume roles
• Successfully manage and prioritize a dynamic requisition load of 30+ concurrent open recruitment projects without compromising quality, candidate experience, or timelines
• Partner with multidisciplinary HR teams—including Total Rewards, Labour Relations, and Organizational Development—to deliver integrated workforce solutions and resolve complex client portfolio challenges
• Interpret, apply, and advise hiring managers on complex collective agreement terms, clauses, and selection criteria to ensure compliant, transparent, and defensible hiring practices
• Direct-liaise with Union Business Agents to proactively resolve selection disputes, negotiate posting waivers, and gain alignment on candidate assessment tools and recruitment procedures
• Identify operational bottlenecks and lead continuous process improvement initiatives to streamline hiring workflows, reduce cycle times, and enhance candidate and hiring manager satisfaction
• Adapt flexibly to shifting organizational needs by taking ownership of special projects and strategic HR initiatives as required

• Education in Business Administration, Human Resources, Humanities or a related field. Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered
• Minimum of three years of work experience within Human Resources, ideally in a recruiting environment

Assets:

• Experience with high-volume recruitment
• Experience in a unionized environment
• Experience interpreting and applying collective agreement language

Skills required for success:

• Candidate and Client Relations: Demonstrate effective management and influencing abilities when working with candidates and clients
• Problem-Solving and Adaptability: Seek diverse perspectives, handle differing viewpoints, and manage multiple priorities with urgency and resourcefulness
• Advisory and Technical Skills: Offer creative solutions, advise on best practices, and interpret collective agreement language
• Operational Precision: Maintain high attention to detail across all responsibilities and initiatives
• Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https\://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
• Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
• Applicants may be tested

Conditions of employment & work environment:

• Up to: 3 temporary, full-time positions (one 18-month duration and two 11-month durations)
• Hours of work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday
• Salary: $83,713.71- $104,643.58 (Annually)
• This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and office
• This position is eligible for the EDO program (Earned Day Off)

The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact [email protected]. Learn more about our benefits https\://bit.ly/COEbenefits.

Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.

Recruitment Consultant: AS/SB

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