Talent Pipeline Specialist

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Overview

The Strategic Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Specialist will support Yale University's Strategic Sourcing Team. This role is responsible for building and sustaining proactive talent pipelines, coordinating targeted recruitment events, and strengthening community-based sourcing strategies for our workforce needs.

This position also plays a meaningful role in Yale's participation in the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), contributing to grant-funded research and workforce initiatives focused on inclusive hiring practices for justice-impacted individuals.

This position partners closely with the Recruitment and Operational segments of TA in addition to community stakeholders to ensure a consistent, inclusive, and high-quality flow of talent into roles across the university. The role emphasizes pipelines, relationships, and events rather than transactional requisition management.

This person will:

1. Support proactive talent pipelining efforts focused on workforce development and reentry hiring initiatives by attending community events, workforce development programs, and reentry-focused recruitment activities to identify prospective candidates and align talent with appropriate Yale staff and healthcare-related opportunities.

2. Conduct sourcing and outreach activities with community organizations, workforce agencies, reentry programs, and external talent networks to engage candidates and support second-chance employment pathways.

3. Identify and help map roles that may align with reentry talent populations in collaboration with recruitment and hiring teams, while supporting inclusive hiring and workforce planning initiatives.

4. Participate in the review and development of hiring resources, toolkits, and best practices designed to support universities and healthcare organizations in recruiting, hiring, and retaining individuals with histories of incarceration.

5. Contribute to presentations, meetings, and collaborative discussions related to inclusive hiring strategies, candidate assessment practices, hiring policy review, and retention approaches connected to workforce inclusion and reentry efforts.

6. Build and maintain relationships with prospective candidates, workforce partners, and community organizations through ongoing outreach, networking, and engagement initiatives.

7. Assist with research, benchmarking, and implementation support tied to equitable hiring, workforce inclusion, and retention initiatives across university and healthcare environments.

 

Key Responsibilities

Talent Pipelining & Proactive Sourcing

• Develop and maintain evergreen talent pipelines for selected roles

• Conduct proactive sourcing using Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) tool, Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and external channels to engage active and passive talent.

• Build long-term relationships with prospective candidates through ongoing outreach, talent communities, and follow-up engagement.

• Partner with Strategic Sourcing leadership to align pipelines with workforce planning and anticipated hiring demand.

Recruitment Events & Community Engagement

• Plan, coordinate, and execute recruitment events including:

• On-campus and off-site hiring events

• Community-based healthcare job fairs

• Targeted pipeline events for hard-to-fill roles

• Represent Yale University and Yale Health at external career fairs, community organizations, workforce development programs, and educational institutions.

• Strengthen partnerships with local community organizations, training programs, and workforce initiatives to support inclusive hiring goals.

JCOIN Grant Participation & Justice-Informed Hiring Initiatives

• Contribute to the development of a replicable toolkit designed to help universities and healthcare systems recruit and retain individuals with histories of incarceration.

• Review and provide input on hiring policies, candidate assessment tools, and retention practices to reduce barriers for justice-impacted applicants.

• Participate in JCOIN-related presentations, convenings, and working groups, representing Yale's workforce development perspective.

• Collaborate with JCOIN research and program staff to ensure alignment between sourcing strategies and grant deliverables.

• Support data collection and reporting on justice-informed hiring outcomes as required by the JCOIN grant.

• Partner with community reentry programs, workforce development organizations, and training providers to build talent pipelines inclusive of justice-impacted individuals.

Stakeholder Partnership & Program Support

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Partners, HR leadership, and hiring managers to understand evolving workforce needs.

• Provide pipeline insights, market feedback, and event outcomes to inform sourcing strategies.

• Ensure a positive and consistent candidate experience aligned with Yale's values and employment brand.

Data, Process & Continuous Improvement

• Track pipeline activity, event participation, and sourcing outcomes to measure effectiveness.

• Maintain accurate documentation within ATS/CRM systems.

• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing workflows, candidate engagement, and event execution.

 

Required Skills and Abilities

• Strategic sourcing & pipelining

• Recruitment events & employer branding

• Community and workforce partnerships

• Candidate experience excellence

• Data-informed decision making

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Justice-informed hiring practice

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, strategic sourcing, or workforce development.

• Experience supporting mission-driven organizations strongly preferred.

• Proven ability to build proactive pipelines and manage high-touch candidate engagement.

• Experience planning and executing recruitment events and community outreach initiatives.

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder partnership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in higher education, healthcare systems, or nonprofit environments.

• Familiarity with ATS/CRM platforms and recruitment analytics.

• Experience working with justice-impacted populations, reentry programs, or second-chance hiring initiatives.

• Knowledge of grant-funded workforce development programs or research partnerships.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Participate in intake meeting with the TA Partner and Hiring Manager to understand needs and consult on sourcing, as needed, based on their request. 
2. Develop and execute sourcing strategy.
3. Partner with functional leaders/TA Partners to ensure long-term strategic sourcing plans are aligned with established workforce plans.
4. Advise Hiring Managers on posting content and platforms, and work with TA Partners and service providers to post opportunities on internal and external sources.
5. Identify and obtain information about potential candidates to meet demand.
6. Leverage cutting-edge sourcing tools and methodologies to source passive candidates. 
7. Review resumes/applications for minimum and differentiating qualifications as part of the initial candidate pre-screening. 
8. Monitor and document sourcing strategy effectiveness, in partnership with TA Partner and Hiring Manager.
9. Maintain and update the database of candidates.
10.Monitor and report on the quality and quantity of resumes on a daily/weekly basis. 
11. Evaluate candidate quality yields by source and manage future investments accordingly.
12. Team up with the TA Partners to represent Yale University at events and demonstrate enthusiastic engagement with potential applicants or candidates.
13. Establish and nurture relationships with agencies and hiring programs for targeted positions.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree and four years of professional human resources experience or an equivalent education or experience in a related field.

Job Posting Date

10/20/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Manager; Program Leader (24)

Salary Range

$68,000.00 - $120,500.00

Benefits

A general description of the benefits to be offered with this Managerial & Professional position is available at:

Yale Benefits

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff Fixed Duration (Fixed Term)

Work Model

Hybrid

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

Health Requirements

Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

Posting Disclaimer

Salary offers are determined by a candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education in relation to the position requirements, along with the role’s grade profile and current internal and external market conditions.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through  their hiring department.

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran.

Inquiries concerning Yale's Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment may be referred to the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility (OIEA).

Note

Yale University is a tobacco-free campus.